Ideacentre A720 - Recover Partition (One Key Recovery) doesn't boot

My System was without a SSD Drive, but I upgraded it by my own and everything was allright after I cloned the System to the SSD-drive. I keep the "LENOVO_PART" (20gb) on my HDD, and the rest of it was just for Data-storage.
2 Month later Iwanted to change my Partitions on the SSD so I did an imagebackup with the OneKey Recovery Software and at this time my OneKey Recovery Partition was still bootable. But after cleaning C: I couldn't boot the OKR-Parttion anymore due to the fact I couldn't load my imagebackup!!!
After installing Windows 7 new I realized the "LENOVE_PART" Partition is still there hidden and with the id 12, everything is as it should be, but i can't boot the recovery system to restore my old image.
What can I change to be able booting the recovery system again?

May be a hardware ram problem.
Test with Memtest or swap in known good ram.
Memtest is not infallible, so testing with other ram is best.
A repair shop may do this cheap?

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Flex 14 Ideapad Windows 8.1 not able to start or recover using One Key Recovery

I have a Flex 14 Ideapad with Windows 8.1. This was bought in Dec-2013. In the last 6 / 7 months I have has Windows crashing many times. The crashes used to end with a message boot media not found. Each time I used the One Key Recovery to restore the machine to factory setting.
Recently, I faced an issue around user id files not being able to be loaded at the initial startup. This time also I used the One Key Recovery to restore the system. After this I have has another windows crash and now the One Key Recovery also is not working.
What can be done now to make the system work again?

When you start up the system with the NOVO-Button, there should be an option for BIOS.
Do you see the hard drive in the BIOS?
Another option is this:
You can use an USB-Flash Drive to start the system.
For example you can give Ubuntu a try, a good tutorial to do that can be found here:
http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/create-a-usb-stick-on-windows
If this system start up without any problems, we can use it to test your system.

Lenevo ideapad s410 one key recovery service partition fails

HiRecently i extend my C: drive by using the Mini Tools Partition wizard and also format and delete partition of my other data partition but i dint change any system or recovery partition. After doing that i cant recover from One key recovery,it says that cant find the service partition. Also i cant take any system backup. Can anyone help me recover this

Hi anup002,
Welcome to Lenovo Community Forums!
The OKR system depends on the Partition ID's of the HDD, Shrinking or Extending a Partition may render the OKR Not to work.
Restoring the OKR after a partition change may be a hard work.
Please check this Article.
http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/how-to-restore-onekey-recovery-function-after-changing-partition-size-y580-and-maybe-others.688883/
Regards
Solid Cruver

How to obtain data for one key recovery

good morning.
sorry for my bad english but, I'm french....
I have a LENOVO G560 since 3 or 4 years.
I have a probleme with "one key recovery" partition.
I had re-size differents partitions, and I could'nt use one key recovery... I had an error message.
so, I had re-installed windows 7, and now, I 'm looking for data to restore the origin instalation...
Can I found CD or DVD with factory configuration ?
thank you ang good day.

Hi
Welcome to the forums
Since you have resized the partition, one key recovery wont work. You can take a look here but i cannot guarantee that it will work
http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/IdeaPad-Y-U-V-Z-and-P-series/How-to-use-one-key-recovery-after-it-stops-...
If this does not work for you, you will have to order them from lenovo.
Regards
Ishaan Ideapad Y560(i3 330m), Hp Elitebook 8460p!(i5-2520M) Hp Pavilion n208tx(i5-4200u)
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Computer Stuck in One Key Recovery mode

This morning I went to turn on my computer like every other day but the start up screen was weird and it entered One Key Recovery. I did not activate this program, I did not press the button, I had no need for it. I tried rebooting and restarting the system and it does not turn off all the way and it when it restarts it goes back into the One Key Recovery screen.
I did not format my computer. I have a feeling the button to turn activate One Key Recovery is stuck. Tell me what I can do to turn my computer on normally.
One Key Recovery doesn't have an exit option. It just restarts in the same mode.
What are some other reasons as to why this could have happened?

yes, you can.
you'll just need to burn linux dvd. after, change boot order and start-up your computer without installing the linux (preview mode -live cd mode) then, you'll need to shrink the c volume, it will cause okr stops so you'll be able to start up your computer by pressing okr button.
hope this helps.

