Recovery Partition Miix 10 Tablet (IdeaPad)

Hello
I cannot recovery my Miix 10. It always sais: recovery partition missing. I guess the preowner deleted this partition.
Can i download the recovery partition somewhere?
What are the correct steps to do a fresh factory default install (without the recovery partition)?
Thanks

Hi,
what you are asking for is definitely possible.
This simplictic free tool is designed to create backup image file from removable storage device like USB stick or memory card:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager/
I haven't personally used win32diskimager to backup/restore my Miix2 recovery USB but had success with it in the past in other situations.
Other commercial alternatives could be for example Acronis Image or Symantec Ghost. Sadly otherwise great Macrium Reflect Free Edition can't be used for given task as it is intentionally crippled to not work with removable drives.
EDIT: another suitable tool:
http://www.alexpage.de/usb-image-tool/download/
Tomas

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