Lenovo ThinkPad E560 - Creating and Using Recovery Media

Tocreaterecoverymedia,clickStart➙AllPrograms➙LenovoPCExperience➙LenovoTools➙
FactoryRecoveryDisks.Then,followtheinstructionsonthescreen.
Usingrecoverymedia
Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtouserecoverymediaondifferentoperatingsystems.
•Youcanuserecoverymediatorestorethecomputertothefactorydefaultsettingsonly.Youcanuse
recoverymediatoputthecomputerinanoperationalstateafterallothermethodsofrecoveryhavefailed.
Attention:Whenyouuserecoverymediatorestorethecomputertothefactorydefaultsettings,allthe
filescurrentlyontheharddiskdriveorhybriddrivewillbedeletedandreplacedbythefactorydefault
settings.
Touserecoverymedia,dothefollowing:
1.Dependingonthetypeofyourrecoverymedia,connectthebootmedium(memorykeyorotherUSB
storagedevice)tothecomputer,orinsertthebootdiscintotheopticaldrive.
2.RepeatedlypressandreleasetheF12keywhenturningonthecomputer.WhentheBootMenu
windowopens,releasetheF12key.
3.SelectthedesiredstartupdeviceandpressEnter.Therestoreprocessbegins.
4.Followtheinstructionsonthescreentocompletetheoperation.
Notes:
1.Afterrestoringyourcomputertothefactorydefaultsettings,youmighthavetoreinstalldevicedrivers
forsomedevices.See“Reinstallingpreinstalledprogramsanddevicedrivers”onpage105.
2.SomecomputerscomewithMicrosoftOfficeorMicrosoftWorkspreinstalled.Ifyouneedtorecover
orreinstallyourMicrosoftOfficeorMicrosoftWorksprograms,youmustusetheMicrosoftOfficeCD
orMicrosoftWorksCD.ThesediscsareprovidedonlywithcomputerspreinstalledwithMicrosoft
OfficeorMicrosoftWorks.
Performingbackupandrecoveryoperations
TheRescueandRecoveryprogramenablesyoutobackupallyourharddiskdriveorhybriddrivecontents
includingtheoperatingsystem,datafiles,softwareprograms,andpersonalsettings.Youcandesignate
wheretheRescueandRecoveryprogramstoresthebackup:
•Inaprotectedareaofyourharddiskdriveorhybriddrive
•Onthesecondaryharddiskdriveorhybriddriveifasecondaryharddiskdriveorhybriddriveisinstalled
inyourcomputer
•OnanattachedexternalUSBharddiskdriveorhybriddrive
•Onanetworkdrive
•Onrecordablediscs(arecordableopticaldriveisrequiredforthisoption)
Afteryouhavebackedupthecontentsontheharddiskdriveorhybriddrive,youcanrestorethecomplete
contentsoftheharddiskdriveorhybriddrive,restoreonlytheselectedfiles,orrestoreonlytheWindows
operatingsystemandapplications.
Performingabackupoperation
ThissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoperformabackupoperationusingtheRescueandRecovery
program.
1.FromtheWindowsdesktop,clickStart➙AllPrograms➙LenovoPCExperience➙LenovoTools➙
EnhancedBackupandRestore.TheRescueandRecoveryprogramopens.
2.IntheRescueandRecoverymainwindow,clicktheLaunchadvancedRescueandRecoveryarrow.
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