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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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.
Spoiler (Highlight to read)
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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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

[S210 Touch] One key recovery not working

I have a 1.25 year old S210 Ideapad Touch. I made a 100GB partition with EaseUS and had no problem with onekey recovery. I tried to merge that empty partition with my C drive using EaseUS software but it did not work saying there were errors. After that attempt One Key did not work. Tried to open One Key with compter turned off, error message said damaged partition. Next I used Control panel Administrative Tools: Disk Management to return C drive to almost its original size less 350 mb. one key still did not work. I reinstalled one key from Lenovo website and still did not work. Still indicated damage partition. What can I do now?
Jim
Moderator comment: New thread created. Subject edited for clarity. Was: Re: One key recovery not working!

I found the following on a recovery disk which I made early last year for the same computer but I cant get it to boot.
How do I boot this usb flash drive without losing this material and is it used to recreate the correct partitions?
convert gpt
create partition primary size=1000
format quick fs=ntfs label="WINRE_DRV"
assign letter="W"
gpt attributes=0x8000000000000001
set id="de94bba4-06d1-4d40-a16a-bfd50179d6ac"
create partition efi size=260
format quick fs=fat32 label="SYSTEM_DRV"
assign letter="S"
create partition efi size=1000
format quick fs=fat32 label="LRS_ESP"
assign letter="I"
gpt attributes=0x8000000000000001
set id="bfbfafe7-a34f-448a-9a5b-6213eb736c22"
create partition msr size=128
create partition primary size=436224
format quick fs=ntfs label="Windows8_OS"
assign letter="T"
create partition primary
format quick fs=ntfs label="LENOVO"
assign letter="O"
shrink minimum=12288
create partition primary
format quick fs=ntfs label="PBR_DRV"
assign letter="Q"
gpt attributes=0x8000000000000001
set id="de94bba4-06d1-4d40-a16a-bfd50179d6ac"
exit
Thanks for any help,
Jim

One key recovery G500s

i had G500s the non touch version
it had windows 8 pre-installed
i prefered to change to windows 7 (more familiar with and more classic)
now i lost the onekey recovery feature
i want to re-activate the one key recovery with a windows 7 image, i.e. to repartition the HDD , activate the OKR feature, make a win7 restore image available in case i need it
is this possible or not ???
i downloaded already OKR8 bootable iso for this purpose, from http://megafiles.me/download/105095/win8_okr8-0-without_os-_130106_evozi-com-iso
burnt it into a bootable USB , booted from it , but it started in some chinese or korean language that i couldnt read, so closed it
any suggestions...

Try this guide:
https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/IdeaPad-Y-U-V-Z-and-P-series/Replace-HDD-with-SSD-Y500/td-p/1035281/pag...
http://plus.evozi.com/143/lenovo-one-key-recovery-okr-8-0-iso-and-download-and-setup-guide/

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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Solved! Fix / Repair Nova Button / One Key Recovery after replacing SSD - Walkthru! Yoga 2 Pro

