Related service information
This chapter presents following information:
v“Restoring the factory contents by using Recovery Disc Set”
v“Passwords” on page 48
v“Power management” on page 52
v“Symptom-to-FRU index” on page 53

Restoring the factory contents by using Recovery Disc Set

When the hard disk drive (HDD) or solid state drive (SSD) is replaced because of a
failure, no product recovery program is on the new drive. In this case, you must
use the Recovery Disc Set for the computer. Orderthe Recovery Disc Set and the
drive at the same time so that you can recover the new drive with the pre-installed
software when they arrive. For information on which discs to order,see “Recovery
discs” on page 132.
The recovery disc set consists of the user instructions and the following set of
DVDs to restore the computer to the original factory configuration.
Operating System Recovery Disc (one disc)
This disc restores the Microsoft®Windowsoperating system. Use this disc
to start the recovery process.
Applications and Drivers Recovery Disc (one or more discs)
This disc restores the preinstalled applications and drivers on the
computer.
Supplemental Recovery Disc
This disc contains additional content, such as updates to the software that
was preinstalled on the computer.Not all recovery disc sets come with a
Supplemental Recovery Disc.
Notes:
vYoumust have a DVD drive to use the recovery discs. If you do not have an
internal DVD drive, you can use an external USB DVD drive.
vDuring the recovery process, all data on the drive will be deleted. If possible,
copy any important data or personal files that you want to keep onto removable
media or a network drive before you start the recovery process.
Torestore the computer to the original factory configuration using the recovery
disc set, do the following:
Service Web site:
When the latest maintenance diskette and the system program service diskette
become available, they will be posted on http://www.lenovo.com/spm
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