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    X61t Windows 7

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by CanadianDude, May 24, 2009.

  1. CanadianDude

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    Is there a way to get Windows 7 on my X61t without the ultrabase?
     
    CanadianDude, May 24, 2009
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    alphakenny1 Notebook Consultant

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    sorry for the semi hi jack but had a quick question. Would I need to make recovery disks before doing a clean install of W7? or that is built in the machine correct?
     
    alphakenny1, May 24, 2009
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    @ Canadian Dude You could mount or extract the iso and install it from inside your current windows installation as an advanced installation as well.

    @ alphakenny1 you should always burn the recovery disks just in case. As long as you don't delete the recovery partition you can get back to it, its just a bit tedious to do so.

    So to make life simpler, just burn the recovery media before you go installing a new OS.
     
    drtigerlilly, May 24, 2009
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    Any USB based optical drive will work fine. For example, this $50 Lite-ON 20X DVD+RW will work fine for both burning your Vista recovery media and installing Windows 7.
     
    jonlumpkin, May 25, 2009
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