Lenovo G460 Windows 7 One Key Recovery with a Linux Partition

Hi All,
I recently bought a Lenovo G460 Notebook and installed linux on it to dual boot with WIndows 7. There was a problem with sound which I got fixed and everything is working fine now.
My question is:
Will me linux partition be there as it is If I recover the windows 7 partition using one key recovery?
How to create a rescue disk from One key recovery?
Thanks in advance.

Hi nilankaraja,
To create a rescue disk :: http://download.lenovo.com/ibmdl/pub/pc/pccbbs/mobiles/onekey_recovery_46_user_guide.pdf
On part of the Linux partition, are you asking if the partition will be saved ? Or is it something else?
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Hardisk partition and one key recovery problem

Hi All,
I am new to to the lenovo community. I recently bought a lenovo G series machine( G550 model #298595Q preloaded with Windows vista and 320 GB HDD) . surprisingly The C: drive contained 254 GB of the total available 284 GB and D: drive had the remaining space. I wanted to inistall linux, I had to partition the C:drive and no where in the lenovo mannual it is warned against the resizing C
I used a partition software called "paragon" to resize my C: drive. My system hanged while running the process and after a long wait I had to shutdown my system and after that my OS was not loading.So I decided to recover my vista using one key recovery. I tried the back up I stored in D: drive and in DVD and it is giving an error message that "not enough space in the system" and in the one key recovery menu the target location of the one key recovery is showing to D: drive but my preloaded vista was installed in C: drive and also it is showing the total free space as 298 GB)
Could any one help me to get my vista back.( why the target location of one key recovery is showing to D
or is there any way to increase the D: partition from boot setup). Please help me.
and also my warranty is valid , since I touched my C: drive( no where it is warned against that)?

I have posted this somewhere else, but it involves Win7, see if this helps:
What I can tell you is that I spent a lot of time as well trying to mend the soft/partitioning and to get rid of bloatware!
In short: I did a clean reinstall + recovered my OEM activation + partitioned the HDD as I wanted. Now it looks and reacts familiar (I used XP as well, before).
BEWARE: trying partitions managers as Easeus or Paragon has blocked my partitions - they seem to be "coded" somehow.
Do not hesitate: after you backup activation erase totally HDD (I used killdisc) and all shall be gone and you start fresh.
Get a Win 7 serching for "digitalriver" Get ABW for activation restoring Get drivers from Lenovo support, install only what you need by function not all of them!

