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Chapter5.Recoveryoverview

ThischapterprovidesinformationabouttherecoverysolutionsprovidedbyLenovo.

•“RecoveryoverviewforWindows7models”onpage59

•“RecoveryoverviewforWindows8models”onpage64

RecoveryoverviewforWindows7models

ThissectionprovidesinformationabouttherecoverysolutionsprovidedbyLenovoontheWindows7

operatingsystem.

Notes:

1.Thereareavarietyofmethodstochoosefromwhenconsideringhowtorecoverintheeventofa

software-orhardware-relatedproblem.Somemethodsvarydependingonthetypeofyouroperating

system.

2.Theproductontherecoverymediamightbeusedonlyforthefollowingpurposes:

•Restoretheproductpreinstalledonyourcomputer

•Reinstalltheproduct

•ModifytheproductusingtheAdditionalFiles

Notes:Topreventpotentialperformancerisksorunexpectedbehaviorthatmightbecausedbythenew

harddiskdrivetechnology,itisrecommendedthatyouuseoneofthefollowingback-upsoftwareprograms:

•LenovoOneKeyRecoveryPro

•SymantecNortonGhostversion15orlater

Notes:Tousethisprogram,dothefollowing:

1.ClickStart➙Run.TheRunwindowopens.

2.Typecmdintheeld.ThenclickOK.

3.Typeghost-align=1mbandpressEnter.

•AcronisTrueImage2010orlater

•ParagonBackup&Recovery10Suitorlater,ParagonBackup&Recovery10Homeorlater

Creatingandusingarecoverymedia

Youcanuserecoverymediatorestoretheharddiskdrivetothefactorydefaultsettings.Recoverymedia

areusefulifyoutransferthecomputertoanotherarea,sellthecomputer,recyclethecomputer,orputthe

computerinanoperationalstateafterallothermethodsofrecoveryhavefailed.Asaprecautionarymeasure,

itisimportanttocreaterecoverymediaasearlyaspossible.

Note:Therecoveryoperationsyoucanperformusingrecoverymediavarydependingontheoperating

systemfromwhichtherecoverymediawerecreated.Therecoverymediamightcontainabootmedium

andadatamedium.YourMicrosoftWindowslicensepermitsyoutocreateonlyonedatamedium,soitis

importantthatyoustoretherecoverymediainasafeplaceafteryouhavemadethem.

Creatingrecoverymedia

Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtocreaterecoverymedia.

Note:YoucancreaterecoverymediausingdiscsorexternalUSBstoragedevices.

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