Thinkpad Win 7 to Win 8 Upgrade

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Jeremy DaCosta
Lenovo Corp.
Level 2 Support - Lenovo Systems Experts
Morrisville, NC 27560

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Hi Cvj17,
Welcome to Lenovo Community!
As per your query we understood that you are looking driver for Unknown device. In some system after installing all the drivers also the unknown device will show in Lenovo Solution Center, hence confirm it once in device manage is there any Unknown adapter is showing in that.
Please install Lenovo System Update application and run it to verify the driver automatically.
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holding down option key at bootup not giving you the bootmenu have nothing to do with win8.1
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Hello.
I'm a happy camper after upgrading my HP Spectre XT from win 7 to win 8 (Win 8 upgrade offer). The 128GB SSD disks just makes everything so smooth and fast.
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You can use Windows builtin Disk Management to delete the partition, or EaseUS software. Both procedures are outlined at EaseUS site:
http://www.partition-tool.com/resource/windows-8-partition-manager/delete-windows-8-partition.htm
As for a Recovery option after deleting, look at System Imaging which is builtin Windows 8 also.You need an external USB hdd for this.
http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/8956-system-image-create-windows-8-a.html
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I do not think there is anyway you can get a replacement discs because these are upgrade discs that were send during 2007 window 7 launched. Each set has the window 7 serial number and these are non-replaceable. Neither Mentor or lenovo is liable for item lost.
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W530 WIN 8.1 upgrade Optimus NVidia driver failure

Just upgraded to Win 8.1 and upgraded to the latest Optimus NVidia drivers. Major failure. On reboot, the screen remains blank, occasionally shows a small flashing image on a few pixels,lower left side of screen, occasionally shows the mouse pointer. Able to use thumbprint but still no video access. Seems like it is booting up but can't see anything. If I force bios back to the Intel 4000 only, all works fine EXCEPT MY CAD PROGRAM!
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ThinkVantage Active Protection System Dissapeared after Win 8.1 Upgrade

The ThinkVantage Active Protection System dissapeared from my ThinkPads after upgrading to Win 8.1.
I was going to reinstall it from the Lenovo ThinkVantage page but the Win 8 64bit version is not available for download.
Oddly enough, the 32bit version is available.
Is this a temporary situation? Will there be a Win 8.1 version?
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OK, Active Protection 64 bit for Win 8.1 is now available for download and working great!
I guess I panicked and was thinking that Lenovo would quit supporting this excellent tool (It has happened before)!
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Lenovo Win 7 Pro Upgrade - Recovery Partition?

If this has been covered already then I apologize in advance, but it would be appreciated if someone would respond to the following:
I recently upgraded my T61 to Windows 7 Pro using the two-disc set from Lenovo. To preserve my original XP pro setup, I used a new Seagate 250 GB hard drive for the Windows 7 upgrade. One of the first steps of the installation was an automatic setup of two partitions (one of 232 GB and another of about 18 GB). Then the process loaded the Windows 7 operating system on the larger one. The final step was to use the campanion disc to upload Lenovo specific software (ThinkVantage Toolbox). Using Toolbox, I installed the appropriate drivers from Lenovo's website and Windows 7 pro works just fine. However, it's not clear if restoration files were loaded to the drive's smaller partition as one gets when he/she gets installs the Lenovo version of Windows XP pro. Moreover, the Windows 7 upgrade does not seemed to provide Lenovo-specific wallpaper, etc. as with Windows XP. In short, can one restore Windows 7 from a recovery partition as is possible with the Lenovo's version of XP Pro?

