Lenovo ThinkPad E560 - Chapter 9. Recovery Overview; Recovery Overview for Windows 7

Chapter9.Recoveryoverview
Thischaptercontainsthefollowingtopics:
•“RecoveryoverviewfortheWindows7operatingsystem”onpage101
•“RecoveryoverviewfortheWindows10operatingsystem”onpage106
RecoveryoverviewfortheWindows7operatingsystem
ThissectionprovidesinformationabouttherecoverysolutionsprovidedbyLenovoontheWindows7
operatingsystem.
Notes:
•Thereareavarietyofmethodstochoosefromwhenconsideringhowtorecoverintheeventofasoftware-
orhardware-relatedproblem.Somemethodsvarydependingonthetypeofyouroperatingsystem.
•Theproductontherecoverymediamightbeusedonlyforthefollowingpurposes:
–Restoretheproductpreinstalledonyourcomputer
–Reinstalltheproduct
–ModifytheproductusingtheAdditionalFiles
Topreventpotentialperformancerisksorunexpectedbehaviorthatmightbecausedbythenewharddisk
drivetechnology,itisrecommendedthatyouuseoneofthefollowingsoftwareprogramsforbackup:
•RescueandRecoveryversion4.52orlater
•SymantecNortonGhostversion15orlater
TostarttheSymantecNortonGhostprogram,dothefollowing:
1.ClickStart➙Run.TheRunwindowopens.
2.Typecmdinthefield.ThenclickOK.
3.Typeghost-align=1mbandpressEnter.
•AcronisTrueImage2010orlater
•ParagonBackup&Recovery10Suitorlater,ParagonBackup&Recovery10Homeorlater
Creatingandusingarecoverymedia
Youcanuserecoverymediatorestoretheharddiskdriveorhybriddrivetothefactorydefaultsettings.
Recoverymediaareusefulifyoutransferthecomputertoanotherarea,sellthecomputer,recyclethe
computer,orputthecomputerinanoperationalstateafterallothermethodsofrecoveryhavefailed.Asa
precautionarymeasure,itisimportanttocreaterecoverymediaasearlyaspossible.
Note:Therecoveryoperationsyoucanperformusingrecoverymediavarydependingontheoperating
systemfromwhichtherecoverymediawerecreated.Therecoverymediamightcontainabootmedium
andadatamedium.YourMicrosoftWindowslicensepermitsyoutocreateonlyonedatamedium,soitis
importantthatyoustoretherecoverymediainasafeplaceafteryouhavemadethem.
Creatingrecoverymedia
Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtocreaterecoverymedia.
Note:YoucancreaterecoverymediausingdiscsorexternalUSBstoragedevices.
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