X230i How to Backup recovery partition?

I bought a new x230i but I would like to install a new OS rather than using the pre-installed one. How can I backup those ThinkVantage tools, drivers, OS, etc first? I assume its all on the recovery partition, correct?

iscgrant wrote:
There is a link on the ThinkVantage Tools named Factory Recovery Disks. It lets you make one (and only one) copy of the recovery disk. I messed up and created it on a SDCard which I found out isn't bootable so be carefull :-). I believe it can copy to DVD disks and you can also use a USB Stick. I found that 16gig is needed but it might be different for your system. I ended up having to call support for replacement recovery disks because I messed up my one and only chance.
Hey,
Do you still have that SDCard with the non-booting recovery image on it?
Something I'd try if I had one of those and a spare 16G (or 8g?) USB flash drive: prepare the flash drive per the link below, then simply copy the contents of the SDCard to it. Make hidden stuff visible first. Not sure that's necessary, but just in case...
New or used USB memory keys or USB flash drives require an active partition created from within Wind...
This has worked for USB flash to USB flash to rescue an improperly formatted flash drive. It just might work in your case.
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Creating the recovery partition
Right-click the start orb, and start 'Disk Management'.
Shrink the C: drive by let's say 20-30GB.
Then create a new Partition and assign the R: label to it and name it RECOVERY.
Then open command prompt as administrator and type: 'recimg /createimage <directory>',
In this case: 'recimg /createimage R:\' to save it on the new partition.
This step may consume a lot of time.
Now we need to register the newly created recovery image: 'recimg /setcurrent <directory>'
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Press the Windows-key + C to open the charms bar or swipe in from the right.
Click Settings.
Click Change PC Settings.
Click Update & Recovery in the menu on the left.
Click Recovery.
If all your documents are safe and sound in your user folder, you can use Refresh your PC without affecting files. However I still recommend taking a back-up... If you want to do a complete reinstallation of Windows and also clean your user folder in the process then choose Remove everything and reinstall Windows.

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One work-around that I have used successfully when I had an Acronis image but no R&R image is to do a full restore to factory using the factory recovery media (from Lenovo or home made on the TP) and then restoring only the windows partition from the non-Lenovo image. This should leave the service partition, the MBR, and track 0 in the Lenovo mystery mode, and let the think button work, and you get your cloned up-to-date OS.
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I can't say with certainty that this will always be necessary. I may have screwed something up during the two step restore process.
The magic "think" button is (potentially) pretty useful, but it and the "new improved" vista boot process are a little too fragile, IMNSHO.
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Creating the recovery partition
Right-click the start orb, and start 'Disk Management'.
Shrink the C: drive by let's say 20-30GB.
Then create a new Partition and assign the R: label to it and name it RECOVERY.
Then open command prompt as administrator and type: 'recimg /createimage <directory>',
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This step may consume a lot of time.
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On the other hand, I noticed that the resovery partitiobn is almost 3GB large.
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