One Key Recovery 8.0 - windows 8.1 - create new partitions

Dear Members,
Looks like I am again back to the start of the loop regarding the one key recovery after checking with Lenovo customer support. Can you help me on the below. However, I still feel that the well documented procedures for One Key Recovery 8.0 is missing rather than just explaining the navigation. I have z50-70 59436412 laptop with prebuilt windows 8.1
Apart from other (recovery,OEM, others) partitions I have 2 partitions which are C (windows 8.1) 890 GB and D (drivers) 25 GB However I want to create additional partitions (4) to organize my files. Can I directly go to diskmanagement and shrink the C volume to around 300GB and then create more number of partitions from the available space?
Is it mandatory to create a recovery media pendrive with bootable OS? As per Customer support "YOU NEED TO MAKE A RECOVERY MEDIA PENDRIVE WITH BOOTABLE OPERATING SYSTEM AS CHANGING THE NUMBER OF PARTITIONS WILL BREAK THE OKR METHOD AND OKR WILL NOT WORK!!! i.e., I will not be able to reset my laptop to factory settings when I create more partitions. Can some one confirm this? Also, if I make a bootable OS, and during restore doesn't it prompt for a key to make the windows OS as genuine?? Can I make a bootable OS on multiple DVDs (as one DVD isn't enough)? Is the approach same as in the case of making on one DVD?
I haven't took the system backup. I want to make more partitions (shrink C volume and create 5 more partitions for easy maintenance). Will I be able to restore my system back to factory settings (using NOVA key) eventhough there is number of partitions mis-match (initially 2, now around 6 paritions)? I am not worried about my data, as I will have backup of important files into external hard disk which I will restore later using other software
Can I have partition based backup and restore using OKR 8.0?
If I have a system image after creating all the partitions then will I be able to restore using this image without issues?
Say if the harddisk is crashed and I have the backup image on external OS. Can I restore the image back on the new harddisk? Should the number of partitions be same? Also, should the size of each partition also be same?
Suppose I have a partition on harddisk itself to store backup images (img1,2,3,4,5) and when I need to restore to image 3, and after successful restore, I am sure that will loose the image 4 and image 5 on this partition. Can I be able to restore my system to say image 2 if needed in future when I am running on image 3. Also, is there any limit on the number of system restore for a specific image?
Awaiting your suggestions. Sorry, if this is been asked repeatedly by any others.
Thanks,
Cheeli.
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Disclaimer: I dont use OKR .
Based on the documentation and posts I have read about OKR, it requires your HDD partitions to remain the same size as factory shipped. What the Lenovo customer support center stated to you is correct! ANY change to the C or D partitions sizes will cause OKR to FAIL. (there are posts stating such failure after changing the partition sizes).
The OKR create recovery media is designed to work with a Pendrive. It will not work with a DVD.
You could try running Windows backup with the backup being stored on the C drive or on a second HDD/usb,etc.
FYI. A HDD can only hold 4 regular partitions. Above 4, you would have to allocate EXTENDED partitions.

Recovering "One Key Recovery", deleted with Ubuntu installation

I bought a Lenovo Flex 14, and made a backup of Windows with One Key Recovery and tried to install Ubuntu as dual boot, but in this process I made a huge mistake and simply formated all previous data, including the “One Key Recovery” that is not working anymore (well it works when the ultra is off and when it is pressed, it shows the same menu before the formating, with the options “Normal Startup”, “Bios Setup”, “Boot Menu” and “System Recovery”. And the System Recovery option does nothing).
1) Is there any way to recover “One Key Recovery”?
2) Will I be able to reinstall my previous Win8.1?
3) Can I do this without de-installing my actual Ubuntu?
4) Will I need some key to proof my windows as original? Where do I find it?
Thanks!

I bought a Lenovo Flex 14, and made a backup of Windows with One Key Recovery and tried to install Ubuntu as dual boot, but in this process I made a huge mistake and simply formated all previous data, including the “One Key Recovery” that is not working anymore (well it works when the ultra is off and when it is pressed, it shows the same menu before the formating, with the options “Normal Startup”, “Bios Setup”, “Boot Menu” and “System Recovery”. And the System Recovery option does nothing).
1) Is there any way to recover “One Key Recovery”?
2) Will I be able to reinstall my previous Win8.1?
3) Can I do this without de-installing my actual Ubuntu?
4) Will I need some key to proof my windows as original? Where do I find it?
Thanks!

