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Chapter9.Recoveryoverview

ThischapterprovidesinformationabouttherecoverysolutionsprovidedbyLenovo.

•“RecoveryoverviewfortheWindows7operatingsystem”onpage103

•“RecoveryoverviewfortheWindows8.1operatingsystem”onpage108

•“RecoveryoverviewfortheWindows10operatingsystem”onpage111

RecoveryoverviewfortheWindows7operatingsystem

ThissectionprovidesinformationabouttherecoverysolutionsprovidedbyLenovoontheWindows7

operatingsystem.

Notes:

•Thereareavarietyofmethodstochoosefromwhenconsideringhowtorecoverintheeventofasoftware-

orhardware-relatedproblem.Somemethodsvarydependingonthetypeofyouroperatingsystem.

•Theproductontherecoverymediamightbeusedonlyforthefollowingpurposes:

–Restoretheproductpreinstalledonyourcomputer

–Reinstalltheproduct

–ModifytheproductusingtheAdditionalFiles

Topreventpotentialperformancerisksorunexpectedbehaviorthatmightbecausedbythenewharddisk

drivetechnology,itisrecommendedthatyouuseoneofthefollowingsoftwareprogramsforbackup:

•RescueandRecovery4.3orlater

•SymantecNortonGhostversion15orlater

TostarttheSymantecNortonGhostprogram,dothefollowing:

1.ClickStart➙Run.TheRunwindowopens.

2.Typecmdintheﬁeld.ThenclickOK.

3.Typeghost-align=1mbandpressEnter.

•AcronisTrueImage2010orlater

•ParagonBackup&Recovery10Suitorlater,ParagonBackup&Recovery10Homeorlater

Creatingandusingarecoverymedia

Youcanuserecoverymediatorestoretheharddiskdriveorhybriddrivetothefactorydefaultsettings.

Recoverymediaareusefulifyoutransferthecomputertoanotherarea,sellthecomputer,recyclethe

computer,orputthecomputerinanoperationalstateafterallothermethodsofrecoveryhavefailed.Asa

precautionarymeasure,itisimportanttocreaterecoverymediaasearlyaspossible.

Note:Therecoveryoperationsyoucanperformusingrecoverymediavarydependingontheoperating

systemfromwhichtherecoverymediawerecreated.Therecoverymediamightcontainabootmedium

andadatamedium.YourMicrosoftWindowslicensepermitsyoutocreateonlyonedatamedium,soitis

importantthatyoustoretherecoverymediainasafeplaceafteryouhavemadethem.

Creatingrecoverymedia

Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtocreaterecoverymedia.

Note:YoucancreaterecoverymediausingdiscsorexternalUSBstoragedevices.

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