Chapter 4. recovery options, Using rescue and recovery, Restoring factory contents – Lenovo 3000 V200 User Manual

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Chapter

4.

Recovery

options

Using

Rescue

and

Recovery

If

Windows

is

not

running

properly,

use

the

Rescue

and

Recovery

workspace

to

help

solve

or

identify

your

problem.

Do

the

following:

1.

Turn

off

your

computer.

2.

Press

the

Lenovo

Care

button

to

turn

on

the

computer

and

immediately

enter

the

Rescue

and

Recovery

workspace.

3.

After

the

Rescue

and

Recovery

workspace

opens,

you

can

do

the

following:

v

Rescue

and

restore

your

files,

folders,

or

backups.

v

Configure

your

computer

and

passwords.

v

Communicate

using

the

Internet

and

link

to

the

support

site.

v

Troubleshoot

and

diagnose

problems

using

diagnostics.

For

more

information

about

using

Rescue

and

Recovery

features,

see

the

“Recovery

overview”

section

in

online

Access

Help.

Restoring

factory

contents

Instead

of

providing

a

recovery

disc

or

a

Windows

disc

with

your

computer,

Lenovo

provides

simpler

alternative

methods

of

accomplishing

the

tasks

typically

associated

with

these

discs.

The

files

and

programs

for

these

alternative

methods

are

on

your

hard

disk,

which

eliminates

having

to

locate

misplaced

discs

and

problems

associated

with

using

an

incorrect

disc

version.

The

complete

backup

of

all

the

files

and

programs

that

Lenovo

preinstalled

on

your

computer

resides

in

a

hidden

protected

area,

or

partition,

of

the

hard

disk.

Although

hidden,

the

backups

in

the

partition

consume

hard

disk

space.

Therefore,

when

checking

the

capacity

of

your

hard

disk

according

to

Windows,

you

might

note

that

the

total

capacity

of

the

disk

appears

to

be

smaller

than

anticipated.

This

discrepancy

is

explained

by

the

contents

of

the

hidden

partition.

The

Product

Recovery

Program

contained

within

this

area

enables

you

to

restore

the

complete

contents

of

your

hard

disk

to

the

same

state

as

it

was

when

originally

shipped

from

the

factory.

Note:

The

recovery

process

might

take

a

couple

of

hours.

To

recover

the

hard

disk

to

its

original

contents,

do

the

following:

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Copyright

Lenovo

2007

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