Lenovo THINKPAD L520 - Chapter 5. Recovery Overview; Creating and Using Recovery Media

Chapter5.Recoveryoverview
ThischapterprovidesinformationabouttherecoverysolutionsprovidedbyLenovo.
Thischaptercontainsthefollowingtopics:
•“Creatingandusingrecoverymedia”onpage81
•“Performingbackupandrecoveryoperations”onpage83
•“UsingtheRescueandRecoveryworkspace”onpage84
•“Creatingandusingarescuemedium”onpage85
•“Reinstallingpreinstalledapplicationsanddevicedrivers”onpage86
•“Solvingrecoveryproblems”onpage87
Notes:
1.Thereareavarietyofmethodstochoosefromwhenconsideringhowtorecoverintheeventofa
software-orhardware-relatedproblem.Somemethodsvarydependingonthetypeofyouroperating
system.
2.Theproductontherecoverymediamaybeusedonlyforthefollowingpurposes:
•Restoretheproductpreinstalledonyourcomputer
•Reinstalltheproduct
•ModifytheproductusingtheAdditionalFiles
Notes:Topreventpotentialperformancerisksorunexpectedbehaviorthatmightbecausedbythenew
harddiskdrivetechnology,itisrecommendedthatyouuseoneofthefollowingback-upsoftwareprograms:
•ThinkVantageRescueandRecoveryversion4.23orlater(forWindowsXPandWindowsVista),4.3or
later(forWindows7)
•SymantecNortonGhostversion15.0orlater
Notes:Tousethisprogram,dothefollowing:
1.ClickStart➙Run.TheRunwindowopens.
2.Typecmdintheeld.ThenclickOK.
3.Typeghost-align=1mbandpressEnter.
•AcronisTrueImage2010orlater
•ParagonBackup&Recovery10Suitorlater,ParagonBackup&Recovery10Homeorlater
Creatingandusingrecoverymedia
Youcanuserecoverymediatorestoretheharddiskdrivetothefactorydefaultsettings.Recoverymedia
areusefulifyoutransferthecomputertoanotherarea,sellthecomputer,recyclethecomputer,orputthe
computerinanoperationalstateafterallothermethodsofrecoveryhavefailed.Asaprecautionarymeasure,
itisimportanttocreaterecoverymediaasearlyaspossible.
Note:Therecoveryoperationsyoucanperformusingrecoverymediavarydependingontheoperating
systemfromwhichtherecoverymediawerecreated.Therecoverymediamightcontainabootmedium
andadatamedium.YourMicrosoftWindowslicensepermitsyoutocreateonlyonedatamedium,soitis
importantthatyoustoretherecoverymediainasafeplaceafteryouhavemadethem.
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