Lenovo 80SF0001US - Recovery Partition and System Integrity

Chapter 3. Recovery system
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partitioncontainstheimagefileofthepreinstalledWindowsoperating
system.Incasesofsystemfailure,youcanusetheLenovoOneKey
RecoverysystemortheWindowsResetfeaturetorestoretheoperating
systemtoitsfactorystatu s.
Note: TheRecoveryPartitionisnotassignedadriveletterandcannotbeaccessedthrough
WindowsFileExplorer.
Iuninstalledapreinstalledsoftware,butthereisnosignificantincreaseinthe
freedrivespace.
ThecopyofW
indowsrunningonyourcomputermaybeCompact
technologyenabled.ForcomputerswithCompacttechnologyenabled
Windows,themajorityoffilesneededforpreinstalledsoftwareare
installedontheRecoveryPartitionandwon’tbedeletedthroughnormal
uninstallation.
WhathappensifIattempttodelet
eormodifytheRecoveryPartition?
Attention:Donotde
leteormodifytheRecoveryPartitiononaCompact
technologyenabledcomputer.
IftheRecov
eryPartitionisdeletedormodified,youmaynotbeableto
restoreWindowstothefactorystatus.Forcomputermodelsonwhich
Compacttechnologyisenabled,deletingtheRecoveryPartitionmaycause
Windowstofailtostart.
HowcanIdetermi
newhethertheWindowsrunningonmycomputeris
Compacttechnologyenabled?
CompacttechnologyisnormallyenabledoncopiesofW
indows10Update
runningonSSD(oreMMC)‐onlycomputermodels.Tocheckyour
computer,
1 Ri
ght‐clicktheStartbuttoninthelower‐leftcornerandselectDisk
Management.
2 TheDi
skManagementprogramstarts.
IfWi
mBootislabeledontheWindowspartition(asillustrated),Compact
technologyisenabledonyourcopyofWindows.