Lenovo ThinkPad L430 - Solving Recovery Problems

whenpromptedforthedevicedriveryouwanttoinstall,clickHaveDiskandBrowse.Thenselect
thedevicedriverlefromthedevicesubfolder.
•Inthesubfolderforthedevice,lookforthelefortheapplication(alewiththeextension.exe).
Double-clickthele,andfollowtheinstructionsonthescreen.
Attention:Ifyouneedupdateddevicedrivers,donotdownloadthemfromtheWindowsUpdateWebsite.
ObtainthemfromLenovo.Formoreinformation,see“Makingsuredevicedriversarecurrent”onpage122.
Solvingrecoveryproblems
IfyouareunabletoaccesstheRescueandRecoveryworkspaceortheWindowsenvironment,doone
ofthefollowing:
•UsearescuemediumtostarttheRescueandRecoveryworkspace.See“Usingarescuemedium”
onpage62.
•Userecoverymediaifallothermethodsofrecoveryhavefailedandyouneedtorestoretheharddisk
drivetothefactorydefaultsettings.See“Usingrecoverymedia”onpage60.
Note:IfyouareunabletoaccesstheRescueandRecoveryworkspaceortheWindowsenvironmentfrom
arescuemediumorrecoverymedia,youmightnothavetherescuedevice(aninternalharddiskdrive,a
disc,aUSBharddiskdrive,orotherexternaldevices)setastherstbootdeviceinthestartupdevice
sequence.Youmustrstensurethatyourrescuedeviceissetastherstbootdeviceinthestartupdevice
sequenceintheThinkPadSetupprogram.See“Startupmenu”onpage116fordetailedinformationabout
temporarilyorpermanentlychangingthestartupdevicesequence.FormoreinformationabouttheThinkPad
Setupprogram,see“ThinkPadSetup”onpage106.
Itisimportanttocreatearescuemediumandasetofrecoverymediaasearlyaspossibleandstorethem
inasafeplaceforfutureuse.
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