One Key Recivery Question

Hi all. I recently upgraded my HD to a SSD drive. I am using the old HD as a back up/media drive. I havent formatted it yet. I still would like to be able to use one key recovery. If I format the old drive, where can I download one key recovery? If I cant does anyne have Any good back up/boot desk solutions? Thanks

hi ksk11214,
If you have Windows 7 preloaded on the HDD drive, you can create a recovery disc that you could use to restore the preloaded OS on this drive. If you're looking to transfer the preloaded OS from the HDD to the SSD drive, you can try to clone the drive (see steps below)
1. Insert the original HDD and set it as first boot device under BIOS then connect the SSD drive using an SATA enclosure
2. Download and install a demo copy of Backup & Recovery 12 Home or Aomei Partition Assistant Home Edition and clone the HDD drive to the SSD
3, When finished cloning, reboot the PC into the BIOS and make the SSD drive as the first boot device.
If you're using Windows 8, create a recovery drive using this guide first then follow Step 1 above.
4. If you get any errors or if the OS won't boot-up, insert the recovery drive that you created on Step 4 and boot from it to restore Windows 8.
Hope this helps
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Offer a Noob help? General one key recovery question

So I'm new to laptops, especially Lenovo, and when I got my laptop I had barely found out about the One Key Recovery Backup application AFTER I installed quite a few games. So I decided to make the backup but it ended up being 49GB so I put it on my Harddrive.
Now I found out that there was a partition for the backup but mine is only like 23GB. It's too late for me to make a new backup now since I have added way more stuff.
I was wondering if there is some way that I can go and delete files I had IN my backup?
The reason this backup is a problem is because I'm runing out of Hard drive memory because of this backup
Thank you

hi Andy16,
Welcome to Lenovo Community Forums!
Once you created the Backup File (backup.wsi files) I don't think you can open that and delete some files in side it,
Also not Possible Doing a selective Current system Back up.
If I understand you correctly you want to do another back up aside from the First one you made (the 49GB), But right now you're running out of disk space?
Regards
Solid Cruver
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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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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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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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EEWB: Insert New Table with more than one key field for BP object

Hi Gurus,
I want to enhance Business Partner object with a new table with two key fields, one the address number and another a sequence number, because I need to save several entries for each address belonging to a determined business partner. Something as what happens in communication data (i.e fax number)for an address.
I have run the wizard from EEWB but the only possibility that offers you is to create only one key field for the new custom table. There is something in EEWB to achieve this, two key fields for the new table?
Another question is the following: which Badi or BAPI must I enhance to populate my table with the corresponding address number to which the data belong to?
I mean my custom data are filled through a table control that I have allocated within the screen sequence BUA130 (Detail Address). Thus, when a new address is added to a BP and my particular table control is populated within this address I should fill the key fields from my table (address number and sequence number) when the BP were saved. So, I must know beforehand which address number the system will assign to this new address.
I repeat the question: which Badi or BAPI must I enhance to populate my table with the corresponding address number to which the data belong to?
Thanks in Advance.
Regards,
Rosa Ferrando

Hi Rosa,
Please go through the following links. It will help you.
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Creating a back up using One Key on a new laptop

Hi there, I am trying to set up a new Lenovo laptop. I am being prompted to make a back up by the Lenovo Solution Center. However, when I try to do that using One Key the option comes up to use the default drive which is the D drive. But then it says there is only 22.4 GB of space on the D drive and the estimated image size is 29.0. So it won't let me back up there.
I don't know what to do. Do I need to back this up to an external hard drive? Can the D drive be made bigger? What happens if I don't back up at all? I don't understand why the d drive wouldn't have capacity for the back up. Confused and would be grateful for any advice, thanks

There used to be the Create Recover Disks (DVD's) in Thinkvantage tools. Now whether you have that in on yours remains the question. If its Win8 then it may be different.
I would call the USA support which is posted on this website for country support. You'll get someone else. If your drive image is corrupted the info on there is not much use other than your data. There isn't a one touch that I am aware of. Trueimage is an excellent backup tool worth every penny.
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How to update one key recovery on a G580

Hi guys, Does anybody know how to update the one key recovery to the current setup? If I allow it to make changes, will it update, or revert to the previous recovery point? Any help greatly appreciated, new to Lenovo, still not sure where I'm at with it Cheers Rick
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hi roadrash,
Welcome to Lenovo Community Forums!
OneKey recovery Will access the Factory image backup installed hidden on your computer,
It means that it will revert how you got the system from the store.
Also
Windows 8 Disk can be ordered from Lenovo(fees may apply).
If you want to create an updated backup
On a Windows 8 / 8.1 what You could do is a Backup drive using this method.
Hope this helps
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[HELP] Can I install a new version of Windows 7 on my Lenovo G550?? (+ One Key Rescue???????)

