User guide

Performingarecoveryoperation
ThissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoperformarecoveryoperationusingtheRescueandRecovery
program.
1.Fromthedesktop,clickStart➙AllPrograms➙LenovoThinkVantageTools➙EnhancedBackup
andRestore.TheRescueandRecoveryprogramstarts.
2.IntheRescueandRecoveryprogrammainwindow,clicktheLaunchadvancedRescueandRecovery
arrow.
3.ClicktheRestoreyoursystemfromabackupicon.
4.Followtheinstructionsonthescreentocompletetherecoveryoperation.
FormoreinformationaboutperformingarecoveryoperationfromtheRescueandRecoveryworkspace,see
“UsingtheRescueandRecoveryworkspace”onpage97.
UsingtheRescueandRecoveryworkspace
TheRescueandRecoveryworkspaceresidesinaprotected,hiddenareaofyourharddiskdriveor
solid-statedrivethatoperatesindependentlyfromtheWindowsoperatingsystem.Thisenablesyouto
performrecoveryoperationsevenifyoucannotstarttheWindowsoperatingsystem.Youcanperformthe
followingrecoveryoperationsfromtheRescueandRecoveryworkspace:
•Rescuefilesfromyourharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive,orfromabackup
TheRescueandRecoveryworkspaceenablesyoutolocatefilesonyourharddiskdriveorsolid-state
driveandtransferthemtoanetworkdriveorotherrecordablemedia,suchasaUSBdeviceoradisc.
Thissolutionisavailableevenifyoudidnotbackupyourfilesorifchangesweremadetothefilessince
yourlastbackupoperation.YoualsocanrescueindividualfilesfromaRescueandRecoverybackup
locatedonyourlocalharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive,aUSBdevice,oranetworkdrive.
•Restoreyourharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrivefromaRescueandRecoverybackup
Ifyouhavebackedupyourharddiskdriveorsolid-statedriveusingtheRescueandRecoveryprogram,
youcanrestoretheharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrivefromaRescueandRecoverybackup,evenif
youcannotstarttheWindowsoperatingsystem.
•Restoreyourharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrivetothefactorydefaultsettings
TheRescueandRecoveryworkspaceenablesyoutorestorethecompletecontentsofyourharddisk
driveorsolid-statedrivetothefactorydefaultsettings.Ifyouhavemultiplepartitionsonyourharddisk
driveorsolid-statedrive,youhavetheoptiontorestorethefactorydefaultsettingstotheC:partitionand
leavetheotherpartitionsintact.BecausetheRescueandRecoveryworkspaceoperatesindependently
fromtheWindowsoperatingsystem,youcanrestorethefactorydefaultsettingsevenifyoucannot
starttheWindowsoperatingsystem.
Attention:Ifyourestoretheharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrivefromaRescueandRecoverybackupor
restoretheharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrivetothefactorydefaultsettings,allfilesontheprimaryhard
diskdriveorsolid-statedrivepartition(usuallydriveC:)willbedeletedintherecoveryprocess.Ifpossible,
makecopiesofimportantfiles.IfyouareunabletostarttheWindowsoperatingsystem,youcanusethe
rescuefilesfeatureoftheRescueandRecoveryworkspacetocopyfilesfromyourharddiskdriveor
solid-statedrivetoothermedia.
TostarttheRescueandRecoveryworkspace,dothefollowing:
1.Turnoffyourcomputer.
2.RepeatedlypressandreleasetheF11keywhenturningonthecomputer.Whenyouhearbeepsor
seealogoscreen,releasetheF11key.
3.IfyouhavesetaRescueandRecoverypassword,typeyourpasswordwhenprompted.TheRescue
andRecoveryworkspaceopensafterashortdelay.
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