Ideacenter K330B One Key Recovery External Hard Drive

Hello, a few months back I made a full backup of my system to an external hard drive. I reached a point where it was just easiest to start my computer over using the One Key Recovery. I had to go with the factory settings at least temporarily. Is there anyway I can use the external hard drive backup to restore my stystem? The One Key system doesn't seem to agree with it.
Thank you for any replies.
Sorry if there is a post like this elsewhere. I tried to see if their was and didn't see any that applied directly to what I needed.

hi Nutcracker,
When you tried to restore your backup using OneKey Recovery, are you getting any specific error message?
Can you also try to:
1. Format the external HDD with NTFS (move your OneKey Recovery backup to another computer first)
2. Make external HDD's the partition active and copy back the OneKey Recovery backup image
3. Boot into OneKey Recovery 7.0 and try to restore your backup.
Let me know your findings
Regards,
neokenchi
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One key recovery is not working in g560

i had deleted the partition D... now i m having two os linux and windows 7..
when i m pressing the one key recovery button it willl display the msg like
x:/windows/system32>
how can i clear this problem..

run one key recover under windows, burn recovery dvds then use them.
probably linux installation has deleted some system files.

IdeaPad S300 & Windows 8 & One Key Recovery 8

Hi, I bought IdeaPad S300 with pre-installed Windows 8 system. I need to create recovery disk, but this model is not equipped with DVD burner. I decreased C partition size and created new primary E partition on remaining space, so partition table is just changed...
1. Is there any possibility to prepare recovery USB flash drive?
2. Can I do this using One Key Recovery 8?
3. What's the difference between making recovery disks using OKR and Windows 8 Reset your PC feature (there is option to create disk from recovery partition image)?
4 Did I lost a chance to recover factory system from hdd recovery partition using OKR?
5. Can I recover my factory system using USB flash drive in this case?
6. All partitions on hdd will be recreated to factory arrangement after recovery?
thanks for reply

hi stroggi,
Welcome to the Lenovo Community.
Regarding your questions:
1. The Lenovo One Key Recovery 8.0 supports recovery creation on a USB Flashdrive.
2. Yes, you can create a USB recovery drive using One Key Recovery 8.0, you may find this utility by typing Recovery on the start screen.
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3. The difference between the OKR 8.0 and the Windows 8 Recovery are the following:
3a. OKR creates a .wsi backup file while Windows 8 Recovery creates a VHD file.
3b. In restoring the files, OKR 8.0 requires you to boot from the one recovery button while Windows 8 Restoration can be done inside of Windows or by booting from the recovery usb drive.
4. If you didn't delete the One Key Recovery 8.0, you can still create a recovery drive using OKR 8.0.
5. If you created a recovery drive using OKR 8.0, you will need to launch the One Key Recovery button to restore the image. For Windows 8, you can refresh windows or use the usb recovery drive to refresh it (same procedure applies in refreshing)
6. Only the preload OS partition (Drive C:\) will be created after recovery. Any other partitions will not be restored. If you want to clone your HDD (sector by sector), you will need to use a third party application (i.e. Acronis or EaseUS Disc Clone. - Note: backup your data before making changes to your OS).
Hope this helps.
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Ideapad Series Tools One Key Recovery 7

