Factory Recovery option

I have a Probook 4530S which came with Windows 7 Pro 64 bit. Someone who was trying to be helpful reinstalled Windows 7 but use the Home Premium disk and my license key won't work with that, of course. I have tried using F11 to no avail. The recovery partition appears to be intact but the utility to launch it at boot time appears to have been lost. Can anyone telll me how to get the factory recovery to work given that the restore disks were not made like they should have been?

From your description of the issue, you need to contact HP and order the usb recovery media for your notebook. That wil be the least expensive means of restoring the operating system that your notebook was delivered with.
How to order recovery media. I highly recommend the usb recovery media.
http://support.hp.com/us-en/document/bph07143
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Lack of Factory Recovery Disks option - from where download setup file?

Hi,
I have just installed new OS (Windows 7 Pro) on my T420. Unfortunatelly I cannot find proper URL to download software like this below:
That is well known Lenovo ThinkVantage Tools board. In previous pre-installed OS I got it, but now after new OS installation, I did not managed to download Factory Recovery Disks module (cannot find it)... So my question is - where can I get it? And how can I get view like on the attached screen?
Another thing is thinkpad icon in devices view in Control Panel. On previous installed OS I had nice T420 icon, now ordinary pc icon instead. How can I change it?
And finally, I had also a Recovery Partition. Now I do not remember what I have done in order to have it in previous pre-installed Windows. Could you please explain it to me?
Regards,
Marcin
Solved!
Go to Solution.

Thanks for the newest update. If I understand what you are saying:
(1) The SSD has plain jane windows via a windows install. and runs fine. I ASSUME you copied personal files (pics, quicken) from the old HDD to the SSD.
(2) The old HDD is now in the ultra bay/usb serving as a 2nd drive to hold data. Did you ever reformat the old HDD to make it a true blank 2nd drive? ie, did you remove the ability of old HDD to act like a bootable lenovo system?
(3) Your new plain jane SSD have no Lenovo products, and No Lenovo service parition.
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It the above is true great!!. If the old HDD is a bootable Lenovo windows, down the road, I would copy loved data from the old HDD to external USB, DVD, or to SSD. Reformat the HDD to make it a true data only HDD, then copy loved data to it. Having a bootable HDD and SSD, dual boot, makes for a mess.
If you installed RNR on the SSD, all the files are stored on the C drive of the SSD. The boot stuff is changed around. It is bootable to bring up standalone RNR via PF11.. It will "act" like standalone RNR on the old system. The factory recovery option will Not be available, since you have no Lenovo recovery partition.
Your blue button wont work, big deal.
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I had the same issue going from vista to win7.
I have 2 hdd, C drive(vista) and (D) drive(data). I always order my systems with two HDD, simpler.
I had to disconnect the D drive during windows install( windows from best buy) to prevent a mess. Windows chooses 1st found. Do no destroy my D drive thank you. When shipped from the factory, the service partion was on 320GB drive, 160 GB drive was empty. I wanted it the other way.....(fixed, call the support center and get recovery disk set).
Thus my windows win 7 install erased my 160GB drive(choose the erase option). a 160GB drive with a Vista Lenovo drive and say, windows install, Replace the C drive only, will create a mess, the Lenovo vista recovery partition is left). It will boot, but RNR will not install (win7 with Vista recovery).
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Take SSD plain jane windows. Download System update, not much will change. Download RNR(you did this) . You took a RNR backup to DVD or USB. You created a RNR BACKUP to DVD? great! This 1st DVD is standalone RNR boot rest of the DVD's are data. Last DVD is called FINAL and contains the Index file to recovery the SSD.
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You can now recover your SSD should it burn up. You have no NEED for a Lenovo factory recovery set nor a Lenovo service partition.
Down the road after your make the old HDD a data drive, backup using RNR to old HDD,a data drive. This is called SECOND in rnr. backup weekly.
I backup weekly to Second. I NEVER back to LOCAL(the C drive)
I backup using RNR monthly to external USB-HDD. (not a memory stick). 1TB usb-hdd, $65 or so at best buy(on sale). BUT format it first, diskpart set active. RNR adds standalone bootables to the usb-hdd,. But it may not boot if the USB is not preformated and set active. This is covered in another post.
I backup using RNR every 6 months to DVD.
I use other software, www.nero.com to back up personal data, daily and monthly.
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Hopefully we are on the same page now. Provide feedback if lost.

