ThinkPad T400: Installing Windows 7
Upgrade Windows 7 from Vista over upgrade disks from Lenovo, ones gets the ThinkPad T400 system was stable after all devices recognize properly. Backing up works also well runs and he’s got a factory device similar to the preload that came in a separate partition in Vista. However, he don’t know how to get a Win 7 preload with the current installation.
If you have to upgrade T400 OS from Vista to Win 7 using an upgrade disk, better select custom install at boot up. Windows automatically moved the existing Vista installation including applications and data to a windows.old directory in the main C partition. Win 7 installation was great in clean install.
The next step is install System Update to load new drivers. And this is an important steps, you need to reinstall the applications and move your data from the windows.old directory. Now you have the service partition with the original Vista factory installation that left intact.