Ideapad Series Tools One Key Recovery 7
Additional Needful Things: USB DVD Burner Slimline , a mount of DVD writeable Discs (not practical CDs a lot more) , Time approx. 2-3 hours,a big portion of patience
Prefer this as First big operation when you bought the machine, later is possible, but not recommended.
Note : When nessessary parts or partition moved or deleted/overwritten  it is to late...
Start your engine , when Windows is ready to go...
Plug your DVD Burner in ...
Press the One Key Recovery key on your Ideapad or click the (from now abbreviated OKR) OKR Button on screen ..
You should see this Menu next..
Choose Create Recovery Disc got this next Select Recovery Disc Type:
Choose the Factory default recovery disc
click next button brings you to Step 2 Factory default recovery disc
Insert an empty writeable DVD ...
after a short recognition it shows you the write speed
when its ok ... press next ..
be patient OKR start writing and checked the whole disc , that takes time..
should be 3 discs Windows 7 Starter or 4 discs when Windows 7 Home Premium
depends on preinstalled programs configuration ..
this procedure takes time, even on Atom based systems,from time to time it looks like machine gets hung up, but it doesnt...
If you want a bigger sized harddrive, and / or you want most all recovered, OKR creates a bootable first disc , so you can change your harddrive... if that whole procedure is done.
plug in your USB DVD burner , start your Ideapad.
press F2 to get into BIOS settings ...choose BOOT set first boot to USB-DVD and exit ...
or press F12 (Fn-F11) that provoke the Boot Device Menu, meanwhile insert your first disc that OKR create for you ...
boot from disc..follow the instructions to recover , OKR ask you to create new partitions (or delete old)
answer with yes ... when procedure is done , your new HDD is filled as same than the factory HDD, with one exception
you cant rewrite with OKR ,choose factory recover disc again, when press next ,
you got a warning, factory restore is not available...
But that doesnt matter , from now on.. you can , resize or delete partitions, without have to fear,
emergency recover via dvd is yours ...
Note: Factory Recovery disc creation could be done one time...
Note: Resulted Factory Recovery could not recover the procedure to do it again ...
If you like that program , you can save your straightline running windows with all your work via system backup..
and could create recover existing backup image or running system ... creates a bootable disc same as done above...
but recreate only your windows partition itself , not the whole hdd ...
Note: Why dont choose a flashdrive for "factory restore" ?
Its not provided by OKR 6 / 7 to save @ other media...but you can save your personal backup on those media...
complete HDD backup is around 20 GB .. so flashdrive size last min 32GB ...
at this time flashdrive more expensive than, bought a USB-dvd burner plus a mount of writeable DVDs..
Further information about One Key Recovery & more you can found on
http://consumersupport.lenovo.com/Video/LandingPage.aspx?lang=en&country=id
Info: Where residents the parts of OKR ... on 2 different partitions .. this shows the invisible content on driver partition
part 1 on driver partition in hidden folder/files & OKR part 2 on the "normal" invisible partition..as shown here
thats the reason why we first fasten your seatbelts & save the whole , before you want to change move/delete/format/resize on your harddrive
regards KalvinKlein
Thinkies 2x X200s/X301 8GB 256GB SSD @ Win 7 64
Ideas Centre A520 ,Yoga 2 256GB SSD,Yoga 2 tablet @ Win 8.1

hi there,
Regarding your questions:
1. You can try to install Windows 8.1 Enterprie (90 days trial). If that works, you can run a diagnostic on the HDD.
- Try Windows 8.1 (download link)
- Create Bootable USB or DVD with Windows 8 ISO
2. You can try these steps to verify the hard drive's health:
a. Use one of the bootable diagnostic tools below to test the HDD
- Lenovo Diagnostic Solutions (see Bootable DIagnostics)
- Seatools (for Seagate / Samsung HDD)
- Data Lifeguard Diagnostic (for Western Digital HDD)
b. Remove the HDD on the G570 and use a USB 2.5" SATA Enclosure to convert it to an external drive that can be read on another PC. From here, you can use HD Tune or the tools above to verify the HDD's health.
- http://www.hdtune.com/faq_1.html
- G570 Video Disassembly (see FRU Removal)
3. Depending on the size, brand, and specifications, check this link on how much a SATA HDD would cost.
Regards
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One Key Recovery for S10-3t