After update, several problems (battery, factory recovery, Message icon)

After Froyo update, I found out several problems.
1) Battery.
It drains two times faster than before. My one does. My wife's one is worst (maybe 3-4 times faster and also the phone is hotter than mine).
2) Factory Recovery option
I could not find any factory recovery button from mine and wife's.
3) "Message" icon
My one has no "Message" icon. It has just three icons "Pone/Contacts/Applications" at the bottom of the screen.
But my wife's has all four icons "Phone/Contacts/Message/Applications"
I don't know how to correct these.

It sounds like most of your issues can be found by doing a factory restore on the phone. Settings>privacy>factory data reset. The icons are customizable. Press icon to bring up all icons. Touch and hold on the icon you want on the main screen. You can touch and hold on a blank spot on home screen to add a widget.
As for battery issues, the issue has been escalated to Samsung, and we are working with them to get a resolution as quickly as possible.
Let us know if that helps out!

T430s Recovery with Factory Recovery Disks

Hello,
I have a T430s. My original hard drive is dying so I got a new one. Before swapping the hard drives, I created the factory recovery disks (1 "boot media" + 3 "data media"). After installing the new hard drive, I boot with the first DVD (the "boot media") and it only goes to the system image option. It tells me to insert the last DVD of the system image, but obviously I have the factory recovery disks, not a system image disk. So it doesn't recognize any of the three data DVDs as the "last DVD". There is no factory recovery option, it only goes to the system image option. How can I restore to factory settings with my DVDs on my new hard drive? Do I have to use a CD/DVD to boot into R&R somehow, and if so, how?
Thanks!

There is no "full recovery " option. Do you mean to say factory image recovery instead?
When you run a recovery, make sure that you connect the usb recovery media to a usb 2.0 port if one is available.
Please identify your notebook with its complete product number or name.
1. The full Model No. and Product No. of the notebook - see This HP web document if you don't how to locate the model number and\or product number.
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I want to factory reset my macbook pro but my computer doesn't give me the recovery option, it gives me Macintosh HD only.

I want to factory reset my macbook pro but my computer doesn't give me the recovery option, it gives me Macintosh HD only.

Hello sallay Amir,
Thanks for participating in the Apple Support Communities.
It sounds like you would like to erase your MacBook Pro and install a new copy of OS X, but the Mac does not boot to OS X Recovery when you hold the Command + R keys during startup.
If your Mac came with OS X Snow Leopard (10.6) or earlier, I recommend referring to the steps in this article:
Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard: How to Erase and Install - Apple Support
For a newer Mac (OS X Lion, Mountain Lion, Mavericks or Yosemite), try reinstalling OS X by using Internet Recovery, as described in the "OS X Internet Recovery" section on this page:
OS X: About OS X Recovery - Apple Support
All the best,
Jeremy

