User's Manual
Creatingrescuemedia
Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtocreaterescuemediaondifferentoperatingsystems.
•TocreatearescuemediumonWindows7,dothefollowing:
1.FromtheWindowsdesktop,clickStart➙AllPrograms➙LenovoThinkVantageTools➙
EnhancedBackupandRestore.TheRescueandRecoveryprogramopens.
2.FromtheRescueandRecoverymainwindow,clicktheLaunchadvancedRescueandRecovery
arrow.
3.ClicktheCreateRescueMediaicon.TheCreateRescueandRecoveryMediawindowopens.
4.IntheRescueMediaarea,selectthetypeofrescuemediayouwanttocreate.Youcancreatea
rescuemediumusingadisc,aUSBharddiskdrive,orasecondaryinternalharddiskdrive.
5.ClickOKandfollowtheinstructionsonthescreen.
•TocreatearescuemediumonWindowsVistaorWindowsXP ,dothefollowing:
1.FromtheWindowsdesktop,clickStart➙AllPrograms➙ThinkVantage➙CreateRecovery
Media.TheCreateRescueandRecoveryMediawindowopens.
2.IntheRescueMediaarea,selectthetypeofrescuemediayouwanttocreate.Youcancreatea
rescuemediumusingadisc,aUSBharddiskdrive,orasecondaryinternalharddiskdrive.
3.ClickOKandfollowtheinstructionsonthescreen.
Usingrescuemedia
Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtousetherescuemediayouhavecreated.
Note:Makesureyourrescuedevice(opticaldrive,USBdevice,orthesecondaryinternalharddiskdrive)is
setastherstbootdeviceinthestartupdevicesequencebeforedoingthisprocedure.See“Selectinga
startupdevice”onpage19.
Tousetherescuemediumyouhavecreated,dooneofthefollowing:
•Ifyouhavecreatedtherescuemediumusingadisc,makesurethatyourcomputeristurnedonandinsert
therescuedisc.Then,restartthecomputer.Therescuemediumstarts.
•IfyouhavecreatedtherescuemediumusingaUSBharddiskdrive,attachtheUSBharddiskdrivetoone
oftheUSBconnectorsonyourcomputer.Then,turnonthecomputer.Therescuemediumstarts.
•Ifyouhavecreatedtherescuemediumusingasecondaryinternalharddiskdrive,setthesecondary
internalharddiskdriveastherstbootdeviceinthestartupdevicesequence.Then,therescuemedium
starts.
Whentherescuemediumstarts,theRescueandRecoveryworkspaceopens.Thehelpinformationfor
eachfeatureisavailablefromtheRescueandRecoveryworkspace.Followtheinstructionstocomplete
therecoveryprocess.
Installingorreinstallingdevicedrivers
Beforeinstallingorreinstallingdevicedrivers,makesurethatyouhaveapreinstalledoperatingsystemand
thedocumentationandsoftwaremediaforthedevice.
Devicedriversforfactory-installeddevicesarelocatedonthecomputerharddiskdrive(usuallydriveC:)in
theSWTOOLS\DRIVERSfolder.Thelatestdevicedriversforfactory-installeddevicesarealsoavailableat
http://support.lenovo.com.Otherdevicedriversareonthesoftwaremediathatcomewithindividualdevices.
Toinstallorreinstalladevicedriverforafactory-installeddevice,dothefollowing:
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