X201 DVD Recovery to USB Key

Hi, is there a way to move DVD Recovery disks into a single USB Key? my X201 came with 32 bit win 7 pro but it doesnt support 8gb ram and i plan to get 64 bit recovery disks from lenovo but X201 doesnt have CD-DVD Drive as you know and i dont want to buy external CD-DVD drive just for that. what do you suggest me to do? problem is X201 is heating too much on 64bit Win 7 which i have clean installed, maybe it s not a good version of windows because of that i better get pre installed 64 bit win 7.

Hi Priority,
Welcome to Lenovo Community!
Follow the instruction given from the below link, they have provided complete details on how to perform recovery media in Windows 7 OS.
http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/documents/ht004960
Hope this helps.
Best regards,
Hemanth Kumar

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Last edited by The Infinity (2014-08-14 20:26:06)

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