Factory recovery partition on windows 8 in Asus X551CALaptop

I purchased Asus x551CA notebook on 22nd Feb 2014. After about 45 days I formated hard disk partition
on which Activated Windows 8 operating systme was installed.I formatted an repartitioned HDD.
And I installed and uninstalled windows8 and windows 8.1 90 days enterprise evaluation edition. Because of
these link to factory recovery partition is broken.
I have created system image disks which are working to restore system. I forgot how I created these disks. May be
I did control panel>recovery>file history>windows 7 file recovery. So these disks should be System Image Backup.
I think these are not OEM recovery disks. When I insert these disks during reset and refresh I get a message
that "Media you inserted is not valid". And I am able to create system image on second partition of hard disk of
my laptop.I have also got product key of windows 8 by a program jellybean keyfinder.
To restore from discs created by me. I insert a repair disc then I go to UEFI settings. Then I change boot preferences to
boot from DVD. Then I go to Restore form images. Then computer asks me to insert my discs no from 1 to 4. One after the other. Then computer restore to windows 8. It looks alike as it was factory made.
-When I try to create a recovery drive by going to control panel> Recovery >create a recovery drive
Recovery drive dialog box appears but with grayed check box of "copy the recovery partition from PC
to the recovery drive". Please tell me how can it come with not grayed dialog box so that I can copy
recovery partition to USB pen drive? When notebook was new this check box was not grayed and I was able to
copy recovery partition on USB pen drive.
-Since I cannot copy recovery partition to USB therefore I also cannot reset and refresh windows 8 on
the basis of USB. It was working when notebook was new.
-And reset or refresh also not working on the basis of hidden recovery partition. How can it will start
working? It was working when notebook was new.
-I have tried diskpart command do make hidden recovery partition visible. But it becomes invisible
after restart. I used following command
1. Command Prompt Run as administer.
2. diskpart
3. list disk
4. select disk 0
5. list partition
6. select partition 6
7. assign letter z
by these commands hidden recovery partition becomes visible and again when I restart laptop it becomes invisible.
And I am not able to do anything with recovery partition E.G. copy the recovery partition to USB
When I created a system image using the following command I became able to refresh my PC. May be it was refreshing
on the basis of newly created image.
recimg /createimage D:\IMAGE81
recimg /setcurrent D:\IMAGE81
But it is also not working this time and it gives a message "Drive on which windows is installed is locked unlock it".
May because I installe AVG antivirus it locked the drive.
I also used REAgentC command
reagentc /setreimage /path F:\Recovery\WindowsRE\ /target C:\Windows /bootkey 4300
Maybe I executed above command once again I used D: instead of F:
And I was able to refresh PC but I was not able to Reset. And I was not able to copy recovery partition on USB
by going to control panel> Recovery >create a recovery drive.
Recovery drive dialog box appears but with grayed check box of "copy the recovery partition from PC
to the recovery drive".
((I am giving images of computer management in first_image no partition was created it was in factory made state. And
in second_Image I created an extra disk partition which is present on disk this time.)) I cannot give images because
of my account is not varified.
So I am giving output of diskpart command to understand disk partitions.
C:\>diskpart
DISKPART> list disk
Disk ### Status Size Free Dyn Gpt
Disk 0 Online 465 GB 1024 KB *
DISKPART> list volume
Volume ### Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status Info
Volume 0 E DVD-ROM 0 B No Media
Volume 1 C OS NTFS Partition 186 GB Healthy Boot
Volume 2 D DATA NTFS Partition 130 GB Healthy
Volume 3 F DOWNLOADS NTFS Partition 128 GB Healthy
Volume 4 SYSTEM FAT32 Partition 100 MB Healthy System
Volume 5 Recovery NTFS Partition 900 MB Healthy Hidden
Volume 6 Restore NTFS Partition 20 GB Healthy Hidden
in the beginnig instead of D: (130 GB) and F:(128 GB) there was only one partition D:(258 GB) 130+128 GB.
Please tell me answers of following quesions:-
1. Tell me how to regain the link to factory recovery drive.
2. Please tell me how can I refresh and reset PC on the basis of Hidden Factory Recovery Partition. And how can I copy Hidden Factory Recovery Partition on USB and DVDs. I have 16GB USB pen drive and a DVD writer. So I can use these two storage media
only and except these I have 500GB HDD on my laptop.
4. I want to know that Factory recovery partition is useful or not. Should I delete it.
3. I have DVDs as I said above. On the basis of these I can reinstall windows 8. When I created these discs windows 8 was present on laptop. Currently windows 8.1 is present on laptop. Please tell me how can I create my own hidden recovery partition for
windows 8. I have upgraded to windows 8.1. So please tell me can I create my own hidden recovey partition for windows 8.1.
5. Can I download contents of factory recovery partition from internet.
6. Should I go to shopkeeper. He repairs computers as well. Probably he will manage for me to get Recovery partition discs. In this case these DVDs may be different from my DVDs as I mentioned above. Maybe only thing I get from these discs that I will
able to reset and refresh computer.
7. Microsoft shoult create a program that can re-establish link to factory recovery partition. And this program should be able to create new hidden recovery partition as well. As I have upgraded to windows 8.1. So I think I should have a new hidden recovery partition
for Windows 8.1. I think I can above thing my other way. If I create new set of DVDs by going to control panel>recovery> file history>System Image Backup. It will create discs for windows 8.1. And I will able to restore system to windows
8.1 by these discs. And for windows 8 I have already discs. But these discs will only work by changing boot options(by choosing UEFI) and image recovery. And reset and refresh functions will not work then in such situation factory recovery partition
will become useless. Then such situation I should delete factory recovery partition as it is useless.
8. At beginnign I also tried AI recovery burner. After trying it for 2-3 days I came to know that AI recovery burner is not for windows 8. There should be a tutorial for these thing so that people like me not waste their time.

