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•Userecoverymediaifallothermethodsofrecoveryhavefailedandyouneedtorestorethestoragedrive

tothefactorydefaultsettings.See“Creatingandusingarecoverymedia”onpage115

Note:IfyouareunabletoaccesstheRescueandRecoveryworkspaceortheWindowsenvironmentfroma

rescuemediumorrecoverymedia,youmightnothavetherescuedevice(aninternalstoragedrive,adisc,a

USBharddiskdrive,orotherexternaldevices)setastheﬁrstbootdeviceinthestartupdevicesequence.

Youmustﬁrstmakesurethatyourrescuedeviceissetastheﬁrstbootdeviceinthestartupdevice

sequenceintheThinkPadSetupprogram.Fordetailedinformationonhowtotemporarilyorpermanently

changethestartupdevicesequence,see“Startupmenu”onpage85

Itisimportanttocreatearescuemediumandasetofrecoverymediaasearlyaspossibleandstorethem

inasafeplaceforfutureuse.

RecoveryoverviewfortheWindows10operatingsystem

TheWindowsrecoveryprogramsenableyoutoresetyourcomputeroruseadvancedstartupoptions.

ItisrecommendedthatyoucreatearecoveryUSBdriveasearlyaspossible.StoretherecoveryUSBdrive

asabackuporreplacementfortheWindowsrecoveryprograms.

Formoreinformation,see“CreatingandusingarecoveryUSBdrive”onpage121.

Resettingyourcomputer

Ifyourcomputerdoesnotperformwell,youmightconsiderresettingyourcomputer.Intheresettingprocess,

youcanchoosetokeepyourﬁlesorremovethem,andthenreinstalltheWindowsoperatingsystem.

Toresetyourcomputer,dothefollowing:

Note:Thegraphicaluserinterface(GUI)itemsoftheoperatingsystemmightchangewithoutnotice.

1.OpentheStartmenuandthenclickSettings.IfSettingsisnotdisplayed,clickAllappstodisplayall

programs,andthenclickSettings➙Update&security➙Recovery.

2.IntheResetthisPCsection,clickGetstarted.

3.Followtheinstructionsonthescreentoresetyourcomputer.

Usingadvancedstartupoptions

Withadvancedstartupoptions,youcanchangetheﬁrmwaresettingsofthecomputer,changethestartup

settingsoftheWindowsoperatingsystem,startthecomputerfromanexternaldevice,orrestorethe

Windowsoperatingsystemfromasystemimage.

Touseadvancedstartupoptions,dothefollowing:

Note:TheGUIitemsoftheoperatingsystemmightchangewithoutnotice.

1.OpentheStartmenuandthenclickSettings.IfSettingsisnotdisplayed,clickAllappstodisplayall

programs,andthenclickSettings➙Update&security➙Recovery.

2.IntheAdvancedstartupsection,clickRestartnow➙Troubleshoot➙Advancedoptions.

3.Selectadesiredstartupoption,thenfollowtheinstructionsonthescreen.

RecoveringyouroperatingsystemifWindows10failstostart

TheWindowsrecoveryenvironmentonyourcomputeriscapableofoperatingindependentlyfromthe

Windows10operatingsystem.Thisenablesyoutorecoverorrepairtheoperatingsystemevenifthe

Windows10operatingsystemfailstostart.

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