Lenovo ThinkPad E455 - Chapter 9. Recovery Overview; Recovery Overview for the Windows 7 Operating System; Creating and Using a Recovery Media

Chapter9.Recoveryoverview
ThischapterprovidesinformationabouttherecoverysolutionsprovidedbyLenovo.
•“RecoveryoverviewfortheWindows7operatingsystem”onpage97
•“RecoveryoverviewfortheWindows8.1operatingsystems”onpage102
•“RecoveryoverviewfortheWindows10operatingsystem”onpage105
RecoveryoverviewfortheWindows7operatingsystem
ThissectionprovidesinformationabouttherecoverysolutionsprovidedbyLenovoontheWindows7
operatingsystem.
Notes:
•Thereareavarietyofmethodstochoosefromwhenconsideringhowtorecoverintheeventofasoftware-
orhardware-relatedproblem.Somemethodsvarydependingonthetypeofyouroperatingsystem.
•Theproductontherecoverymediamightbeusedonlyforthefollowingpurposes:
–Restoretheproductpreinstalledonyourcomputer
–Reinstalltheproduct
–ModifytheproductusingtheAdditionalFiles
Topreventpotentialperformancerisksorunexpectedbehaviorthatmightbecausedbythenewharddisk
drivetechnology,itisrecommendedthatyouuseoneofthefollowingsoftwareprogramsforbackup:
•RescueandRecoveryversion4.52orlater
•AcronisTrueImage2010orlater
•ParagonBackup&Recovery10Suitorlater,ParagonBackup&Recovery10Homeorlater
Creatingandusingarecoverymedia
Youcanuserecoverymediatorestoretheharddiskdrive,hybriddrive,orsolid-statedrivetothefactory
defaultsettings.Recoverymediaareusefulifyoutransferthecomputertoanotherarea,sellthecomputer,
recyclethecomputer,orputthecomputerinanoperationalstateafterallothermethodsofrecoveryhave
failed.Asaprecautionarymeasure,itisimportanttocreaterecoverymediaasearlyaspossible.
Note:Therecoveryoperationsyoucanperformusingrecoverymediavarydependingontheoperating
systemfromwhichtherecoverymediawerecreated.Therecoverymediamightcontainabootmedium
andadatamedium.YourMicrosoftWindowslicensepermitsyoutocreateonlyonedatamedium,soitis
importantthatyoustoretherecoverymediainasafeplaceafteryouhavemadethem.
Creatingrecoverymedia
Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtocreaterecoverymedia.
Note:YoucancreaterecoverymediausingdiscsorexternalUSBstoragedevices.
Tocreaterecoverymedia,clickStart➙AllPrograms➙LenovoPCExperience➙LenovoTools➙
FactoryRecoveryDisks.Then,followtheinstructionsonthescreen.
Usingrecoverymedia
Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtouserecoverymediaondifferentoperatingsystems.
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