I used a software named UNDELETE on my hidden recovery partition to recover it. I get some files by this software. Important thing is that I got a 2.84 GB file named 00eebc9d.rb in dir D:\recovered1\Files Detected by their Signatures\Unknown Application\.rb.
This file may be useful. Please suggest me how can I use these files to reset and refresh my OS. I used some dir commands as follows to get list of these files:
dir /s >f:\list.txt
dir /s /a:s >f:\list2.txt
Some files were system files so these file were not shown by first dir command. So I used second dir command.
Output of dir /s >f:\list.txt
Volume in drive D is DATA
Volume Serial Number is 9A82-D42B
Directory of D:\recovered1
29-07-2014 19:08 <DIR> .
29-07-2014 19:08 <DIR> ..
29-07-2014 19:08 <DIR> $Extend
29-07-2014 19:06 <DIR> Files Detected by their Signatures
29-07-2014 19:06 <DIR> Recovery
29-07-2014 19:08 <DIR> System Volume Information
0 File(s) 0 bytes
Directory of D:\recovered1\$Extend
29-07-2014 19:08 <DIR> .
29-07-2014 19:08 <DIR> ..
29-07-2014 19:08 <DIR> $RmMetadata
0 File(s) 0 bytes
Directory of D:\recovered1\$Extend\$RmMetadata
29-07-2014 19:08 <DIR> .
29-07-2014 19:08 <DIR> ..
29-07-2014 19:08 <DIR> $TxfLog
0 File(s) 0 bytes
Directory of D:\recovered1\$Extend\$RmMetadata\$TxfLog
29-07-2014 19:08 <DIR> .
29-07-2014 19:08 <DIR> ..
29-07-2014 17:36 65,536 $TxfLog.blf
29-07-2014 17:36 10,485,760 $TxfLogContainer00000000000000000001
18-04-2014 00:18 10,485,760 $TxfLogContainer00000000000000000002
3 File(s) 21,037,056 bytes
Directory of D:\recovered1\Files Detected by their Signatures
29-07-2014 19:06 <DIR> .
29-07-2014 19:06 <DIR> ..
29-07-2014 19:05 <DIR> Firefox
29-07-2014 19:05 <DIR> Internet Explorer
29-07-2014 19:05 <DIR> Pick an app
29-07-2014 19:05 <DIR> Unkown Application
29-07-2014 19:06 <DIR> Windows Photo Viewer
0 File(s) 0 bytes
Directory of D:\recovered1\Files Detected by their Signatures\Firefox
29-07-2014 19:05 <DIR> .
29-07-2014 19:05 <DIR> ..
29-07-2014 19:05 <DIR> .xml
0 File(s) 0 bytes
Directory of D:\recovered1\Files Detected by their Signatures\Firefox\.xml
29-07-2014 19:05 <DIR> .
29-07-2014 19:05 <DIR> ..
29-07-2014 18:59 1,091 00000150.xml
29-07-2014 18:59 1,336 005f05b0.xml
29-07-2014 18:59 1,091 005f05b8.xml
29-07-2014 18:59 488 015c7e34.xml
29-07-2014 18:59 472 015d68fd.xml
29-07-2014 18:59 472 015d6bc3.xml
6 File(s) 4,950 bytes
Directory of D:\recovered1\Files Detected by their Signatures\Internet Explorer
29-07-2014 19:05 <DIR> .
29-07-2014 19:05 <DIR> ..
29-07-2014 19:05 <DIR> .gif
0 File(s) 0 bytes
Directory of D:\recovered1\Files Detected by their Signatures\Internet Explorer\.gif
29-07-2014 19:05 <DIR> .
29-07-2014 19:05 <DIR> ..
29-07-2014 19:01 2,428 003aca99.gif
29-07-2014 19:01 814 0047c75d.gif
