Lenovo ThinkCentre E63z - Replacing the 2.5-inch storage drive

1.Movethepointertothetop-rightorbottom-rightcornerofthescreentodisplaythecharms.Click
Settings➙ChangePCsettings➙Updateandrecovery➙Recovery.
2.IntheRemoveeverythingandreinstallWindowssection,clickGetstarted.
Usingtheadvancedstartupoptions
AdvancedstartupoptionsenableyoutochangethestartupsettingsofyourWindowsoperatingsystem,
startthecomputerfromanexternaldevice,orrestoretheWindowsoperatingsystemfromasystemimage.
Tousetheadvancedstartupoptions,dothefollowing:
1.Movethepointertothetop-rightorbottom-rightcornerofthescreentodisplaythecharms.Click
Settings➙ChangePCsettings➙Updateandrecovery➙Recovery.
2.IntheAdvancedstartupsection,clickRestartnow➙Troubleshoot➙Advancedoptions.
3.Restartyourcomputerfollowingtheinstructionsonthescreen.
RecoveringyouroperatingsystemifWindows8.1failstostart
TheWindowsrecoveryenvironmentonyourcomputeriscapableofoperatingindependentlyfromthe
Windows8.1operatingsystem.ItenablesyoutorecoverorrepairtheoperatingsystemeveniftheWindows
8.1operatingsystemfailstostart.
Note:Ensurethatyourcomputerisconnectedtoacpowerduringtherecoveryprocess.
Youcanrecoveryouroperatingsystembyonethefollowingrecoverysolutions:
•“RecoverysolutionsprovidedbytheWindows8.1operatingsystem”onpage95
•“RecoverysolutionsprovidedbytheLenovoprogram”onpage95
RecoverysolutionsprovidedbytheWindows8.1operatingsystem
Aftertwoconsecutivefailedbootattempts,theWindowsrecoveryenvironmentstartsautomatically.Then
youcanchooserepairandrecoveryoptionsbyfollowingtheinstructionsonthescreen.
FormoredetailsabouttherecoverysolutionsprovidedbytheWindows8.1operatingsystem,refertothe
helpinformationsystemoftheWindows8.1operatingsystem.
RecoverysolutionsprovidedbytheLenovoprogram
CreateRecoveryMediaenablesyoutorestoreyourcomputertothefactory-defaultsettings.Itis
recommendedthatyoucreaterecoverymediatobackupyourcomputersettingswithCreateRecovery
Mediaasearlyaspossible.
Creatingrecoverymedia
YoucancreaterecoverymediausingopticaldiscsorexternalUSBstoragedevices.Ifaninternaloptical
driveisnotavailableonyourcomputer,useanexternalopticaldrivetoperformanyrecoveryoperations
thatrequireadisc.
TocreaterecoverymediaontheWindows8.1operatingsystem,dothefollowing:
Note:Dependingonyourcomputermodel,therecoverymediamightcontainseveralmedia.Itis
recommendedthatyoustoretherecoverymediainasafeplaceforfutureuse.
1.ConnectaUSBstoragedevicetoyourcomputerorinsertanopticaldiscintotheopticaldrive.
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