Chapter 3. Recovering Software; Creating And Using Product Recovery Discs - Lenovo ThinkCentre M52 Quick Reference Manual

Chapter 3. Recovering software

The ThinkVantage
that runs independently of the Windows operating system and is hidden from
the Windows operating system. Because the Rescue and Recovery workspace is
hidden, it is immune from most virus attacks and provides a safe place to
perform rescue and recovery operations that might not be possible in the
Windows environment. This chapter will help you become familiar with the
following recovery solutions provided by the Rescue and Recovery program
installed on your computer:
v Create Product Recovery discs. See "Creating and using product recovery
discs."
v Create rescue media. See "Creating and using rescue media" on page 18.
v Back up your hard disk periodically. See "Backup and recovery" on page 14.
v Create a Recovery Repair diskette. See "Solving recovery problems" on page
17.
Note: The rescue disc, first disc of the Product Recovery discs and backup
discs are startable (bootable). They can be started in any type of CD or
DVD drive except for a DVD-RAM media.
If you encounter a problem, you can use the recovery tools from either the
Windows environment or from the Rescue and Recovery workspace to do one
of the two recovery operations:
v Rescue files
v Restore your backups
See "Using the rescue and recovery workspace" on page 15 to perform one of
the two recovery operations.
See the ThinkVantage Productivity Center program for additional information
about the Rescue and Recovery program.

Creating and using product recovery discs

If your computer is equipped with a recordable CD or DVD drive, you can
create a set of Product Recovery discs that enables you to restore the contents
of the hard disk to the same state as when the computer was originally
shipped from the factory. Product Recovery discs are useful if you transfer the
computer to another area, sell the computer, recycle the computer, or as a last
resort put the computer in an operational state after all other methods of
recovery have failed. It is a good idea to create a set of Product Recovery discs
as soon as possible.
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