ThinkPad T470 - Chapter 8. Recovery Information; Recovery Information for the Windows 7 Operating System; Creating and Using Recovery Media

Chapter8.Recoveryinformation
Thischapterprovidesinformationaboutrecoverysolutions.Therearevariousmethodstochoosefromwhen
consideringhowtorecoverintheeventofasoftware-orhardware-relatedproblem.Somemethodsvary
dependingonthetypeofyouroperatingsystem.
RecoveryinformationfortheWindows7operatingsystem
ThistopicintroducestheLenovorecoverysolutionsontheWindows7operatingsystem.
Creatingandusingrecoverymedia
Recoverymediaenablesyoutorestorethestoragedrivetothefactorydefaultsettingsafterallotherrecovery
methodshavefailed.Itisimportanttocreaterecoverymediaasearlyaspossible.
Note:Therecoveryoperationsyoucanperformusingrecoverymediavarydependingontheoperating
systemfromwhichtherecoverymediawerecreated.Therecoverymediamightcontainabootmediumand
adatamedium.YourMicrosoftWindowslicensepermitsyoutocreateonlyonedatamedium.Ensurethat
youstoretherecoverymediainasafeplaceafteryouhavemadethem.
Ifyoudidnotcreaterecoverymediaasaprecautionarymeasure,youcancontactLenovoCustomerSupport
CenterandpurchaseasetofrecoverymediafromLenovo.ForalistoftheLenovoSupportphonenumbers
foryourcountryorregion,goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/support/phone
Thedataontherecoverymediacanbeusedonlyforthefollowingpurposes:
•Reinstallingtheprogramsanddevicedriversonyourcomputer
•Reinstallingtheoperatingsystem
•Modifyingthedatafilesontheharddiskdriveusingtheadditionalfiles
Creatingrecoverymedia
Tocreaterecoverymedia,youneedasetofdiscsoraUSBstoragedevice(withatleast16GBofstorage
capacity).TheactualdiscnumberorUSBcapacitythatisrequireddependsonthesizeoftherecovery
image.
Attention:CreatingrecoverymediawilldeleteanythingstoredonthediscsorUSBstoragedevice.Toavoid
dataloss,makeabackupcopyofallthedatathatyouwanttokeep.
Tocreaterecoverymedia,clickStart➙AllPrograms➙LenovoPCExperience.Inthepromptedwindow,
double-clickLenovoTools➙FactoryRecoveryDisks.Then,followtheinstructionsonthescreen.
Usingrecoverymedia
Attention:Duringtherecoveryprocess,allthefilescurrentlyonthestoragedeviceofyourcomputerwillbe
deletedandreplacedbythefactorydefaultsettings.
Tousetherecoverymedia,dothefollowing:
•Ifyouhavecreatedtherecoverymediawithdiscs,dothefollowing:
1.Ifyourcomputerdoesnothaveaninternalopticaldrive,connectanexternalopticaldrivetothe
computer.
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