29-07-2014 19:01 472 00b2846d.gif
3 File(s) 3,714 bytes
Directory of D:\recovered1\Files Detected by their Signatures\Pick an app
29-07-2014 19:05 <DIR> .
29-07-2014 19:05 <DIR> ..
29-07-2014 19:05 <DIR> .cab
29-07-2014 19:05 <DIR> .ico
0 File(s) 0 bytes
Directory of D:\recovered1\Files Detected by their Signatures\Pick an app\.cab
29-07-2014 19:05 <DIR> .
29-07-2014 19:05 <DIR> ..
29-07-2014 18:59 17,317,845 000c98e2.cab
29-07-2014 18:59 92,631,005 0027defd.cab
29-07-2014 18:59 7,539 00334cf3.cab
29-07-2014 18:59 15,731 0066bf8e.cab
4 File(s) 109,972,120 bytes
Directory of D:\recovered1\Files Detected by their Signatures\Pick an app\.ico
29-07-2014 19:05 <DIR> .
29-07-2014 19:05 <DIR> ..
29-07-2014 18:59 4,534 0027d8d6.ico
29-07-2014 18:59 4,534 0027d8df.ico
29-07-2014 18:59 766 0027d8eb.ico
29-07-2014 18:59 766 0027d8ee.ico
29-07-2014 18:59 766 0027d8f2.ico
29-07-2014 18:59 4,534 0027dbef.ico
29-07-2014 18:59 10,134 0027dbfb.ico
7 File(s) 26,034 bytes
Directory of D:\recovered1\Files Detected by their Signatures\Unkown Application
29-07-2014 19:05 <DIR> .
29-07-2014 19:05 <DIR> ..
29-07-2014 19:05 <DIR> .ogg
29-07-2014 19:05 <DIR> .rb
0 File(s) 0 bytes
Directory of D:\recovered1\Files Detected by their Signatures\Unkown Application\.ogg
29-07-2014 19:05 <DIR> .
29-07-2014 19:05 <DIR> ..
29-07-2014 18:59 194,667 00369b71.ogg
29-07-2014 18:59 173,149 0036b2a1.ogg
29-07-2014 18:59 13,178 0036b527.ogg
29-07-2014 18:59 19,244 0036e009.ogg
29-07-2014 18:59 169,220 0036e18a.ogg
29-07-2014 18:59 114,800 0036f031.ogg
29-07-2014 18:59 22,325 0037003d.ogg
29-07-2014 18:59 42,628 003703fd.ogg
29-07-2014 18:59 319,493 00370bc2.ogg
29-07-2014 18:59 68,812 00373cfa.ogg
29-07-2014 18:59 89,541 00373e29.ogg
29-07-2014 18:59 65,697 00375384.ogg
29-07-2014 18:59 42,955 00376d11.ogg
29-07-2014 18:59 85,254 0037847f.ogg
14 File(s) 1,420,963 bytes
Directory of D:\recovered1\Files Detected by their Signatures\Unkown Application\.rb
29-07-2014 19:05 <DIR> .
29-07-2014 19:05 <DIR> ..
29-07-2014 19:01 3,058,238,593 00eebc9d.rb
1 File(s) 3,058,238,593 bytes
Directory of D:\recovered1\Files Detected by their Signatures\Windows Photo Viewer
29-07-2014 19:06 <DIR> .
29-07-2014 19:06 <DIR> ..
29-07-2014 19:06 <DIR> .jpg
29-07-2014 19:06 <DIR> .png
0 File(s) 0 bytes
Directory of D:\recovered1\Files Detected by their Signatures\Windows Photo Viewer\.jpg
29-07-2014 19:06 <DIR> .
29-07-2014 19:06 <DIR> ..
29-07-2014 18:59 12,296 0027dbce.jpg
29-07-2014 18:59 41,093 003933da.jpg
29-07-2014 18:59 25,067 00396fae.jpg
29-07-2014 18:59 2,303 003c5891.jpg
4 File(s) 80,759 bytes
Directory of D:\recovered1\Files Detected by their Signatures\Windows Photo Viewer\.png
29-07-2014 19:06 <DIR> .
29-07-2014 19:06 <DIR> ..
29-07-2014 18:59 64,902 0035b639.png
29-07-2014 18:59 530 0039c185.png
