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Chapter 6. Recovery options
Introducing Rescue and Recovery
If Windows is not running properly, you may need to do the following:
v Get the current system information.
v Diagnose and troubleshoot a problem.
v Rescue a file from your Windows environment or restore backed-up files,
provided you have made backups by use of the Rescue and Recovery
program.
v Configure your computer or start the BIOS Setup Utility.
All this can be achieved from the ThinkVantage Rescue and Recovery
workspace. Turn on your computer, and, when the following message is
displayed, press the ThinkVantage button: "To interrupt normal startup, press
the blue ThinkVantage button." The ThinkVantage Rescue and Recovery
workspace opens. For more information about using Rescue and Recovery
features, see the "Recovery overview" section of Access Help.
Restoring factory contents
Instead of providing a recovery CD or a Windows CD with your computer,
Lenovo provides simpler methods of accomplishing the tasks typically
associated with these CDs. The files and programs for these alternative
methods are on your hard disk, which eliminates having to locate misplaced
CDs and problems associated with using an incorrect CD 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.
Notes:
1. If the optical drive is not attached to your ThinkPad computer during
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recovery, DVD software and CD-recording software will not be installed.
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