I created this full walkthru for people who upgrade / or replace their hard drive / SSD drive on the Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro or other Lenovo products that has the Nova button - One Key recovery solution. I did this on my Yoga 2 Pro. So it should work perfectly for those owners for others I'm not certian but it should be similiar for other Lenovos.
Essentially this will rebuild your laptop back to factory settings including full nova button functionality without having to buy the lenovo recovery disks. It took me several days to piece this together from everything on the web into an easy to follow step by step process so I hope you appreciate / enjoy it And I hope it saves you lots of time.
The process is not that hard but you are completely wiping your hard drive yourself. All your data will be gone. Bear this in mind. You have to be bold enough to try it. And it's not for the faint of heart.
Read through the whole thing first before doing it step by step.
Here we go.
There are a lot of steps but it's a fairly simple process.
Requirements at least 2 USB sticks - One 4 GB or more
Necessary Files:
1. Okr8 Engineer - Wipes the hard drive and creates the necessary paritions to bring Lenovo drive back to initial state.
This is the file you really need.
Download here:
http://www.filedropper.com/win8okr80withoutos > my personal upload <
https://torrent.pl/de/0438900090510,lenovo-okr8-one-key-recovery-8 or do a search for OKR8.
2. Power Iso - Properly burns Okr8 on a bootable USB for installation purposes.
http://www.poweriso.com/
3. Download copy of Windows 8.1 OEM version - Wish I had found this link before!
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-CA/windows-8/create-reset-refresh-media
For the Yoga Pro 2 you do not need the Windows 8.1 serial as it's imprinted directly onto the bio for others laptops laptops. Use produkey to find you're serail if you lost it you don't have a Bio embedded laptop: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/product_cd_key_viewer.html
4. Get Necessary Lenovo Drivers - Easily accessible on the Lenovo website. Just go and download the drivers you need for you laptop.
Links to hard to find drivers
Veriface 4.0 : https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Yoga-Flex-Laptops-and/Veriface-Download/td-p/1459391
Dolby v4 : http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/downloads/ds027444
First section:
1. Download the OKR8 file. You'll need to install utorrent or bitorrent if you downloaded it as a torrent and not my personal file.
2. Download, Install, then Open PowerISO.
3. Select - Tools - Create Bootable USB drive - Select Yes to Run as administrator - Find the OKR 8.iso on your hard drive and burn to the USB stick.
4. Next create the windows 8.1 usb stick as well. Download Windows 8.1: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-CA/windows-8/create-reset-refresh-media
5. Run the Microsoft file and select English > Windows 8.1 and > 64 bit
6. Burn the Windows 8.1 to USb through the software.
7. Relax and have a coffee while it creates the usb stick.
8. Download and save the necessary lenovo drivers onto another USB stick, external hard drive or onto one of the 2 USB sticks you are already using. Valuable if you only have one computer.
Please note: You install all this stuff at your own risk. Propertly back up and save all your old personal data first onto an external hard drive. This process will wipe everything off your drive, including all the paritions (including the old recovery parition if you have one there) and you'd won't be able to get it back.
Having access to two computers is helpful. But if done property you should be good with one. I will not be responsible for any mishaps. This is cowboy computing. Typically for people with too much time on their hands or who are obsessive compulsive types
Second section:
1. Turn off computer.
2. Press Nova button, wait, enter into Bios. Goto to boot mode and switch boot from UEFI only to 'legacy mode". This allows you to boot to the OKR 8 USB your prepared.
3. Shut down computer
4. Insert OKR 8 USB
5. Press Nova button again - Select Boot- Select - USB drive with OKR 8 on it.
6. Let the OKR 8 USB load. - A Windows 8 screen comes up.
7. Once it loads click the check mark and hit the button with chinese letters. This whole software is in Chinese and not in English. Don't worry.
8. Wait patiently. It will say 'done' but it's not all done until the popup windows appears and says All Done. Then REMOVE the usb and reboot.
9. Important* - Reboot the computer and let the OKR 8 software load and install on the recovery parition - It finishes the installation after you reboot. It will reboot again and load into the One Key Recovery Panel software.
Yay! Now select shutdown from the One Key Recovery environment.
10. Press Nova button again > enter bio > and switch back to UEFI mode. *Important* If you try to install Windows through USB legacy mode. You will get a GPT error when trying to install windows onto the hard drive.
11. Shutdown again.
12. Insert the Windows 8.1 USB. Press the Nova button again. Select Boot Options: Boot from the Windows 8.1 USB.
13. Windows 8.1 loads. Select Install.
14. Choose Custom Install and Install Windows 8.1 to Parition 5 - "Windows8_OS"
15. Let Windows Install. Remove USB stick when asked.
16. Reboot. Go through standard windows setup. Install all drivers and program you want in preparation to save the intial factory recovery state.
17. Get your yoga 2 pro or laptop up to the initial specifications you want and then shut down.
Section 3:
1. Now it's time to create the initial backup onto the hidden recovery parition so you can reset the laptop back to inital specs whenever you wish including when you want to sell or give away the laptop..
2. From a shutdown state - Goto system recovery through novo button again.
3. Once it's loaded press CTRL+Shift+O to pull up the command prompt window (Shift + F10 was previously suggested. It did not work for me, maybe on older machines)
4. At the command prompt type in: diskpart
5. type: list volume
6. Look for the letter of volume that is labelled PBR_DRV (eg. H) - This is the hidden Lenovo recovery partition where the initial factory backup image will be saved to.
7. type exit
8. type: H: or whatever volume it is.
9. Your directory should change to H:
10. Type: cd onekey\osimage > This takes you to the correct directory.
11.. You're almost at the end!
12.. Type: osimage /nopbr
13. Type: osimage /fb
14. Wait ten minutes while the initial backup is saved onto the hidden recovery parition
15.. Profit!
16. type exit - Reboot - You're Good to Go.
17. Rock On!
18. Enjoy Life again.
Lots of work but worth it in the end !
Should also work for when windows 10 comes out.

