User Manual

Chapter8.Recoveryoverview

Thischapterprovidesinformationabouttherecoverysolutions.

•“RecoveryoverviewfortheWindows7operatingsystem”onpage99

•“RecoveryoverviewfortheWindows8.1operatingsystems”onpage104

RecoveryoverviewfortheWindows7operatingsystem

ThissectionprovidesinformationabouttherecoverysolutionsprovidedbyLenovoontheWindows7

operatingsystem.

Notes:

•Thereareavarietyofmethodstochoosefromwhenconsideringhowtorecoverintheeventofa

software-relatedorhardware-relatedproblem.Somemethodsvarydependingonthetypeofyour

operatingsystem.

•Theproductontherecoverymediamightbeusedonlyforthefollowingpurposes:

–Restoretheproductpreinstalledonyourcomputer

–Reinstalltheproduct

–ModifytheproductusingtheAdditionalFiles

Topreventpotentialperformancerisksorunexpectedbehaviorthatmightbecausedbythenewharddisk

drivetechnology,itisrecommendedthatyouuseoneofthefollowingback-upsoftwareprograms:

•ThinkVantageRescueandRecoveryversion4.52orlater

•AcronisTrueImage2010orlater

•ParagonBackup&Recovery10Suiteorlater,ParagonBackup&Recovery10Homeorlater

Creatingandusingrecoverymedia

YoucancreaterecoverymediaasbackupsfortheWindowsrecoveryenvironmentandtheWindows

recoveryimage.Ifyoucannotstartthecomputer,youcanuserecoverymediatotroubleshootandﬁxthe

problemsonyourcomputer.

Itisrecommendedthatyoucreaterecoverymediaasearlyaspossible.Onceyoucreaterecoverymedia,

keeptheminasafeplaceanddonotusethemtostoreotherdata.

Creatingrecoverymedia

Tocreaterecoverymedia,youneedaUSBdrivewithatleast16GBofstorage.TherequiredUSBcapacity

dependsonthesizeoftherecoveryimage.

Attention:CreatingrecoverymediawilldeleteanythingstoredontheUSBdrive.Toavoiddataloss,makea

backupcopyofallthedatathatyouwanttokeep.

Tocreaterecoverymedia,dothefollowing:

Note:Ensurethatyourcomputerisconnectedtoacpower.

1.Moveyourpointertothetop-rightorbottom-rightcornerofthescreentodisplaythecharms,and

clickSearch.