ThinkPad T470 - Reinstalling Preinstalled Programs and Device Drivers

2.TurnonthecomputerandrepeatedlypressF12untiltheBootMenuwindowopens.
3.IntheBootMenuwindow,selecttheopticaldrive(internalorexternal)asthefirstbootdevice.Then,
insertthediscsintotheopticaldriveandpressEnter.Therecoveryprocessstarts.
4.Followtheinstructionsonthescreentocompletetheoperation.
•IfyouhavecreatedtherecoverymediawithaUSBstoragedevice,dothefollowing:
1.AttachtheUSBstoragedevicetooneoftheUSBconnectorsonyourcomputer.
2.TurnonthecomputerandrepeatedlypressF12untiltheBootMenuwindowopens.
3.IntheBootMenuwindow,selecttheUSBstoragedeviceasthefirstbootdeviceandpressEnter.
Therecoveryprocessstarts.
4.Followtheinstructionsonthescreentocompletetheoperation.
Note:Afterrestoringyourcomputertothefactorydefaultsettings,youmighthavetoreinstallthedevice
driversforsomedevices.See“Reinstallingpreinstalledprogramsanddevicedrivers”onpage104
.
Reinstallingpreinstalledprogramsanddevicedrivers
Yourcomputerenablesyoutoreinstallpreinstalledprogramsanddevicedrivers.
Reinstallingpreinstalledprograms
Toreinstallprogramspreinstalledonyourcomputer,dothefollowing:
1.Turnonyourcomputer.
2.GotoC:\swtools.
3.Opentheappsfolder.Thefoldercontainsseveralsubfoldersnamedforvariouspreinstalledprograms.
4.OpenthesubfolderandlocatetheEXEfile.
5.Double-clicktheEXEfileandfollowtheinstructionsonthescreentocompletetheinstallation.
Reinstallingpreinstalleddevicedrivers
Attention:Reinstallingdevicedriverswillchangethecurrentconfigurationofyourcomputer.Reinstall
devicedriversonlywhenitisnecessarytosolveaproblemwithyourcomputer.
Toreinstalladevicedriverforafactory-installeddevice,dothefollowing:
1.Turnonyourcomputer.
2.GotoC:\swtools.
3.OpentheDriversfolderandlocatethesubfolderthatisnamedafterthefactory-installeddeviceinyour
computer,suchasAUDIOorVIDEO.
4.Openthesubfolderforthedevice.
5.Reinstallthedevicedriverbyoneofthefollowingmethods:
•IfthedevicesubfoldercontainsanEXEfile,double-clicktheEXEfileandfollowtheinstructionson
thescreentocompletetheinstallation.
•IfthedevicesubfoldercontainsareadmeTXTfile,thedevicedriverinstallationinformationisincluded
inthereadmefile.Followtheinstructionstocompletetheinstallation.
•IfthedevicesubfoldercontainsanINFfile,right-clicktheINFfileandselectInstall.Thenfollowthe
instructionsonthescreentocompletetheinstallation.
Ifyouneedupdateddevicedriversforyourcomputer,downloadandinstallthemfromtheLenovoSupport
Websiteat:
104T470UserGuide