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Upgrading the hard disk drive, Upgrading, Hard – Lenovo Z60T User Manual

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You

can

use

either

the

Rescue

and

Recovery

program

or

the

Rescue

and

Recovery

workspace

to

restore

the

contents

of

the

hard

disk

to

an

earlier

state

using

any

of

the

stored

backups.

The

Rescue

and

Recovery

workspace

runs

independently

of

the

Windows

operating

system.

Therefore,

you

can

start

it

by

pressing

the

ThinkVantage

button

when

prompted

during

startup.

After

the

Rescue

and

Recovery

workspace

opens

you

can

perform

a

recovery

operation,

even

if

you

are

unable

to

start

Windows.

For

more

information

about

using

Rescue

and

Recovery

features,

see

“Data

backup-and-restore

tools”

or

“Introducing

Rescue

and

Recovery”

in

Access

Help.

To

recover

the

hard

disk

to

its

original

contents,

do

the

following:

Notes:

1.

If

the

optical

drive

is

not

attached

to

your

ThinkPad

computer

during

recovery,

DVD

software

and

CD-recording

software

will

not

be

installed.

To

ensure

that

they

will

be

installed

correctly,

install

the

optical

drive

in

the

Ultrabay

Slim

or

Ultrabay

Enhanced

before

performing

a

recovery

operation.

2.

The

recovery

process

might

take

up

to

2

hours.

Attention:

All

of

the

files

on

the

primary

hard

disk

partition

(usually

drive

C)

will

be

lost

in

the

recovery

process.

However,

before

any

data

is

overwritten,

you

will

be

given

the

opportunity

to

save

one

or

more

files

to

other

media.

1.

If

possible,

save

all

your

files

and

shut

down

your

operating

system.

2.

Turn

off

your

computer

for

at

least

5

seconds.

3.

Turn

on

your

computer.

Watch

the

display

carefully.

While

the

message,

“To

interrupt

normal

startup,

press

the

ThinkVantage

button”

is

displayed

at

the

lower

left

of

the

screen,

press

the

ThinkVantage

button.

The

Rescue

and

Recovery

workspace

opens.

4.

Click

Restore

your

system

.

5.

Click

Restore

my

hard

drive

to

the

original

factory

state

and

then

click

Next

.

6.

Follow

the

instructions

on

the

screen.

7.

When

the

recovery

process

finishes,

press

the

Enter

key.

Your

computer

will

restart

with

the

pre-installed

operating

system,

drivers,

and

software.

Upgrading

the

hard

disk

drive

You

can

increase

the

storage

capacity

of

your

computer

by

replacing

the

hard

disk

drive

with

one

of

greater

capacity.

You

can

purchase

a

new

hard

disk

drive

from

your

reseller

or

Lenovo

marketing

representative.

Recovering

pre-installed

software

Chapter

2.

Solving

computer

problems

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