Hi TEF,
Welcome to the forum!
The answer to your question is yes, recovery partition does get created during the upgrade process/clean installation. If you decide on installing Win 7 on old drive then make sure to create recovery discs for XP in advance because during the upgrade Win 7 set from lenovo deletes old recovery partition.
As to which OS the thinkvatage button will restore to, take a look at this thread:- http://forum.lenovo.com/t5/Windows-7-Discussion/Windows-7-upgrade-discs-will-include-the-option-for-... [especially last post from milliken]
Hope it helps.
Maliha (I don't work for lenovo)
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Built-in mic on Thinkpad Edge E545 Win 8.1 not working

OK so when I got this computer shipped to me from school back in November of 2014 it had Win. 7 on it. I had the Windows 8 recovery disc and decided to use that to upgrade the OS. Since that day my mic has been on steriods. I also keep getting the stupid message about the Dolby digital audio drivers not working. I've done everything I could find to to on the interwebs. I had installed the update first and still got it. Then I uninstalled, reinstalled, and restarted the laptop... still got the message. Now I can't even use Skype. PLEASE someone with updated information help! I need this thing to work for school since I have tutoring groups via Skype and such. Many thanks.

Thanks for your answer! I was able to solve the problem by running the pre-installed System Update rather than some of the solutions that had been poster somewhere else in the forum.
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Win 8.1 upgrade error 0xc000014c

Upgrade to 8.1 from win 8 now computer will not start.
Error0xc000014c your PC needs repair
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and got Hard disk short DST failed and
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Your hard drive has failed and will have to be replaced. If you are still within warranty period HP will send a drive. If not you can replace it with a retail hard drive. Just be sure to get one of at least as large a capacity as the original in order to use HP Recovery Discs to reinstall Windows.
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After Win 8.1 upgrade, Acrobat 9 Pro suddenly won't run

I have Web Premium CS4, and Acrobat Pro v. 9.5.5. I bought a new Window 8.0 computer 90 days ago, installed the suite, activated, and everything ran fine. Yesterday, I upgraded to Win 8.1. Now, when I open Acrobat Pro, I get a pop-up message saying that it was installed as part of a suite, and to open another program in the suite first. When I click OK, Acrobat closes. I have tried opening nearly every other program in the suite (Bridge, Flash, Photoshop 64-bit), they run OK, but Acrobat will still not run, and there are no activation messages. I checked my Adobe account, and my version of Acrobat Pro 9 is still listed, with serial number.
I'm very disappointed, as I use Acrobat Pro quite a bit, and currently it will not stay open at all. Other than telephoning Adobe for help (no free support # listed), or using on-line chat (no link available), or e-mailing them (no address listed)...what can I do to "activate" it?
I've tried opening Acrobat Distiller and get the same message, but when I close it, I see a brief flash of what appears to be an input box with activation stuff. It only appears for half-a-second, so I cannot do anything with it.

Bill, thanks for that info. I don't think I would ever expect to get any support from Adobe on these programs, since I stopped buying revisions after CS4. I was surprised that I was even able to successfully install the CS4 Web suite onto Win 8.0, and Win 8.1 probably adds another couple hundred million lines of redundant code from our friends in Bill Gates-Land.
However, my A-Pro9 problem did resolve unexpectedly! I tried opening all the suite's programs, one at a time, and then Acrobat, with no luck. Then I realized that the suite had installed both 64-bit and 32-bit versions of Photoshop (I use the 64-bit version) onto my new 64-bit computer. So, when I opened the *32-bit Photoshop* for a minute, closed it, and re-opened Acrobat 9, it went back to working normally. I'll take it!
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Satellite P845t-10G does not go to sleep closing lid after Win 8.1 upgrade

Hi,
I own a P845t-10g and since I upgraded to Win 8.1 the laptop does not go to sleep (or shut down) when closing the lid.
However, when opening the lid, it wakes from sleep mode.
I tried installing latest Toshiba systems settings utility and all updates on the support site.
Any ideas how to fix this?
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Did you check the option called: What closing the lid does?
Click on the 'Power Options' icon in taskbar (or in control panel).
Then click 'More power options'. Now a new windows will open. On the left side panel click on 'What closing the lid does'.
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