IBM THINKPAD L460 - Chapter 4. Related Service Information; Restoring the Factory Contents by Using the Recovery Disc Set

Chapter4.Relatedserviceinformation
Thischapterpresentsfollowinginformation:
•“RestoringthefactorycontentsbyusingtheRecoveryDiscSet”onpage29
•“RecoveryoverviewfortheWindows10operatingsystem”onpage30
•“Passwords”onpage32
•“Powermanagement”onpage33
•“Symptom-to-FRUindex”onpage35
ServiceWebsite:Whenthelatestmaintenancedisketteandthesystemprogramservicediskettebecome
available,theywillbepostedonhttp://www.lenovo.com/support
RestoringthefactorycontentsbyusingtheRecoveryDiscSet
Whenthemainstoragedriveisreplacedbecauseofafailure,noproductrecoveryprogramisonthenew
drive.Inthiscase,thecustomermustusetheRecoveryDiscSettorecoverthecomputer.Orderthe
RecoveryDiscSetandthedriveatthesametimesothatthecustomercanrestorethecomputertothe
factorydefaultsettingsbyusingtheRecoveryDiscSetafterthenewdriveisinstalled.Forinformationabout
whichdiscstoorder,gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/serviceparts-lookup.
Dependingonthemodel,thenumberofrecoverydiscsincludedintheRecoveryDiscSetdiffers.The
RecoveryDiscSetmightconsistoftheuserinstructionsandthefollowingsetofDVDstorestorethe
computertotheoriginalfactoryconfiguration.
•OperatingSystemRecoveryDisc(onedisc):ThisdiscrestorestheMicrosoftWindowsoperatingsystem.
Usethisdisctostarttherecoveryprocess.
•ApplicationsandDriversRecoveryDisc(oneormorediscs):Thisdiscrestoresthepreinstalled
applicationsanddriversonthecomputer.
•SupplementalRecoveryDisc:Thisdisccontainsadditionalcontent,suchasupdatestothesoftwarethat
waspreinstalledonthecomputer.NotallrecoverydiscsetscomewithaSupplementalRecoveryDisc.
Notes:
•Y oumusthaveaDVDdrivetousetherecoverydiscs.IfyoudonothaveaninternalDVDdrive,you
canuseanexternalUSBDVDdrive.
•Duringtherecoveryprocess,alldataonthedrivewillbedeleted.Ifpossible,copyanyimportantdata
orpersonalfilesthatyouwanttokeepontoremovablemediaoranetworkdrivebeforeyoustartthe
recoveryprocess.
•Recoverycantakeonetotwohourstocomplete.Thelengthoftimedependsonthemethodyouuse.If
youuserecoverydiscs,therecoveryprocesswilltakeabouttwohours.
TorestorethecomputertotheoriginalfactoryconfigurationusingtheRecoveryDiscSet,dothefollowing:
1.MaketheCD/DVDdrivethefirststartupdeviceinthestartupsequenceusingthefollowingprocedure:
a.PressandholddowntheF1key,andthenturnonthecomputer.Whenthelogoscreenisdisplayed
orwhenyouhearrepeatingbeeps,releasetheF1key.TheThinkPadSetupprogramopens.
b.UsethearrowkeystoselectStartup➙Boot.
c.SelecttheCD/DVDdriveasthe1stBootDevice.
2.InserttheOperatingSystemRecoveryDiscintotheDVDdrive.
3.PressF10tosavetheThinkPadSetupprogramconfigurationchanges.Followtheinstructionsonthe
screentobegintherecoveryprocess.
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