Creating and using a recovery repair diskette, Creating, Using – Lenovo 3000 J Series User Manual

Page 61: Recovery, Repair, Diskette

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To

create

rescue

media,

do

the

following:

1.

Open

the

Start

menu

from

the

Windows

desktop,

select

All

Programs

,

click

Lenovo

Care

,

then

click

Create

Recovery

Media

.

2.

In

the

Rescue

Media

area,

select

the

type

of

rescue

media

you

want

to

create.

You

can

create

rescue

media

using

a

CD,

USB

hard

drive,

or

a

second

internal

hard

disk

drive.

3.

Click

OK

.

4.

Follow

the

instructions

on

the

screen.

The

following

list

explains

how

rescue

media

is

used

on

different

operating

systems:

v

Windows

XP:

Use

rescue

media

to

restore

your

computer

to

the

original

factory

contents,

perform

a

custom

factory

recovery,

or

to

perform

other

rescue

and

recovery

operations

such

as

rescuing

individual

files.

v

Windows

Vista:

Use

rescue

media

to

perform

all

recovery

operations

except

the

ability

to

restore

to

the

original

factory

contents

and

custom

factory

recovery.

To

use

rescue

media,

do

one

of

the

following:

v

If

your

rescue

media

is

on

CDs

or

DVDs,

insert

the

rescue

disc

and

restart

your

computer.

v

If

your

rescue

media

is

on

a

USB

hard

disk,

attach

your

USB

hard

disk

drive

to

one

of

the

USB

connectors

on

your

computer,

then

restart

on

your

computer.

v

If

you

are

using

a

second

internal

hard

disk

drive,

set

the

startup

sequence

to

start

from

that

drive.

When

the

rescue

media

starts,

the

Rescue

and

Recovery

workspace

opens.

Help

for

each

feature

is

available

from

the

Rescue

and

Recovery

workspace.

If

your

rescue

media

fails

to

start,

you

might

not

have

your

rescue

device

(CD

drive,

DVD

drive,

or

USB

device)

set

correctly

in

your

BIOS

startup

sequence.

See

“Setting

a

rescue

device

in

the

startup

sequence”

on

page

45

for

more

information.

Creating

and

using

a

Recovery

Repair

diskette

If

you

are

unable

to

access

the

Rescue

and

Recovery

workspace

or

the

Windows

environment,

use

a

Recovery

Repair

diskette

to

repair

the

Rescue

and

Recovery

workspace

or

repair

a

file

needed

to

enter

the

Windows

environment.

It

is

important

to

create

a

Recovery

Repair

diskette

as

soon

as

possible

and

store

it

in

a

safe

place

as

a

precautionary

measure.

To

create

a

Recovery

Repair

diskette,

do

the

following:

1.

Start

your

computer

and

operating

system.

2.

Using

an

Internet

browser,

go

to

the

following

Web

address:

http://www.lenovo.com/think/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-54483

3.

Insert

a

diskette

into

diskette

drive

A.

Information

on

the

diskette

will

be

erased

and

the

diskette

will

be

formatted

appropriately.

4.

Double-click

on

the

appropriate

file

name.

The

diskette

is

created.

5.

Take

out

the

diskette

and

label

it

Recovery

Repair

diskette.

To

use

the

Recovery

Repair

diskette,

do

the

following:

1.

Shut

down

the

operating

system

and

turn

off

the

computer.

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4.

Recovering

software

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