I bought a Lenovo G550 with 4GB DDR3, T4300, 320Gb. It came with Windows 7 BASIC installed and I'd like to install a version of Windows 7 Professional I have here. I want to do a clean install!
Well, when I started the installation, the disks were partitioned as follows:
1. 200 Mb - System;
2. 233 GB - Hard c: \ (where I believe that Windows 7 Basic is installed)
3. 30.2 GB - Lenovo (here are the drivers, totaling 800MB used!)
4. LENOVO_PART - 14.8GB [OEM] (is a hidden partition! Probably the One Key Rescue. He says CAN NOT INSTALL, OEM is because, for the MANUFACTURER)
The question is: if I delete the first 3 partitions, leaving only the hidden partition (Lenovo_PART-14.8Gb) and install Windows 7 Professional, will work?? If later I want to restore the system using the discs created by One Key Rescue, will work too? That will give an error?
PLEASE HELP! Windows 7 BASIC sucks!
(Thanks to google for the english translation)

OK - I was under the impression that you had a brand new machine and did not have to restore any data stored already. If it were me - I would back up all of my data - not with True Image - but just back it up. Then I would do a clean install of Windows 7 (getting rid of all those partitions) and either create one or two.   I just use one and then do regular images wtih Acronis True Image - but you could create two - one for the OS and applications and another for all your data directories.
I don't know how you would do a new install while trying to create the partitions exactly the way Lenovo has them when the machine is delivered. (I don't think Lenovo does either) So - I would make it simple and just get rid of them all after your data is backed up.   If you have new applications loaded, I would just install them again. Not the most convenient but in the long run you will have an easier system to back up and manage.
I'm not a fan of Lenovo's instant restore proceedure, because A: it is complicatied, and B: it doesn't buy you anything if you crash your hard drive anyway. It is really only good if you A: do regular backups with the instant restore, and B: either have a virus or corrupt some data and need to use it. You can do the same thing by using the Microsoft system restore point proceedure. So - to me it is just a gimick and makes your drive a mess wtih hidden partitions, etc.
That would be my approach. I would NOT try to backup your current configuraton with Acronis before installing a new OS. It can be done - but I think it will be very messy. A much better approach would be just to delete all of those partitions with the Windows 7 install proceedure - then create just one or two new partitions as you install the new OS. Then start using Acronis to do regular images on your drive. You can also do incrementals so it only takes a couple of minutes each day.
Installing Windows 7 is a piece of cake as it finds all the drivers for you. Just make sure you have it connected to an ethernet cable. Then install your applications and then load your data back. Very straigtforward.
The advantages you will get will be: A: You will get use of your entire hard drive space. B: It will be much easier to manage and back up. C: Using Acronis to backup your drive will be simple D: If you ever lose data you can simply use Acronis to restore the directory or data file, or E: If you lose your entire hard drive you simply get a new one and then restore from the Acronis CD and point it to your last backup image.
I hope this helps. Good luck.

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
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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.

Lenovo G570 essential - One Key Recovery issue

Hello to everybody and congratulations for the forum. I have a Lenovo G570 notebook which is running the original version of Windows 7 that came installed with. Before I mention the problem I have to state that I have restructured the hard drive by using the program Acronis Disk Director. When I click the One Key Recovery application and choose the RECOVERY option I receive the follwing message.
"The program cannot find the service partition. The service is currently unavalaible."
After checking, I noticed a change in the Default recovery partition (the factory one) and the Windows installation partition. These partitions are not ACTIVE as before. What can I do in order to overcome this problem and achieve to restore my notebook to the factory default installation?
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Hello Oust_alex,
First the simple procedure to bring the system to factory setting by using the recovery disc if you have created before altering the partitions.
If the recovery disc is not created then you must restore the partitions as previous and then check.
Last option is to purchase the recovery disc from the service center.
Best Regards,
Tanuj
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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
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Need Help using One-Key to make a system back up to DVDs

I bought U330 in Sept and now that I have some of my own programs installed and running, I want to make a backup to D (I think?) and also make backups to DVDs so I could make backups.
I'm no novice, but I cannot figure out the instructions for this.
When I pick Backup, even at Max compression, it says I don't have enough space.   I don't have THAT much on D:---did I need to repartition this before I even started using this computer? Does this mean I can never use One-Key?
When I pick Create Recover Disc (to make DVD backups), what do I do next?
    The dropdown for "Select Source From" has only two options, I am guessing I have to pick "Select another image", but then I don't know what to pick for the Image path.    How do I pick the whole C drive ???   Or??
Please tell me exactly how to do this because I am finding LENOVO's instructions totally inadequate.
A couple times I got to the DVD burner--not sure how--but then it just wanted to burn the sample music files.    I'm feeling quite frustrated--this should not be this difficult!!

I thought you've got error of another type - that error is fixed by simple software update.
Regarding your case - it's always frightening in first time. Believe me - there's completely nothing to be afraid of.
Resizing C drive may result killing your DATA on it only in case of energy is down during the process. Process is taking about 15-20 minutes on slow programs and about 3-4 minutes on fast programs. That means that even having problems with electricity you'll be able to finish everything correctly running on battery.
I'd recommend using Acronis Disk director Suite, but it is not free. One of the best free progs for that are bootable Linux livecds PartedMagic and GParted. They're all intuitive understandable.
You will get your NOVO recovery feature lost after C resize, but you can enable it later, replacing that factory backup in hidden partition with your own backup - your NOVO button will restore your system with all your software and settings.
it will be good for you to start with some basic principles on partitions organization schemes - why, what for and how questions are briefly explained here. After reading this you'll be able to ask right questions to get right answers.
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