Hardware Maintenance Manual

4.EnsurethatyouselecttheCopytherecoverypartitionfromthePCtotherecoverydrive.option.

ThenclickNext.

Important:IfyoucleartheCopytherecoverypartitionfromthePCtotherecoverydrive.option,

youwillcreaterecoverymediawithouttherecoverypartitioncontent.Youstillcanstartthecomputer

fromtherecoverymedia,butyoumightbeunabletorecoveryourcomputeriftherecoverypartitionon

yourcomputerisdamaged.

5.ConnectaproperUSBdrivethenclickNext.

6.ClickCreateintheRecoveryDrivewindow.Thecreationoftherecoverymediastarts.

7.Whenthecreationoftherecoverymediaﬁnishes,dooneofthefollowing:

•Tokeeptherecoverypartitiononyourcomputer,clickFinish.

•Todeletetherecoverypartitiononyourcomputer,clickDeletetherecoverypartition.

Attention:Ifyoudeletetherecoverypartitiononyourcomputer,dokeeptherecoverymediaina

safeplace.TheWindowsrecoveryimagewillnotbestoredinyourcomputeranymore,andyouwill

needtherecoverymediatorefreshorresetyourcomputer.

8.RemovetheUSBdrive.Therecoverymediaarecreatedsuccessfully.

Usingrecoverymedia

Ifyoucannotstartyourcomputer,orifyoucannotstarttheWindowsrecoveryimageonyourcomputer,use

recoverymediatorecoveryourcomputer.

Touserecoverymedia,dothefollowing:

Note:Ensurethatyourcomputerisconnectedtoacpower.

1.T urnonorrestartthecomputer.BeforetheWindowsoperatingsystemstarts,repeatedlypresstheF12

key.TheBootMenuwindowopens.

2.Selecttherecoverydriveasthebootdevice.

3.Selectapreferredlanguageandthenselectapreferredkeyboardlayout.

4.ClickTroubleshoottodisplaytheoptionalrecoverysolutions.

5.Selectacorrespondingrecoverysolutionaccordingtoyoursituation.Forexample,selectResetyour

PCifyouwanttoresetyourcomputertothefactorydefaultsettings.

FormoreinformationabouttherecoverysolutionsprovidedbytheWindows8operatingsystem,goto:

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=263800

Passwords

AsmanyasthreepasswordsmightbeneededforanyThinkPadnotebookcomputer:thepower-on

password,theharddiskpassword,andthesupervisorpassword.

Ifanyofthesepasswordshasbeenset,apromptforitappearsonthescreenwheneverthecomputeris

turnedon.Thecomputerdoesnotstartuntilthepasswordisentered.

Note:Ifonlythesupervisorpasswordisset,thepasswordpromptdoesnotappearwhentheoperating

systemisbooted.

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