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Creating and using rescue media, Creating, Using – Lenovo 6396 User Manual

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Attention:

If

you

restore

the

hard

disk

from

a

Rescue

and

Recovery

backup

or

restore

the

hard

disk

to

the

factory

contents,

all

files

on

the

primary

hard

disk

partition

(usually

drive

C)

will

be

deleted

in

the

recovery

process.

If

possible,

make

copies

of

important

files.

If

you

are

unable

to

start

the

Windows

operating

system,

you

can

use

the

Rescue

files

feature

in

the

Rescue

and

Recovery

workspace

to

copy

files

from

your

hard

disk

to

other

media.

To

start

the

Rescue

and

Recovery

workspace,

do

the

following:

1.

Turn

off

your

computer.

2.

Restart

your

computer.

3.

Repeatedly

press

and

release

the

F11

key.

4.

When

you

hear

beeps

or

see

a

logo

screen,

release

the

F11

key.

5.

If

you

set

a

Rescue

and

Recovery

password,

type

your

password

when

prompted.

The

Rescue

and

Recovery

workspace

opens

after

a

short

delay.

Note:

If

the

Rescue

and

Recovery

workspace

fails

to

open,

see

“Solving

recovery

problems”

on

page

39.

6.

Do

one

of

the

of

the

following:

v

To

rescue

files

from

your

hard

disk

or

from

a

backup,

click

Rescue

files;

then,

follow

the

instructions

on

the

screen.

v

To

restore

your

hard

disk

from

a

Rescue

and

Recovery

backup

or

to

restore

your

hard

drive

to

the

factory

contents,

click

Restore

your

system;

then,

follow

the

instructions

on

the

screen.

v

For

information

about

other

features

of

the

Rescue

and

Recovery

workspace,

click

Help.

Notes:

1.

After

restoring

a

hard

disk

to

the

original

factory

contents

you

might

have

to

reinstall

device

drivers

for

some

devices.

See

“Recovering

or

installing

device

drivers”

on

page

38.

2.

Some

computers

come

with

Microsoft

Office

or

Microsoft

Works

preinstalled.

If

you

need

to

recover

or

reinstall

your

Microsoft

Office

or

Microsoft

Works

applications,

you

must

use

the

Microsoft

Office

CD

or

Microsoft

Works

CD

.

These

CDs

are

provided

only

with

computers

that

come

with

Microsoft

Office

or

Microsoft

Works

preinstalled.

Creating

and

using

rescue

media

Rescue

media

such

as

a

CD

or

USB

hard

disk

drive

enables

you

to

recover

from

failures

that

prevent

you

from

gaining

access

to

the

Rescue

and

Recovery

workspace

on

your

hard

disk.

Note:

The

recovery

operations

you

can

perform

using

rescue

media

vary

depending

on

the

operating

system.

The

rescue

disc

can

be

started

in

any

type

of

CD

or

DVD.

Rescue

media

also

contains

a

PC-Doctor

diagnostics

program,

which

enables

you

to

run

diagnostics

from

the

rescue

media.

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