29-07-2014 18:59 556 003be59e.png
29-07-2014 18:59 1,023 003ed468.png
29-07-2014 18:59 1,704 003f1ec0.png
29-07-2014 18:59 624 003f252a.png
29-07-2014 18:59 13,777 0043a2c0.png
29-07-2014 18:59 2,897 00441e87.png
29-07-2014 18:59 2,915 00442a6c.png
29-07-2014 18:59 2,973 00442b91.png
29-07-2014 18:59 468 004433ca.png
29-07-2014 18:59 363 00443501.png
29-07-2014 18:59 238 00443be0.png
29-07-2014 18:59 331 00443fd9.png
29-07-2014 18:59 457 004442ad.png
29-07-2014 18:59 2,868 004444a7.png
29-07-2014 18:59 268 004446af.png
29-07-2014 18:59 280 004448d1.png
29-07-2014 18:59 257 004449f1.png
29-07-2014 18:59 2,158 00b962d1.png
29-07-2014 18:59 54,191 016a8a54.png
29-07-2014 18:59 4,224 017350e3.png
29-07-2014 18:59 4,241 01735f08.png
23 File(s) 162,245 bytes
Directory of D:\recovered1\Recovery
29-07-2014 19:06 <DIR> .
29-07-2014 19:06 <DIR> ..
29-07-2014 19:08 <DIR> Logs
29-07-2014 19:08 <DIR> WindowsRE
0 File(s) 0 bytes
Directory of D:\recovered1\Recovery\Logs
29-07-2014 19:08 <DIR> .
29-07-2014 19:08 <DIR> ..
0 File(s) 0 bytes
Directory of D:\recovered1\Recovery\WindowsRE
29-07-2014 19:08 <DIR> .
29-07-2014 19:08 <DIR> ..
0 File(s) 0 bytes
Directory of D:\recovered1\System Volume Information
29-07-2014 19:08 <DIR> .
29-07-2014 19:08 <DIR> ..
0 File(s) 0 bytes
Total Files Listed:
65 File(s) 3,190,946,434 bytes
65 Dir(s) 178,172,325,888 bytes free
dir /s /a:s >f:\list2.txt
Volume in drive D is DATA
Volume Serial Number is 9A82-D42B
Directory of D:\recovered1
17-04-2014 23:37 2,560 $AttrDef
17-04-2014 23:37 0 $BadClus
17-04-2014 23:37 655,680 $Bitmap
17-04-2014 23:37 8,192 $Boot
17-04-2014 23:37 67,108,864 $LogFile
17-04-2014 23:37 262,144 $MFT
17-04-2014 23:37 4,096 $MFTMirr
17-04-2014 23:37 0 $Secure
17-04-2014 23:37 131,072 $UpCase
17-04-2014 23:37 0 $Volume
10 File(s) 68,172,608 bytes
Directory of D:\recovered1\$Extend
17-04-2014 23:37 0 $ObjId
17-04-2014 23:37 0 $Quota
17-04-2014 23:37 0 $Reparse
01-05-2014 09:24 0 $UsnJrnl
4 File(s) 0 bytes
Directory of D:\recovered1\$Extend\$RmMetadata
17-04-2014 23:37 0 $Repair
1 File(s) 0 bytes
Directory of D:\recovered1\$Extend\$RmMetadata\$TxfLog
17-04-2014 23:37 100 $Tops
1 File(s) 100 bytes
Directory of D:\recovered1\Recovery\Logs
30-04-2014 06:12 1,336 Reload.xml
1 File(s) 1,336 bytes
Directory of D:\recovered1\Recovery\WindowsRE
18-06-2013 20:38 3,170,304 boot.sdi
29-04-2014 17:13 1,091 ReAgent.xml
26-04-2014 23:06 255,077,005 Winre.wim
3 File(s) 258,248,400 bytes
Directory of D:\recovered1\System Volume Information
18-04-2014 00:19 20,480 tracking.log
1 File(s) 20,480 bytes
Total Files Listed:
21 File(s) 326,442,924 bytes
0 Dir(s) 178,172,325,888 bytes free
Kindly guide me how can I use my hidden recovery partition to reset and refresh by use of these files.

