You should be able to perform a fresh install of Win7 on your new drive using your 'upgrade' disk. There are instructions on the web about how to do it. It is pretty simple. Once you get the base Win7 installed you can grab all the TP-specific drivers and utilities from the Lenovo site and install them on top of it.
Here is one example of instructions that worked for me on an HP desktop. But do your own research and make sure you find instructions that meet all of your requirements. http://www.winsupersite.com/win7/clean_install_upgrade_media.asp Rob On Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:43 +0100, "Xavier Scheuer" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I have a ThinkPad T400 (model number: 2768-11G), with a 160 GB > hard disk drive and I'd like to upgrade this HDD storage capacity. > > I have bought a > ThinkPad 320GB 7200 rpm Serial ATA Hard Drive > Part number: 43N3411 > that I'd like to use instead of the 160GB 5400 rpm (default) one. > > > In the meanwhile, I want to upgrade the OS from Windows Vista Business > UK (pre-installed) to Windows Seven Ultimate FR using a "Windows 7 > Ultimate UPGRADE on a USB! 32 BIT (French)", that I got through an > Academic program. Is it possible?[1] > > [1] If I understand well Windows 7 Upgrade Considerations: > "Upgrading Windows Vista from one language (such as English) to > Windows 7 in a different language (such as French), requires custom > installation." > > http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/get/upgrade-considerations.aspx > So it seems to be feasable ! (sigh with relief ) > > > Do you have an idea how I could do that? > > I want to do a "fresh install" of Windows Seven, I don't care about > softwares I have installed on Vista, nor about Vista configuration > (and I have already done a backup of all my data on an external HDD). > > > 1. But I'd like to have all these "thinkpad-related" stuffs (actually > all > the "ThinkVantage" softwares). How can I do that? > > 2. How should I manage my (future) partitions? > Would you advice me to create a recovery partition? > If yes, where and of which size? > > > As information, here is how my current (160 GB Vista factory-installed) > HDD is partitioned: > unallocated 1.00 MiB > /dev/sda1 1.46 GiB SERVICEV003 (S:) % don't know (has a > lifebuoy, restauration points?) > /dev/sda2 137.82 GiB SW_Preload (C:) > /dev/sda3 9.77 GiB Lenovo (Q:) % recovery > > > Many thanks in advance. > Cheers, > > Xavier -- http://www.fastmail.fm - A no graphics, no pop-ups email service _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
