Lenovo ThinkPad T430 - Windows 8 Recovery Options

•Inthesubfolderforthedevice,lookfortheexecutablele(alewiththeextension.exe).Double-click
thele,andfollowtheinstructionsonthescreen.
Attention:Ifyouneedupdateddevicedrivers,donotdownloadthemfromtheWindowsUpdateWebsite.
ObtainthemfromLenovo.Formoreinformation,see“Makingsuredevicedriversarecurrent”onpage132.
Solvingrecoveryproblems
IfyouareunabletoaccesstheRescueandRecoveryworkspaceortheWindowsenvironment,doone
ofthefollowing:
•UsearescuemediumtostarttheRescueandRecoveryworkspace.See“Creatingandusingarescue
medium”onpage66
.
•Userecoverymediaifallothermethodsofrecoveryhavefailedandyouneedtorestoretheharddisk
drivetothefactorydefaultsettings.See“Creatingandusingrecoverymedia”onpage63.
Note:IfyouareunabletoaccesstheRescueandRecoveryworkspaceortheWindowsenvironmentfrom
arescuemediumorrecoverymedia,youmightnothavetherescuedevice(aninternalharddiskdrive,a
disc,aUSBharddiskdrive,orotherexternaldevices)setastherstbootdeviceinthestartupdevice
sequence.Youmustrstmakesurethatyourrescuedeviceissetastherstbootdeviceinthestartup
devicesequenceintheThinkPadSetupprogram.GototheBootMenutotemporarilyorpermanently
changethestartupdevicesequence.FormoreinformationabouttheThinkPadSetupprogram,see
“ThinkPadSetup”onpage115
.
Itisimportanttocreatearescuemediumandasetofrecoverymediaasearlyaspossibleandstorethem
inasafeplaceforfutureuse.
RecoveryoverviewforWindows8models
Thissectionprovidesinformationabouttherecoverysolutionsprovidedoncomputerspreinstalledwiththe
Windows8operatingsystem.
Refreshingyourcomputer
Ifyourcomputerdoesnotperformwellandtheproblemmightbecausedbyarecentlyinstalledprogram,
youcanrefreshyourcomputerwithoutlosingyourpersonallesorchangingyoursettings.
Attention:Ifyourefreshyourcomputer,theprogramsthatcamewithyourcomputerandtheprogramsthat
youinstalledfromWindowsStorewillbereinstalled,butallotherprogramswillberemoved.
Torefreshyourcomputer,dothefollowing:
1.Moveyourcursortothebottom-rightcornerofthescreentobringupthecharms.ClickSettings
➙ChangePCsettings➙General.
2.IntheRefreshyourPCwithoutaffectingyourlessection,clickGetstarted.
Resettingyourcomputertothefactorydefaultsettings
Youcanresetyourcomputertothefactorydefaultsettings.Resettingthecomputerwillreinstallthe
operatingsystem,andreinstallalltheprogramsandsettingsthatcamewithyourcomputer.
Attention:Ifyouresetyourcomputer,allyourpersonallesandsettingswillbedeleted.Toavoiddataloss,
makeabackupcopyofallthedatathatyouwanttokeep.
Toresetyourcomputer,dothefollowing:
1.Moveyourcursortothebottom-rightcornerofthescreentobringupthecharms.ClickSettings
➙ChangePCsettings➙General.
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