As far as I can tell, Windows 8.1 is merely an windows update, so the license key from your BIOS should still work. If you already updated your machine to Windows 8.1, and a fresh install of 8.1 didn't complain about license key, then you should be able to create a new recovery image from it. For Windows 10, if I am not mistaken, when you upgrade from Windows 7/8/8.1, some hardware ID is stored on a MS server to flag this machine has a windows 10 license, to make it possible to perform fresh windows 10 install in the future if needed. This means if you never have windows 10 installed, then you cannot use it to build the recovrey image (the key from BIOS won't work). But if you have 10 installed, you can always activate it during the process of creating recovery image. Once again, all these are based on my knowledge and I haven't attempt to do them, so I cannot tell if this will definitely work. Try it and let us know

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!

Installing VISTA and creating the one key recovery

Hi,
Is it possible to install VISTA on my system and create one key recovery as done in the Lenovo Care for the windows XP.
I have Lenovo 3000 N100 07686KU system.
Thanks

kjanjua,
I'll look into this...
Mark
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What is one key recovery? - G580 (DOS)

Could any pelase let me know what one key recovery is for, in case of DOS.
I have bought a laptop with DOS.
ALso please let me know how to do that/
Thanks ,
Sudheer K

Hi
Welcome To Lenovo Community
One Key Recovery is the program which works with pre-loaded Operating System only,
OKR helps user to restore system to factory default using a button, take backup and create factory disks
Lenovo creates three partitions on the installed Hard Disk Drive:
1. The smaller drive commonly known as the C drive which contains Windows and your pre-installed software. The C drive should NOT be resized otherwise your OneKey recovery may no longer operate.
2. The larger drive known as the D drive which is ready for storing your personal data files such as videos, music, pictures etc. Both the C and D drives are visible in Windows but the D drive is MUCH larger to hold all your personal data. The C drive should NOT be resized otherwise your OneKey recovery may no longer operate.
3. The Service Partition (the partition without a drive letter) is used by the One Key recovery system to backup and recover the C partition. This invisible partition requires only 18GB to 20GB of HDD space. The service partition should NOT be deleted otherwise your One Key recovery will no longer operate.
One advantage of having these partitions is the protection of your personal data. In the event you need to use the One Key recovery system, the personal data stored on the D drive will not be erased as the files on the C drive are restored.
Disk Management is an installed tool which will allow you to view these three partitions. You may access Disk Management by selecting Control Panel -> Management Tools -> Computer Management -> Disk Management.
* Actual size of the invisible partition may vary based on the model and preload.
http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Lenovo-3000-and-Essential/Disk-Partitioning-and-OneKey-Recovery-Feature/...
Since you have bought a dos box you can install windows 7 and use the inbuilt recovery option
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/What-are-the-system-recovery-options-in-Windows-7
Hope This Helps
Cheers!!!
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B590 Windows 8 One Key recovery

Hi.
Today i got my new Lenovo b590 MBX29GE. (Windows8)
Unfortunately there isn't the one key recovery app installed.
Is there a possibility to use this tool anyways ?
Thanks.

hi vfbjohn,
Thank you for using Lenovo Community Forums,
  Can we try to do a search, pressing Windwos button + W
Then try to type "Onekey" Check if there will be any results under Apps or Files, if you still have it on your computer it should show up using that search.
    If non, It is just Okay OKR8.0 does not have an option to Created Recovery CD and its main purpose is to launch the Factory recovery within windows. Still it would do a restart launching the Actual Recovery.
You can also check this thread, they were able to create a Zip file of the Recovery 8.0.
     In case you want to do a Factory Recovery you can refer to the User Guide Manual page 15/84
   this was you don't have to use the Onekey Recovery Software within windows.
Hope this helps,
Cheers!!
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Delete One Key Recovery partiton (Y500)

