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Chapter6.Recoveryinformation

ThischapterprovidesinformationabouttherecoverysolutionsprovidedbyLenovo.

•“RecoveryinformationfortheWindows7operatingsystem”onpage79

•“RecoveryinformationfortheWindows8orWindows8.1operatingsystem”onpage85

RecoveryinformationfortheWindows7operatingsystem

Thissectioncontainsthefollowingtopics:

•Creatingandusingrecoverymedia

•Performingbackupandrecoveryoperations

•UsingtheRescueandRecoveryworkspace

•Creatingandusingarescuemedium

•Installingorreinstallingdevicedrivers

•Solvingrecoveryproblems

Notes:

1.TherecoveryinformationinthischapteronlyappliestothecomputersthathavetheRescueand

RecoveryprogramortheProductRecoveryprograminstalled.IftheEnhancedBackupandRestore

iconintheLenovoThinkVantageToolsprogramisdimmed,itindicatesthatyouneedtoinstall

theRescueandRecoveryprogrammanuallybeforeenablingitsfeatures.ToinstalltheRescueand

Recoveryprogram,dothefollowing:

a.ClickStart➙AllPrograms➙LenovoThinkVantageTools,anddouble-clickEnhancedBackup

andRestore.

b.Followtheinstructionsonthescreen.

c.Whentheinstallationprocesscompletes,theEnhancedBackupandRestoreiconisactivated.

2.Thereareavarietyofmethodstochoosefromwhenconsideringhowtorecoverintheeventofa

software-orhardware-relatedproblem.Somemethodsvarydependingonthetypeofoperatingsystem

thatisinstalled.

3.Theproductontherecoverymediamaybeusedonlyforthefollowingpurposes:

•Restoretheproductpreinstalledonyourcomputer

•Reinstalltheproduct

•ModifytheproductusingtheAdditionalFiles

Creatingandusingrecoverymedia

Youcanuserecoverymediatorestoretheharddiskdrivetothefactorydefaultstate.Recoverymediaare

usefulifyoutransferthecomputertoanotherarea,sellthecomputer,recyclethecomputer,orputthe

computerinanoperationalstateafterallothermethodsofrecoveryhavefailed.Asaprecautionarymeasure,

itisimportanttocreaterecoverymediaasearlyaspossible.

Note:Therecoveryoperationsyoucanperformusingrecoverymediavarydependingontheoperating

systemfromwhichtherecoverymediawerecreated.Therecoverymediamightcontainabootmedium

andadatamedium.YourMicrosoftWindowslicensepermitsyoutocreateonlyonedatamedium,soitis

importantthatyoustoretherecoverymediainasafeplaceafteryouhavemadethem.

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