User's Manual

Chapter9.Recoveryinformation

ThischapterwillhelpyougetfamiliarwithrecoverysolutionsprovidedbyLenovo.Thischapterexplains

whenandhowtousethefollowingrecoverymethods:

•Creatingandusingrecoverymedia

•Performingbackupandrecoveryoperations

•UsingtheRescueandRecoveryworkspace

•Creatingandusingrescuemedia

•Installingorreinstallingdevicedrivers

•Settingarescuedeviceinthestartupsequence

•Solvingrecoveryproblems

Notes:

1.Thereareavarietyofmethodstochoosefromwhenconsideringhowtorecoverintheeventofa

software-orhardware-relatedproblem.Somemethodsvarydependingonthetypeofyouroperating

system.

2.Theproductontherecoverymediamaybeusedonlyforthefollowingpurposes:

•Restoretheproductpreinstalledonyourcomputer

•Reinstalltheproduct

•ModifytheproductusingtheAdditionalFiles

Creatingandusingrecoverymedia

Recoverymediaenableyoutorestoretheharddiskdrivetothefactorydefaultsettings.Recoverymedia

areusefulifyoutransferthecomputertoanotherarea,sellthecomputer,recyclethecomputer,orputthe

computerinanoperationalstateafterallothermethodsofrecoveryhavefailed.Asaprecautionarymeasure,

itisimportanttocreaterecoverymediaassoonaspossible.

Note:Therecoveryoperationsyoucanperformusingrecoverymediavarydependingontheoperating

systemfromwhichtheyarecreated.YourMicrosoftWindowslicensepermitsyoutocreateonlyonedata

medium,soitisimportantthatyoustorethecreatedrecoverymediuminasafeplace.

Creatingrecoverymedia

Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtocreaterecoverymediaondifferentoperatingsystems.

Note:OnWindows7,youcancreaterecoverymediausingdiscsorexternalUSBstoragedevices.On

WindowsVistaandWindowsXP ,youcancreaterecoverymediausingdiscsonly.

•TocreaterecoverymediaonWindows7,clickStart➙AllPrograms➙LenovoThinkVantageTools➙

FactoryRecoveryDisks.Then,followtheinstructionsonthescreen.

•TocreateProductRecoverydiscsonWindowsVista,clickStart➙AllPrograms➙ThinkVantage➙

CreateProductRecoveryMedia.Then,followtheinstructionsonthescreen.

•TocreateProductRecoverydiscsonWindowsXP ,clickStart➙AllPrograms➙ThinkVantage➙

CreateRecoveryMedia.Then,followtheinstructionsonthescreen.

Usingrecoverymedia

Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtouserecoverymediaondifferentoperatingsystems.