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When recovery drive is created, you might see a Delete the recovery partition from your PC option. If you
want to free up drive space on your computer, select it and then select Delete. Otherwise, select Finish.
Lenovo OneKey Recovery system
Lenovo OneKey Recovery system is backup and recovery software pre-installed on select models of Lenovo
computers. It consists of two components: the backup application and the recovery environment.
Table 1. Components of the Lenovo OneKey Recovery system
Component
Backup application
Recovery environment
Create a user restore point
Using the Lenovo OneKey Recovery system, you can create a restore point of the system partition.
Note: The system partition is a logical partition on which Windows is pre-installed. It is typically assigned the
drive letter of C.
Step 1.
In Windows, start the OneKey Recovery system.
Note: If you cannot find the OneKey Recovery system, it may not be pre-installed on your
computer. Use the restore and recovery options of Windows instead.
Step 2.
Select System Backup; choose a location to save the image file and select Next.
Note: When choosing where to save the image file, choose a location on an external storage drive
or a partition other than the system partition.
Attention: Make sure the battery pack has enough power or keep your computer plugged in when
creating a restore point.
Start the recovery environment
If Windows cannot start properly, you may start the recovery environment of Lenovo OneKey Recovery
system and restore the system partition to the factory restore point or a user restore point.
Step 1.
Shut down the computer.
Step 2.
Press the Novo button and select System Recovery on the Novo button menu.
From the recovery environment, you can choose to restore the system partition to the factory restore point or
a user restore point.
Attention: All personal data created after the restore point on the system partition will be deleted.
Function
backs up the system partition to an image file
(user restore point).
restores the system partition to the factory
restore point or a user restore point.
How to start?
Start the OneKey Recovery application
in Windows.
Shut down the computer and press the
Novo button to start the recovery
environment.
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Chapter 4
Recover or restore your computer
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