Before Restoring The System, Initialize The Settings Of The Bios Setup Utility; Restoring The Factory Contents From The Service Partition; Restoring The Factory Contents Using The Recovery Discs - Lenovo N500 Supplement For User Manual

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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
computer will restart.

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 Lenovo logo comes up, immediately press the Lenovo Care
button, F11, or Enter key. The Rescue and Recovery workspace opens.
4
Click Full Restore and follow the instructions on the screen.

Restoring the factory contents using the recovery discs

If a set of recovery discs is enclosed with your computer, or you have
created or purchased recovery discs, you can restore the factory
contents by using the discs in the following procedure:
1
Make sure that in the BIOS Setup Utility the startup sequence is set so
that the system starts up from the recovery discs.
2
Insert the Rescue and Recovery disc into the DVD drive.
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