Lenovo E4325 User Manual

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Reinstalling the Windows 7 operating system

Attention: The recovery process is irreversible. Ensure that you have backed up your critical data before
using the recovery feature.

To reinstall the Windows 7 operating system, do the following:

1. Turn off the computer.

2. Do one of the following:

• Press the recovery button and then follow the on-screen instructions to open the Product Recovery

program.

• Start the computer. When the Lenovo logo is displayed, press the recovery button and then follow

the on-screen instructions to open the Product Recovery program.

• Start the computer. After you have entered the Windows operating system, press the recovery button

to open the Lenovo Solution Center program.

3. Follow the on-screen instructions to reinstall the operating system.

Note: You can choose to restore your system partition to the original factory state or to a previously
generated backup.

Solving recovery problems

If you are unable to access the OneKey Recovery Pro workspace or the Windows environment, do either
of the following:

• Use a rescue medium to start the OneKey Recovery Pro workspace.

• Use recovery media if all other methods of recovery have failed and you need to restore the hard disk

drive to the factory default settings.

Note: If you are unable to access the OneKey Recovery Pro workspace or the Windows environment
from a rescue or recovery medium, you might not have the rescue device (an internal hard disk drive,
a disc, a USB hard disk drive, or other external devices) set as the first boot device in the startup device
sequence. You must first make sure that your rescue device is set as the first boot device in the startup
device sequence in the BIOS program. Go to the Startup ➙ Boot menu to temporarily or permanently
change the startup device sequence.

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