Work of paving a new W530

I'm a software developer, and I receive a new maxed-out W530, my first Thinkpad ever (HP and Apple so far).

My usual practice with a new PC is to repave with

  • a clean installation of the operating system: Windows Enterprise 8.1 in this case, probably
  • sufficient pilots that nothing is hit in the Device Manager
  • different versions of Visual Studio and SDK and Office 2010 or 2013
  • (only if absolutely necessary) packages of software needed to support material

Is there any tarpits I met if I do this?

Thank you

Richard

It depends on.

You're going to be using UEFI? (il apporte beaucoup de complication dans la phase d'installation), also, there seems to be problems with BitLocker, at least in windows 7)

Are you dual boot? (if you will be dual-boot to windows 7 and below, you must specify CSM properties (bios) startup for windows 8 Yes, you can leave it in the UEFI only)

Ideally, you will prepare your customized Windows image (I do not know if these tools have been released to adjust images for windows 8).

In windows 7, you can put an xml in a usb key and configure programs and users in different partitions (shouln t you 'Users' in 'C') (still once, if you use UEFI and dual boot, you will need to the forward bulkhead of the hand with the first program Windows partition (good size for C is 80 GB) (without installation) resize and create partitions for Linux/Windows using G-parted cd.)

-You must have the copy of the file swtools to your thinkpad and directly download the video drivers from nvidia.

-Updated the BIOS of your laptop in advance first, using the windows utility.

-If you use SSDS, you must upgrade the firmware of the SSDS before anything!

-If you use the mSATA ssd, you must update the firmware/SW using a Lenovo tool (page pilot) (and you shouldn't put your system disk or boot)

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