Lenovo ThinkPad E455 - Creating and Using a Rescue Medium

Note:IftheRescueandRecoveryworkspacefailstoopen,see“Solvingrecoveryproblems”on
page102
.
4.Dooneofthefollowing:
•Torescuefilesfromyourharddiskdrive,hybriddrive,orsolid-statedriveorfromabackup,click
Rescuefilesandfollowtheinstructionsonthescreen.
•Torestoreyourharddiskdrive,hybriddrive,orsolid-statedrivefromaRescueandRecoverybackup
ortorestoreyourharddiskdrive,hybriddrive,orsolid-statedrivetothefactorydefaultsettings,click
Restoreyoursystemandfollowtheinstructionsonthescreen.
FormoreinformationaboutthefeaturesoftheRescueandRecoveryworkspace,clickHelp.
Notes:
1.Afterrestoringyourharddiskdrive,hybriddrive,orsolid-statedrivetothefactorydefaultsettings,you
mighthavetoreinstalldevicedriversforsomedevices.See“Reinstallingpreinstalledprogramsand
devicedrivers”onpage101.
2.SomecomputerscomewithMicrosoftOfficeorMicrosoftWorkspreinstalled.Ifyouneedtorecover
orreinstallyourMicrosoftOfficeorMicrosoftWorksprograms,youmustusetheMicrosoftOfficeCD
orMicrosoftWorksCD.ThesediscsareprovidedonlywithcomputerspreinstalledwithMicrosoft
OfficeorMicrosoftWorks.
Creatingandusingarescuemedium
Witharescuemedium,suchasadiscoraUSBharddiskdrive,youcanrecoverthecomputerfrom
failuresthatpreventyoufromgainingaccesstotheRescueandRecoveryworkspaceonyourharddisk
drive,hybriddrive,orsolid-statedrive.
Notes:
1.Therecoveryoperationsyoucanperformusingarescuemediumvarydependingontheoperating
system.
2.Therescuedisccanbestartedinalltypesofopticaldrives.
Creatingarescuemedium
Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtocreatearescuemedium.
1.FromtheWindowsdesktop,clickStart➙AllPrograms➙LenovoPCExperience➙LenovoTools➙
EnhancedBackupandRestore.TheRescueandRecoveryprogramopens.
2.IntheRescueandRecoverymainwindow,clicktheLaunchadvancedRescueandRecoveryarrow.
3.ClicktheCreateRescueMediaicon.TheCreateRescueandRecoveryMediawindowopens.
4.IntheRescueMediaarea,selectthetypeoftherescuemediumyouwanttocreate.Youcancreatea
rescuemediumusingadisc,aUSBharddiskdrive,orasecondaryinternalharddiskdrive.
5.ClickOKandfollowtheinstructionsonthescreentocreatearescuemedium.
Usingarescuemedium
Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtousetherescuemediumyouhavecreated.
•Ifyouhavecreatedarescuemediumusingadisc,usethefollowinginstructionstousetherescuemedium:
1.Turnoffyourcomputer.
2.RepeatedlypressandreleasetheF12keywhenturningonthecomputer.WhentheBootMenu
windowopens,releasetheF12key.
3.IntheBootMenuwindow,selectthedesiredexternalopticaldriveasthefirstbootdevice.Then,
inserttherescuediscintotheexternalopticaldriveandpressEnter.Therescuemediumstarts.
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