ThinkPad S440 - Chapter 9. Preventing problems; General tips for preventing problems

Chapter8.Advancedconfiguration
Whileitisimportanttoprotectfiles,data,andsettingsthatareontheharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive,
youalsomightneedtoinstallanewoperatingsystem,installnewdevicedrivers,updateyoursystemUEFI
BIOS,orrecoverpreinstalledsoftware.Thisinformationwillhelpyouhandleyourcomputerwithproper
careandkeepitintopworkingshape.
•“Installinganewoperatingsystem”onpage79
•“Installingdevicedrivers”onpage81
•“UsingtheThinkPadSetupprogram”onpage81
•“Usingsystemmanagement”onpage91
Installinganewoperatingsystem
Insomesituations,youmightneedtoinstallanewoperatingsystem.Thistopicprovidesinstructionson
howtoinstallanewoperatingsystem.
InstallingtheWindows7operatingsystem
Beforeyoustart,printtheseinstructions.
Attention:
•Theprocessofinstallinganewoperatingsystemdeletesallthedataonyourharddiskdriveorsolid-state
drive,includingthedatathatwerestoredinahiddenfolder.
•IfyourcomputerisequippedwithbothaharddiskdriveandanM.2solid-statedrive,donotusethe
M.2solid-statedriveasabootabledevice.TheM.2solid-statedriveisusedfor“cache”functionandto
supporttheIntelRapidStartTechnology.
ToinstalltheWindows7operatingsystem,dothefollowing:
1.CopyallthesubdirectoriesandfilesintheC:\SWTOOLSdirectorytoaremovablestoragedevice.
•ThesupplementfilesfortheWindows7operatingsystemareintheC:\SWTOOLS\OSFIXESdirectory.
•ThedevicedriversareintheC:\SWTOOLS\DRIVERSdirectory.
•ThepreinstalledprogramsareintheC:\SWTOOLS\APPSdirectory.
2.StarttheThinkPadSetupprogram.See“UsingtheThinkPadSetupprogram”onpage81.
3.SelectStartup➙UEFI/LegacyBoot.Thendooneofthefollowing:
•ToinstalltheWindows7(32-bit)operatingsystem,selectLegacyOnlyorBoth.
•ToinstalltheWindows7(64-bit)operatingsysteminLegacymode,selectLegacyOnly.
•ToinstalltheWindows7(64-bit)operatingsysteminUEFImode,selectUEFIOnly.
4.PresstheF10keytoexittheThinkPadSetupprogram.
5.InserttheWindows7operatingsysteminstallationDVDintotheopticaldrive,andrestartthecomputer.
6.RestoretheC:\SWTOOLSdirectorythatyoubackedupbeforeinstallingtheWindows7operatingsystem.
7.Installthedevicedrivers.See“Installingdevicedrivers”onpage81.
8.InstalltheWindows7fixmodules.YoucanfindtheWindows7fixmodulesintheC:\SWTOOLS\OSFIXES\
directory.Formoreinformation,gototheMicrosoftKnowledgeBasehomepageat:
http://support.microsoft.com/
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