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Creating and using a recovery repair diskette, Creating, Using – Lenovo 8795 User Manual

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1.

From

the

Windows

desktop,

click

Start

,

click

All

Programs

,

click

ThinkVantage

,

then

click

Create

Recovery

Media

.

2.

In

the

Rescue

Media

area,

select

the

type

of

rescue

media

you

want

to

create.

You

can

create

rescue

media

using

a

CD,

USB

hard

drive,

or

an

internal

hard

drive.

3.

Click

OK.

4.

Follow

the

instructions

on

the

screen.

To

use

rescue

media,

do

one

of

the

following:

v

Insert

the

rescue

disc

and

restart

your

computer.

v

Attach

your

USB

hard

disk

drive

to

one

of

the

USB

connectors

on

your

computer,

then

turn

on

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,

DVD

drive,

or

USB

device)

set

correctly

in

your

BIOS

startup

sequence.

See

“Setting

a

rescue

device

in

the

startup

sequence”

on

page

38

for

more

information.

Creating

and

using

a

Recovery

Repair

diskette

If

you

are

unable

to

access

the

Rescue

and

Recovery

workspace

or

the

Windows

environment,

use

a

Recovery

Repair

diskette

to

repair

the

Rescue

and

Recovery

workspace

or

repair

a

file

needed

to

enter

the

Windows

environment.

It

is

important

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.

Start

your

computer

and

operating

system.

2.

Using

an

Internet

browser,

go

to

the

following

Web

address:

http://www.lenovo.com/think/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-54483

3.

Insert

a

diskette

into

diskette

drive

A.

Information

on

the

diskette

will

be

erased

and

the

diskette

will

be

formatted

appropriately.

4.

Double-click

on

the

Recovery

Repair

rnrrepair.exe

file.

The

diskette

is

created.

5.

Take

out

the

diskette

and

label

it

Recovery

Repair

diskette.

To

use

the

Recovery

Repair

diskette,

do

the

following:

1.

Shut

down

the

operating

system

and

turn

off

the

computer.

2.

Insert

the

Recovery

Repair

diskette

into

diskette

drive

A.

3.

Turn

on

the

computer

and

follow

the

instructions

on

the

screen.

Note:

If

the

repair

operation

finishes

without

error,

you

will

be

able

to

access

the

Rescue

and

Recovery

workspace

by

repeatedly

pressing

the

F11

key

while

you

restart

your

computer.

When

you

hear

beeps

or

see

a

logo

screen,

release

F11.

You

will

also

be

able

to

access

the

Windows

environment

after

the

repair

operation

finishes.

If

an

error

message

appears

during

the

repair

operation

and

the

repair

operation

cannot

be

completed,

you

might

have

a

problem

with

the

partition

that

contains

the

Rescue

and

Recovery

workspace.

Use

your

rescue

media

to

access

the

Rescue

Chapter

4.

Recovering

software

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