Creating And Using A Recovery Repair Diskette; Recovering Or Installing Device Drivers - Lenovo ThinkCentre A58 5473 User Manual

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 the diskette drive. Information on the diskette will be
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.
2. Insert the Recovery Repair diskette into the diskette drive.
3. Turn on the computer and follow the instructions on the screen.
Note: If the repair operation finishes without error, you will be able to access the
If an error message appears during the repair operation and the repair operation
cannot be completed, you might have a problem with the partition that contains
the Rescue and Recovery workspace. Use your rescue media to access the Rescue
and Recovery workspace. For information about creating and using rescue media,
see "Creating and using rescue media" on page 43.

Recovering or installing device drivers

Before you can recover or install device drivers, make sure your operating system
is installed and you have the documentation and software media for the device.
Device drivers for factory-installed devices are located on the computer hard disk
drive (usually drive C) in the SWTOOLS\drivers folder. Other device drivers are
on the software media that come with individual devices.
The latest device drivers for factory-installed devices also are available at:
http://www.lenovo.com/think/support
To reinstall a device driver for a factory-installed device, do the following:
1. Start your computer and operating system.
2. Use Windows Explorer or My Computer to display the directory structure of
3. Open the C:\SWTOOLS folder.
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erased and the diskette will be formatted appropriately.
Rescue and Recovery workspace by repeatedly pressing the F11 key while
you restart your computer. When you hear beeps or see a logo screen,
release the F11 key. You will also be able to access the Windows
environment after the repair operation finishes.
your hard disk drive.