Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E540 - Installing the Windows 8 Operating System

Note:Afterinstallingtheoperatingsystem,donotchangetheinitialUEFI/LegacyBootsettinginthe
ThinkPadSetupprogram.Otherwisetheoperatingsystemwillnotstartcorrectly.
WhenyouinstalltheWindows7operatingsystem,youmightneedoneofthefollowingcountryorregion
codes:
CountryorregionCodeCountryorregionCode
ChinaSC
NetherlandsNL
DenmarkDKNorway
NO
FinlandFI
SpainSP
FranceFR
SwedenSV
GermanyGR
TaiwanandHongKong
TC
ItalyIT
UnitedStatesUS
JapanJP
InstallingtheWindows8operatingsystem
Beforeyoustart,printtheseinstructions.
Attention:
•Theprocessofinstallinganewoperatingsystemdeletesallthedataonyourharddiskdriveorsolid-state
drive,includingthedatathatwerestoredinahiddenfolder.
•IfyourcomputerisequippedwithbothaharddiskdriveandanM.2solid-statedrive,donotusethe
M.2solid-statedriveasabootabledevice.TheM.2solid-statedriveisusedfor“cache”functionandto
supporttheIntelRapidStartTechnology.
ToinstalltheWindows8operatingsystem,dothefollowing:
1.StarttheThinkPadSetupprogram.See“UsingtheThinkPadSetupprogram”onpage107.
2.SelectStartup➙BoottodisplaytheBootPriorityOrdersubmenu.
3.SelectthedrivethatcontainstheWindows8operatingsysteminstallationprogram,forexampleUSB
HDD.
4.PresstheFn+F10keytoexittheThinkPadSetupprogram.
5.ConnectthedrivethatcontainstheWindows8operatingsysteminstallationprogramtothecomputer,
andrestartthecomputer.
6.InstalltheWindows8xmodules.GototheMicrosoftKnowledgeBasehomepageat
http://support.microsoft.com/.Typethenumberofthexmoduleinthesearcheld,thenclickSearch.
7.Installtheregistrypatches,forexampletheEnablingWakeonLANfromStandbyforENERGYSTAR
patch.Todownloadandinstalltheregistrypatches,gototheLenovoSupportWebsiteat:
http://www.lenovo.com/support
8.Installthedevicedrivers.See“Installingdevicedrivers”onpage107.
Note:Afterinstallingtheoperatingsystem,donotchangetheinitialUEFI/LegacyBootsettinginthe
ThinkPadSetupprogram.Otherwise,theoperatingsystemwillnotstartcorrectly.
WhenyouinstalltheWindows8operatingsystem,youmightneedoneofthefollowingcountryorregion
codes:
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