in ThinkPad: L, R and SL series Laptops https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/ThinkPad-L-R-and-SL-series-Laptops/Before-installing-WIN-7/m-p/159673 ThinkPad: L, R and SL series Laptops topics Sun, 20 Sep 2009 12:34:24 +0000 tp05_en <![CDATA[ ]]> https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1304/159673/159673 Hi,

 

I just bought a Lenovo SL 300 (273853G)

i made a backup of the Fabric System Partition on the harddisk, and i removed that partition after i made the copy.

 

I want to install win 7 on the comp because i simply dont like Vista and it slows down this comp soo ]]> Sun, 20 Sep 2009 12:34:24 +0000 https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1304/159673/159673 gero9mo <![CDATA[ Re: Before installing WIN 7 ]]> https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1304/159673/159730 Geir, welcome to the forum,

 

If you used the application to create recovery cds; you need to select to restore to factory state after booting from the first cd rather than recovering to a backup, which I belive is what you are doing. After selecting to restore to factory it may ask ]]> Sun, 20 Sep 2009 19:21:13 +0000 https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1304/159673/159730 andyP <![CDATA[ Re: Before installing WIN 7 ]]> https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1304/159673/160121 Hi,

 

Thanks for the help - i'll follow your tip on the recovery cd's :)

 

I installed win 7 and everything seem to be running smooth. Have a few issues with some drivers as there are quite a few that dont seem to be compatible with win 7. I have BIOS version 1.2 and th ]]> Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:17:56 +0000 https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1304/159673/160121 gero9mo