Do I need to create partition on msata before factory/recovery install?

I am trying to use the recovery media to install the factory settings W7 to a newly installed Intel 310.
I have installed the 310, and it is definitely there and recognized by the computer. I have removed my HDD and plugged in a DVD drive. Also on hand are the successfully created recovery media (1 CD + 3 DVDs).
I put in the CD and boot via the DVD drive. The Windows screen comes on and then it goes to R&R. From there, I cannot for the life of me figure how how to start the ball rolling on installing W7 to the msata drive.
The two options presented appear to be to install a previous recovery backup, and none are listed. Or to recover from an image, which then takes me to a screen that does not seem to identify an image no matter which of the four recover discs I put in.
Is there any Lenovo page that shows step by step to re-installing recovery media from disk? I'm not a complete newb so this is frustrating.
My only guess perhaps is that I need to create a partition on msata before starting the factory recovery. Not sure why that would be the case in that the factory recovery probably has utilities built in to do so, but I can't think of anything else.
Thanks for any help.

Tried it again. Didn't work. But it's now clear to me that Lenovo R&R is failing to recognize the recovery disk that it created earlier today. R&R said the recovery media was successfully created, but I guess not.
I will try installing from a Win7 installation disc. Thanks for your help.

Satellite A135: Difference between Recovery options

Hi,
I have a Toshiba Satellite A135, OS: Vista Home.
I am trying to reformat my laptop using the system recovery disk that came with my laptop.
I am given two options when I run the disk:
1) Restore to factory out-of-box state, and
2) Erase the hard drive.
What are the differences between the two options?
My goal is to do a total clean up on my HDD to get rid of the malware.

This is a US notebook and therefore Im not quite sure what the exact difference could be but as Im not mistaken the first recovery option set the notebook back to the factory settings.
The other, second option would format only the HDD
If you tried both options please post the results
Greets

Missing Dragon - X1 back from lenovo after a full factory recovery

I just got my X1 back from lenovo after a full factory recovery (they had to replace my system board).
As you can see, I have the new X1, and yet Dragon is missing (it is factory pre-load at this stage, all the lenovo preloaded apps included except for Dragon).
Can anybody help me please?
I have seen many other posts resolved but those involved Lenovo staff sending information offline, so the posts do not help at all.
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You need to contact support, they will be able to assist after validating your entitlement to have the software. Please see the following post;
http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/X-Series-ThinkPad-Laptops/Dragon-assistant-could-not-be-found-new-x1/m-p...
EDIT - if you contact support, please refer to this public tip as this will guide support on how to assist you.
http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/documents/SF14-T0090
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Problem factory recovery in Lenovo W700ds (2757)

I'm trying to do the factory recovery on my Lenovo. When I start my computer, I press the "thinkvantage" blue button and pressing F11, but the F11 does not work. A message appears telling me to press F1 and go to Setup. I can not access recovery. When I bought my computer had no windows 7 professional CD accompanying the kit. How can I solve the problem? In the folder "my computer" sometimes appears a second partition, which I believe contains files recovery. I need help. Thank you.

Hi Patoso, welcome to the forums,
other members will correct me if I am wrong, but if my memory serves me rightly the W700 system was discontinued before Windows 7 was released. This means that if your recovery partition were to work it would contain a recovery for Vista Business or Ultimate.
You could of course then update the installed Vista preload to Windows 7 using a Windows 7 license or, if you have a Windows 7 license, do a clean install of it saving you having to worry about getting the Vista recovery working??
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Recovery Options Disabled

Hi ..
I Have hp mini 210-4000 Netbook
when I buy it >> i take images by Norton ghost for "system,hp-tools,recovery" partitions
before i split C drive and change the type of all partitions between primary and local,
when i try to restore the system to the "original factory condition"
or even "Minimized Image Recovery" frome recovery manger
i find these button disabled "not active"
i thought that recovery or the other two partitions damaged so i restore the "system,hp-tools,recovery" partitions
but ,the problem still
how to fix it and restore the system to the "original factory condition"

Changing Partitions usually disables recovery options. Try deleting the extra partition, and check to be sure Recovery partition is assigned as D
Btw,why didn't you just Image the entire hdd before changing the partitions? Restoring to original is usually much faster using an Image that running Recovery.
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What recovery options are available in Windows 10?

