Chapter4.Relatedserviceinformation
Thischapterpresentsthefollowinginformation:
•“Recoveringthecomputersettings”onpage33
•“Passwords”onpage33
•“Powermanagement”onpage34
Recoveringthecomputersettings
Thistopicprovidesinformationabouttherecoveryprogramsthatareavailableforyoutorecoverthe
computersettings.
•Windows7:ThefollowingrecoveryprogramsareavailableoncomputerswithaWindows7operating
system:
–OneKey
®
RecoveryPro
TheOneKeyRecoveryProprogramenablesyoutobackupallyourharddiskdrivecontents,including
theoperatingsystem,datales,softwareprograms,andpersonalsettings.Youcandesignatewhere
theOneKeyRecoveryProprogramstoresthebackup.Afteryouhavebackedupthecontentsonthe
harddiskdrive,youcanrestorethecompletecontentsoftheharddiskdrive,restoreonlythedesired
les,orrestoreonlytheWindowsoperatingsystemandapplications.
–ProductRecovery
TheProductRecoveryprogramenablesyoutorestorethecomputersettingstothefactorydefault
settingsthroughrecoverymedia.
Attention:WhenyouusetheProductRecoveryprogramtorestorethecomputersettings,allthedata
youhavestoredontheharddiskdrivewillbedeletedandthecomputersettingswillberestoredtothe
factorydefaultsettings.Duringtherestoringprocess,youwillbegiventheoptiontosaveoneormore
lescurrentlyontheharddiskdrivetoothermediabeforethedataisdeleted.
•Windows8:ThepreinstalledWindowsrecoveryprogramenablesyoutodothefollowing:
–Refreshingthecomputerwithoutlosingpersonalles
–Restoringthecomputertothefactorydefaultsettings
Attention:WhenyouusetheWindowsrecoveryprogramtorestorethecomputersettings,allthedata
youhavestoredontheharddiskdrivewillbedeletedandthecomputerwillberestoredtothefactory
defaultsettings.Toavoiddataloss,backupyourdatainadvance.
–Conguringtheadvancedstartupoptions
Theadvancedstartupoptionsenableyoutodothefollowing:
–ChangingthestartupsettingsoftheWindowsoperatingsystem
–RestoringtheWindowsoperatingsystemfromasystemimage
–Startingupfromanexternaldevice
Formoreinformationabouttherecoverysolutions,refertothehelpinformationsystemoftheprograms.
Passwords
AsmanyastwopasswordsmightbeneededforaLenovonotebookcomputer:thepower-onpassword
andthesupervisorpassword.
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