Ideapad S405 Windows 8 and OneKey NOVO Recovery Failure

I finished working on research at the cafe this afternoon on my Lenovo Ideapad 604, came home, powered up and it is stuck in this 'Windows 8 Recovery Loop' non-sense. Turn it on, automatic recovery starts, diagnoses, fails to start windows, asks to recover or shut down, click through the Windows recovery troubleshooting menus to get to the advanced options button in order to try to boot in safemode.
This is where things get messy. On troubleshoot menu (refresh, rest, advanced options screen) if you click any of these buttons the windows recovery program freezes solid. Attempts to use the NOVO button land you indefinitely on a blank blue screen. I'm guessing the hard drive has bad sectors (explaining the freezing recovery screen) and needs to be replaced.
I've owned this laptop for less than 6 months and have no complaints. This is the first 'issue' I've ran into. I'll call support/service and let everyone know how it goes.
Options:
1) Call service. They send me a magic box and fix it at Lenovo (happened in the past with my Y510 keyboard).
2) Someone out there knows a trick to fix this issue.
3) Nuke Windows 8 and NOVO. I have WIndows 7 pro 64bit that can be loaded onto a USB.
Ideapad S405 (2013)
Ideapad Y510 (2008 - 2013)
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hi Firefly2462,
Thanks for Posting,
Since the issue is kind of in the middle of a Hardware(HDD) and Software (Windows Corrupted) Issue.
i would suggest to have the system repaired by Lenovo.
Definitely they would test the HDD in their repair center,
It is understandable that the Windows OS sometimes may fail or get corrupted but together with the Onekey recovery Partition to fail? Something might be wrong with the HDD where Both are saved,
You can try doing a test on the HDD on your own before sending the machine for repair,
If the HDD test result showed up OK then you can just ask for a disk To reinstall Windows since the OKR is not working I believe they would send you one.
If the HDD Tested bad then have it repaired and have the HDD replaced.
Regarding your Windows 7 OS you will need to have your Own Product Key for Windows 7 as the one used for your windows 8 will not be compatible.
Its fine to use your own OS like Windows 7 just make sure that the HDD is good maybe do a test after installing windows 7, also take note that some portion of your warranty may be voided by changing your Windows version.
Best Regards
Solid Cruver
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