QuestionWhat recovery options are available in Windows 10?
AnswerNote: For recovery options in Windows 8, please see this article.
Windows 10 has a variety of recovery tools to help you recover your computer when there's a problem. These include system restore, reset and keep your files, reset and remove everything, and go back. This article explains each feature so you can know which to use.
You can watch this video for an overview of your recovery options or read the descriptions below.
System Restore
System restore rolls your system files back to a restore point from a previous date. You can make restore points manually, but Windows will also make them automatically. This will undo system settings, changes from Windows Update, and changes from newly installed software (including removing software installed since that restore point).
Your data and documents won't be changed. This makes system restore a great place to start when you're having a problem and don't know how to fix it.
To learn how to perform a system restore, read this article:
How do I perform a system restore in Windows 10?
Reset while keeping your files
Performing a reset while keeping your files removes all your installed desktop applications, keeps your data and documents intact, and rebuilds your Windows files.
This is a good process to try if a system restore doesn't fix your issue.
To learn how to perform a reset while keeping your files, read this article:
How do I reset my Windows 10 computer to factory defaults?
Reset and remove everything
Choosing to reset and remove everything removes all applications, removes your data and documents, and rebuilds your Windows files. The primary difference between this and reset while keeping your files is that removing everything also removes your files and documents.
This is a great final troubleshooting step in many cases. It's also useful if you plan on giving your laptop to a new owner.
To learn how to perform a reset while keeping your files, read this article:
How do I reset my Windows 10 computer to factory defaults?
Go back
If you just recently upgraded to Windows 10, you might be able to go back to your previous version of Windows using Windows 10's go back feature.
This option will be available if you upgraded within the past 31 days, haven't performed a reset, haven't deleted the backup Windows folder, and haven't created any new local accounts. It gives you the ability to revert to an older version of Windows if you're having problems with Windows 10.

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[X301] Create Factory Recovery Disks

I have an X301 with Windows XP Pro (purchased 10/2008) as it's base from factory. I would like to create the factory recovery disks but I would like to create it on a USB flash drive as my CD/DVD drive is not working. I do have the Factory recovery CD/DVDs for Windows Vista that came with the unit but I do not want to install Windows Vista. I still want Windows XP Pro. I have gone through the Create Recovery Media, the program never gives me the option to save it to a USB flash. I have searched the forums and have seen the option for the X301 with Windows 7 installed. Is this not possible for Windows XP Pro? All of the Lenovo System Updates are updated. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks Mark

Hi and welcome to the forum!
Give support a call, in situation like this they usually ship free recovery discs.
Keep us updated.
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Age of laptop for recovery options

I bought a used laptop that has two OS on it - Windows 8.1 (some issues with this) and Ubuntu. It is set up as a duel boot system. I want to completely reinstall this laptop to the original factory settings of Vista Home Premium. From what I understand, there may be a Recovery partition that can be used to do this depending on how old this laptop is.
Is there some way of finding out how old the laptop is based on the serial number and, if so, can you please direct me to where I would go to find this out? Thank you!
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Satellite A200-TR6 (PSAE0C-TR605C)
Everything for that Canadian model is here.
My guess is that in setting up the dual boot all hope of recovering from that partition was removed. But see the section System Recovery Options, which begins on p. 3-8 of the User's Manual (attached).
You can order the recovery discs from Toshiba by calling 800-663-0378.
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Factory Recovery Disk

May I know there is a way to create more than one Factory Recovery Disk?
Below is my current situation:
As soon as I bought my new thinkpad edge, I created Factory Recover Disk and saved it into my external drive ( not into DVD).
Unfortunately, my external drive was crashed. I tried to do Factory Recover Disk but the message showing that we can only have one copy of the Microsoft Windows Operation.
In my unfortunate situation, what should I do?
Thanks,
AMT

Hi,
from the law perspective you can ave only one copy of the OS, that can be crated from our system.
In csae your system is not that old, you can call support and ask for a set of recovery CDs.
Or maybe if you have some other system and the recovery CDs from that one, then you could use those and recover your system
Let me know the options, that you have.
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