Lenovo ThinkCentre M73 - Reinstalling Preinstalled Applications and Device Drivers

2.RepeatedlypressandreleasetheF12keywhenturningonthecomputer.WhenthePleaseselect
bootdevicewindowopens,releasetheF12key.
3.InthePleaseselectbootdevicewindow,selecttheUSBharddiskdriveasthefirstbootdeviceand
pressEnter.Therescuemediumstarts.
Whentherescuemediumstarts,theRescueandRecoveryworkspaceopens.Thehelpinformationfor
eachfeatureisavailablefromtheRescueandRecoveryworkspace.Followtheinstructionstocomplete
therecoveryprocess.
Reinstallingpreinstalledapplicationsanddevicedrivers
Yourcomputerhasprovisionsthatenableyoutoreinstallselectedfactory-installedapplicationsanddevice
drivers.
Reinstallingpreinstalledapplications
Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoreinstallpreinstalledapplications.
ToreinstalltheselectedapplicationspreinstalledonyourLenovocomputer,dothefollowing:
1.Turnonthecomputer.
2.UseWindowsExplorerorComputertodisplaythedirectorystructureofyourharddiskdrive.
3.GototheC:\SWTOOLSdirectory.
4.Opentheappsfolder.Withintheappsfolder,thereareseveralsubfoldersnamedforvariousapplications
installedinyourcomputer.
5.Opentheappropriateapplicationsubfolder.
6.Intheapplicationsubfolder,lookforaSETUP.EXEfileorotherappropriateEXEfilesforsetup.
Double-clickthefileandfollowtheinstructionsonthescreentocompletetheinstallation.
Reinstallingpreinstalleddevicedrivers
Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoreinstallpreinstalleddevicedrivers.
Attention:Whenyoureinstalldevicedrivers,youarechangingthecurrentconfigurationofyourcomputer.
Reinstalldevicedriversonlywhenitisnecessarytocorrectaproblemwithyourcomputer.
Toreinstallthedevicedriverforafactory-installeddevice,dothefollowing:
1.Turnonthecomputer.
2.UseWindowsExplorerorComputertodisplaythedirectorystructureofyourharddiskdrive.
3.GototheC:\SWTOOLSdirectory.
4.OpentheDRIVERSfolder.WithintheDRIVERSfolder,thereareseveralsubfoldersnamedforvarious
devicesinstalledinyourcomputer,suchasAUDIOorVIDEO.
5.Opentheappropriatedevicesubfolder.
6.Dooneofthefollowing:
•Inthedevicesubfolder,lookforaSETUP.exefile.Double-clickthefileandfollowtheinstructionson
thescreentocompletetheinstallation.
•Inthedevicesubfolder,lookforaREADME.txtfileorafilewiththe.txtextension.Thisfilemightbe
namedaftertheoperatingsystem,suchasWIN98.txt.TheTXTfilecontainsinformationabouthowto
installthedevicedriver.Followtheinstructionstocompletetheinstallation.
•Ifthedevicesubfoldercontainsafilewiththe.infextensionandyouwanttoinstallthedevicedriver
usingtheINFfile,refertoyourWindowshelpsystemfordetailedinformationabouthowtoinstall
thedevicedriver.
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