I got my new s10-3t and feel that there are certain problems with Windows 7 and/or driver installation. Secondary portrait screen orientation does not work, and, even more strange, I cannot remove the Lenovo Screen Rotation program from the computer (using Control Panel) - after uninstallation it is reported to still remain there. There are other minor problems. According to Yigit's advice, I am going to perform a one key recovery (OKR) of the system in order to get clean windows and drivers.
There are several questions. Knowing the answers could help me a lot during the OKR process, since by no means I might be considered as an experienced user.
1. How to start the OSR process:
a) Use the OneKey Recovery program whose shortcut I have preinstalled on my desktop, and choose System Recovery
b) Switch off the computer and then switch it on with a small button in the upper-left corner of the keyboard
Maybe a) and b) are identical?
2. Are there any important choices (questions) that I have to make (answer) during the OKR process? I mean really important choices, not like language, time or user name choice, etc.
3. Would it be possible during to OKR process to change the size of the partitions in my hard disk? Presently I have Local disk C: - 187GB and Lenovo D: - 30GB. I would personally prefer to have C around 100GB and the rest to be D:. Disk C: should contain windows, drivers and programs, and D: my personal files, like photos, musics, movies.
4) After OKR is over, I will get the computer:
a) with Windows 7 only, no drivers at all and no Lenovo preinstalled programs
b) with Windows 7 and drivers, at least basic ones in order to get connected to Wi-Fi internet, to have sound and normal graphics
c) as it was shipped to me, with Windows, drivers and all the Lenovo preinstalled programs like VeriTouch, VeriFace, SmileDock and others, that I have already removed as useless for me.
d) Should I perform any backup prior to OKR? I have no personal files on this computer, i.e, absolutely nothing to loose. Presently I backed up (onto my flash drive) only the drivers from the Lenovo D: disk.
e) Does the system sit in \\?\Volume{64...} where it is going to get recovered from? I do not see this partition in Windows Explorer, but I do see it in Defragmenter.
Sorry that the question is quite long.
Thank you.
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lots of questions
- how to start the okr process:
options are the same, if you select it under windows, windows will restart.
- are there any important choices (questions) that I have to make (answer) during the okr process? i mean really important choices, not like language, time or user name choice, etc.
nope.if application asks click "next"
- would it be possible during to okr process to change the size of the partitions in my hard disk? presently I have local disk c: 187gb and lenovo d: 30gb. i would personally prefer to have c around 100gb and the rest to be d:. disk c: should contain windows, drivers and programs, and d: my personal files, like photos, musics, movies.
if you make changes on volumes, one key recover will stop working.
- after okr is over, i will get the computer:
c.
as it was shipped to me, with windows, drivers and all the lenovo preinstalled programs like veritouch, veriface, smiledock and others, that I have already removed as useless for me.
- should i perform any backup prior to okr? i have no personal files on this computer, i.e, absolutely nothing to loose. presently i backed up (onto my flash drive) only the drivers from the lenovo d: disk.
if you have external dvd rom, i suggest you to burn factory default backup, just in case.
- does the system sit in \\?\volume{64...} where it is going to get recovered from? i do not see this partition in windows explorer, but i do see it in defragmenter.
there's a hidden partition for system & recovery files.it's better not to see cause if you see hidden partition under windows, one key recover stops.

One Key Recovery - Basic Questions

I just purchased a used Ideacentre H215 (0893-1AU) desktop computer. It was reset back to the original factory defaults. I went to make a set of "Factory Default Recovery Discs" using Lenovo's One Key Recovery (OKR). However, this option was not available.
1) Is this something that can only be done once? (note: unfortunately no such discs were included in the sale - only a Lenovo drivers CD).
2) The OKR did provide an option to make a bootable "Recovery Disk with the Current System" partition. Does this include the Windows 7 Operating System? Is this an exact copy of what is currently installed on the C drive? Is this what I would use to reinstall Windows 7 on a new hard drive?
--thanks--

hi jrw11,
Welcome to the Lenovo Community.
Regarding your questions:
1. Factory Recovery disc creation can only be done one time (see this link). but you can trigger the One Key Recovery function anytime by repeatedly pressing F2 during boot-up as long as the hidden partition is active - this will guide you through in restoring the factory image of the PC)
2. If you create a"Recovery disc with current system", this create a bootable image of your C:\ drive which contains the Windows 7 OS, with your files and softwares - you could also use this image if you need to restore in on a blank hard drive.
As an alternative, you can use Aomei Partition Assistant Home Edition or EaseUS Disk Copy Home Edition to clone your HDD.
Hope this helps
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