Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E430 - Installing the Windows 7 Operating System

–Afterinstallingthenewoperationsystem,youshouldnotchangetheinitialUEFI/LegacyBootsetting
inThinkPadSetup.TheUEFI/LegacyBootsettingmustbethesameasitwaswhentheWindows
operatingsystemimagewasinstalled.Otherwise,thenewoperatingsystemwillnotbootproperly.
Forthecountryorregioncoderequiredintheinstallation,useoneofthefollowing:
Countryorregion:Code
China:SC
Denmark:DK
Finland:FI
France:FR
Germany:GR
Italy:IT
Japan:JP
Netherlands:NL
Norway:NO
Spain:SP
Sweden:SV
TaiwanandHongKong:TC
UnitedStates:US
InstallingtheWindows7operatingsystem
Beforeyoustart,printtheseinstructions.
ToinstalltheWindows7operatingsystemanditsrelatedsoftwareonyourcomputer,dothefollowing:
1.StartThinkPadSetup.
2.SelectStartup.
3.SelectUEFI/LegacyBoot.
4.Dooneofthefollowing:
•IfyouaregoingtoinstalltheWindows7(32–bit)operatingsystem,selectLegacyOnlyorBoth.
•IfyouaregoingtoinstalltheWindows7(64–bit)operatingsysteminLegacymode,selectLegacy
Only.
•IfyouaregoingtoinstalltheWindows7(64–bit)operatingsysteminUEFImode,selectUEFIOnly.
5.PressFn+F10.
6.InserttheWindows7operatingsysteminstallationDVDintotheDVDdrive,andrestartthecomputer.
7.RestoreC:\SWTOOLSfromthebackupcopyyoumadebeforestartingtheinstallation.
8.FormodelswithanIntelCPU,installtheIntelChipsetSupportforWindows2000/XP/Vista/7.Todothis,
runtheSETUP.exeleintheC:\SWTOOLS\DRIVERS\INTELINF\innst_autoldirectory.
FormodelswithanAMDCPU,installtheThinkPadAMDSMBusDriverforWindows7andtheThinkPad
AMDSATAControllerDriverforWindows7.
9.Installdevicedrivers.See“InstallingotherdriversandsoftwareontheWindows7operatingsystem”on
page102.
InstallingtheregistrypatchesforWindows7
Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/supportandinstallthefollowingregistrypatches:
•RegistrypatchenablingWakeUponLANfromStandbyforEnergyStar
•FixforIssueofHDDwithHDDetection
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