Chapter5.Recoveryoverview
ThischapterprovidesinformationabouttherecoverysolutionsprovidedbyLenovo.
Thischaptercontainsthefollowingtopics:
•“Creatingandusingrecoverymedia”onpage69
•“Performingbackupandrecoveryoperations”onpage71
•“UsingtheRescueandRecoveryworkspace”onpage72
•“Creatingandusingarescuemedium”onpage73
•“Reinstallingpreinstalledapplicationsanddevicedrivers”onpage74
•“Solvingrecoveryproblems”onpage75
Notes:
1.Thereareavarietyofmethodstochoosefromwhenconsideringhowtorecoverintheeventofa
software-orhardware-relatedproblem.Somemethodsvarydependingonthetypeofyouroperating
system.
2.Theproductontherecoverymediamaybeusedonlyforthefollowingpurposes:
•Restoretheproductpreinstalledonyourcomputer
•Reinstalltheproduct
•ModifytheproductusingtheAdditionalFiles
Notes:Topreventpotentialperformancerisksorunexpectedbehaviorthatmightbecausedbythenew
harddiskdrivetechnology,itisrecommendedthatyouuseoneofthefollowingback-upsoftwareprograms:
•ThinkVantageRescueandRecoveryversion4.23orlater(forWindowsXP),4.3orlater(forWindows7)
•SymantecNortonGhostversion15orlater
Notes:Tousethisprogram,dothefollowing:
1.ClickStart➙Run.TheRunwindowopens.
2.T ypecmdintheeld.ThenclickOK.
3.T ypeghost-align=1mbandpressEnter.
•AcronisTrueImage2010orlater
•ParagonBackup&Recovery10Suitorlater,ParagonBackup&Recovery10Homeorlater

Creatingandusingrecoverymedia

Youcanuserecoverymediatorestoretheharddiskdrivetothefactorydefaultsettings.Recoverymedia
areusefulifyoutransferthecomputertoanotherarea,sellthecomputer,recyclethecomputer ,orputthe
computerinanoperationalstateafterallothermethodsofrecoveryhavefailed.Asaprecautionarymeasure,
itisimportanttocreater ecoverymediaasearlyaspossible.
Note:Therecoveryoper ationsyoucanperformusingrecoverymediavarydependingontheoperating
systemfromwhichtherecoverymediawerecreated.Therecoverymediamightcontainabootmedium
andadatamedium.Y ourMicrosoftWindowslicensepermitsyoutocreateonlyonedatamedium,soitis
importantthatyoustoretherecoverymediainasafeplaceafteryouhavemadethem.
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