Has anybody tried deleting the One Key Recovery partition from an IdeaPad with Win8 or 8.1? I would like to clean up my HDD and since I've already resized the C: drive, I believe OKR will not work anymore. I have backup disks and don't care to keep OKR around anyway. I've been poking around for a while and I believe the hidden partiton between the C: and D: partitions contains OKR (since I can't figure out what else it would be). It's shown as an unlabeled 350 MB Recovery partiton in Disk Management. I just want to verify that it's OKR and is safe to delete if I don't want to use it anymore. It's the partition circled in red in this image (ignore the linux/recovery stuff, I posted it originally in another thread): Link to picture.
Thanks!
Solved!
Go to Solution.

Ugh... Ok. So I take it there isn't really any way I can move this/back it up?
Here is the command output. I dont' really know what it means, I'm not very familiar with the inner workings of Windows.
C:\WINDOWS\system32>reagentc /info
Windows Recovery Environment (Windows RE) and system reset configuration
Information:
Windows RE status: Enabled
Windows RE location: \\?\GLOBALROOT\device\harddisk1\partition8\Recove
ry\WindowsRE
Boot Configuration Data (BCD) identifier: ab0b8a77-ee15-11e2-be76-68172921a8
27
Recovery image location:
Recovery image index: 0
Custom image location:
Custom image index: 0
REAGENTC.EXE: Operation Successful.

If i put all my files on drive C which has the os and do a one key recovery, will i lose my files?

If i put all my files on drive C which has the os and do a one key recovery, will i lose my files? considering that drive C the the partition which has the os and the drive D has the lenovo drive which has all the lenovo drivers and all those. Will i lose my files?
Solved!
Go to Solution.

Never never put your documents in the C drive.
Many things can go wrong, and whenevr you have to reinstall os, your files would be gone! Take some pain now and partition the drive now, or you will feel helpless when your c drive is removed by failure of os or some **bleep** virus.
Simple solution: partition the C drive.
Step 1: download G-Parted software
Step 2: put it in live usb.
Step 3: boot your computer with the usb plugged in.
Step 4: then REDUCE THE SIZE of c drive.
Step 5: suppose you reduced by 100 GB, then divide that 100 gb into other drive. PUT your files here.
WARNING: I WOULD RECOMMEND TAKING BACKUP OF C DRIVE , AND THEN REDUCING ITS SIZE, INCASE SOMETHING GOES WRONG.
You can search in internet about partition and gparted.
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S205 - Steps to create a bootable USB drive using One Key Recovery (OKR) for backup image.

Hi Guys,
I just got my new S205. I am wondering how to backup the Windows OS including all factory settings to a bootable USB drive using One Key Recovery (OKR) 7.0. Basically I am afriad one day, my harddrive is failed or if I want to replace harddrive, I can reimage the harddrive back to factory setting and its OS (win 7). Would you share with me on the steps to do so?
I opened the OKR software and click on "Create Recovery Disk" -> "Factory Default Setting Disk" and Next, I couldn't see my USB drive? any one knows why?
thanks in advance.
New S205 owner.

I was able to do this, but it required reconfiguration of the HDD in my S205 (320 GB hard drive).
I used the built-in Windows Disk Management tool to shrink the size of my C: drive to 56,320 MB. [To accomplish this, I had to disable hibernation, and disable the swap file on the C: drive; and then re-enabled both after the process was complete.] 56,320 MB is more than enough space for the OS and all of the programs that I have installed (including the Professional version of Microsoft Office).
I then increased the size of the D: drive to 233,614 MB.
You can use different drive sizes, of course, but the D: drive must be of adequate size for the backup image.
Once the HDD is reconfigured, you can use One Key Recovery to backup your C: drive to your D: drive. From there, it can be copied to a USB (or copied across the network, etc. ... I've done both). Yes, it is 2 steps, but it's really easy.

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