Restoring The Factory Contents - Lenovo ThinkPad R500 2716 User Manual

Restoring the factory contents

The complete backup of all the files and programs that Lenovo preinstalled on
your computer may have shipped on recovery discs with your computer or
resides in a hidden protected area, or partition, of the HDD. Although hidden,
the backups in the partition consume the drive space. Therefore, when
checking the capacity of your HDD according to Windows, you might note
that the total capacity of the storage drive 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 HDD to the same state as it was when
originally shipped from the factory.
If you are using the recovery discs that are shipped with your computer, the
Product Recovery Program will be restored to your computer in addition to
all other content originally shipped from the factory. This will take up
additional capacity on your HDD or SSD if your computer did not initially
ship with the Product Recovery Program.
Attention:
v All files on the primary storage drive partition (usually drive C) will be deleted in
v If your optical drive is not attached to your ThinkPad computer during recovery,
v Recovery takes several hours. The length of time depends on the method you use.
Before restoring the system, initialize the settings of the BIOS Setup Utility:
1. Enter BIOS Setup Utility.
2. Press F9 to restore the default system settings. Select Yes and press Enter.
3. Press F10 to save the system settings. Select Yes and press Enter. The
Restoring the factory contents from the service partition
1. If possible, save all your files and shut down your operating system.
2. Turn off the computer, and then turn it on again.
3. When the ThinkPad logo comes up, immediately press the ThinkVantage
4. Click Full Restore and follow the instructions on the screen.
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the recovery process. However, before any data is overwritten, you will be given
the opportunity to save one or more files to other media.
DVD software and CD-recording software will not be installed. To ensure that they
will be installed correctly, install the optical drive before performing a recovery
operation.
If you use recovery discs which you have created or purchased, recovery takes at
least five hours.
computer will restart.
button. The Rescue and Recovery workspace opens.