User's Manual
Chapter4.Relatedserviceinformation
Thischapterpresentsfollowinginformation:
•RestoringthefactorycontentsbyusingRecoveryDiscSet
•Passwords
•Powermanagement
•Symptom-to-FRUindex
ServiceWebsite:
Whenthelatestmaintenancedisketteandthesystemprogramservicediskettebecomeavailable,theywill
bepostedonhttp://www.lenovo.com/spm.
RestoringthefactorycontentsbyusingRecoveryDiscSet
Whentheharddiskdrive(HDD)orsolidstatedrive(SSD)isreplacedbecauseofafailure,noproduct
recoveryprogramisonthenewdrive.Inthiscase,youmustusetheRecoveryDiscSetforthecomputer.
OrdertheRecoveryDiscSetandthedriveatthesametimesothatyoucanrecoverthenewdrivewiththe
pre-installedsoftwarewhentheyarrive.Forinformationonwhichdiscstoorder,seeRecoverydiscs.
TherecoverydiscsetconsistsoftheuserinstructionsandthefollowingsetofDVDstorestorethecomputer
totheoriginalfactoryconguration.
OperatingSystemRecoveryDisc(onedisc)
ThisdiscrestorestheMicrosoft®Windowsoperatingsystem.Usethisdisctostarttherecoveryprocess.
ApplicationsandDriversRecoveryDisc(oneormorediscs)
Thisdiscrestoresthepreinstalledapplicationsanddriversonthecomputer.
SupplementalRecoveryDisc
Thisdisccontainsadditionalcontent,suchasupdatestothesoftwarethatwaspreinstalledonthecomputer.
NotallrecoverydiscsetscomewithaSupplementalRecoveryDisc.
Notes:
•YoumusthaveaDVDdrivetousetherecoverydiscs.IfyoudonothaveaninternalDVDdrive,you
canuseanexternalUSBDVDdrive.
•Duringtherecoveryprocess,alldataonthedrivewillbedeleted.Ifpossible,copyanyimportantdata
orpersonallesthatyouwanttokeepontoremovablemediaoranetworkdrivebeforeyoustartthe
recoveryprocess.
Torestorethecomputertotheoriginalfactorycongurationusingtherecoverydiscset,dothefollowing:
Note:Recoverytakesseveralhours.Thelengthoftimedependsonthemethodyouuse.Ifyouuserecovery
discs,recoverytakesatleastvehours.
1.MaketheCD/DVDdrivetherststartupdeviceinthestartupsequenceusingthefollowingprocedure:
a.PressandholddowntheF1key,andthenturnonthecomputer.Whenthelogoscreenisdisplayed
orifyouhearrepeatingbeeps,releasetheF1key.TheSetupUtilityprogramopens.
b.UsethearrowkeystoselectStartup➙Boot.
c.SelecttheCD/DVDdriveasthe1stBootDevice.
2.InserttheOperatingSystemRecoveryDiscintotheDVDdrive.
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