Creating and using rescue media, Creating and using a recovery repair diskette, Creating – Lenovo 3000 J User Manual

Page 34: Using, Rescue, Media, Recovery, Repair, Diskette

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Creating

and

using

rescue

media

Rescue

media

enables

you

to

start

the

Rescue

and

Recovery

program

from

CD

or

DVD.

Rescue

media

is

extremely

important

if

you

are

unable

to

access

the

Rescue

and

Recovery

program

using

the

Enter

or

F11

key.

To

create

rescue

media,

do

the

following:

1.

From

the

Windows

desktop,

click

Start

,

click

All

Programs

,

click

Lenovo

Care

,

then

click

Create

Recovery

Media

.

2.

Select

the

radio

button

for

the

type

of

rescue

media

you

want

to

create.

3.

Click

OK.

4.

Follow

the

instructions

on

the

screen.

To

use

rescue

media,

do

one

of

the

following:

v

Insert

the

rescue

disc

(CD

or

DVD)

into

your

CD

or

DVD

drive,

then

restart

your

computer.

v

Attach

your

rescue

USB

hard

disk

drive

to

one

of

the

USB

connectors

on

your

computer,

then

restart

your

computer.

When

the

rescue

media

starts,

the

Rescue

and

Recovery

workspace

opens.

Help

for

each

feature

is

available

from

the

Rescue

and

Recovery

workspace.

If

your

rescue

media

fails

to

start,

you

might

not

have

your

rescue

device

(CD

drive

or

DVD

drive)

set

correctly

in

your

BIOS

startup

sequence.

See

for

more

information.

Creating

and

using

a

Recovery

Repair

diskette

If

you

are

unable

to

start

the

Rescue

and

Recovery

workspace,

use

a

Recovery

Repair

diskette

to

reinstall

a

file

that

controls

access

to

the

workspace.

It

is

a

good

idea

to

create

a

Recovery

Repair

diskette

as

soon

as

possible

and

store

it

in

a

safe

place.

To

create

a

Recovery

Repair

diskette,

do

the

following:

1.

If

you

are

not

already

connected

to

the

Internet,

connect

now.

2.

Open

an

Internet

browser

and

go

to

the

following

Web

address:

http://www.lenovo.com/think/support/site.wss/document.do?

lndocid=MIGR-54483&sitestyle=lenovo

3.

Insert

a

blank

diskette

into

diskette

drive

A.

4.

Double-click

on

the

Recovery

Repair

rnrrepair.exe

file;

then

follow

the

instructions

on

the

screen.

The

Recovery

Repair

diskette

is

created.

5.

Remove

the

diskette

and

label

it

Recovery

Repair

diskette.

To

use

the

Recovery

Repair

diskette,

do

the

following:

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