Yoga 13 Original Factory Image OneKey Recovery

Hello,
I have a Yoga 13 that I have modified quite a bit. I have repartitioned the drive, installed a clean version of windows and deleted the recovery image. I may have to send it in for repair (I am begininng to recieve phantom touch screen issues) and I want to bring everything back to 100% full factory settings.
I am still able to boot into onekey recovery, but it cannot find the original factory image (which makes sense). My question is two-fold:
1. Does anyone have a clean recovery file that I could use on my own computer to restore everything to factory settings? I am assuming that I can use another Yoga's image to do so.
2. If I am able to restore everything will it go so far as to repartition my main drive and get rid of any boot record changes I made? (These were done when I was dual-booting linux).
Thank you in advance for your help; Hopefully I am not totally mistaken in my reasoning/hopes/dreams.

Hello all -
There are a few other threads on this topic with an abysmal response rate and very little useful help. I am going to post on this one more time in hopes that there is actually some kind of manual instructions that I could follow that would help ensure that my computer is not now permanently crippled. My story:
* Had one of the old Yoga's with the bad partition structure, and thus ran out of room on C:
* Ran the hotfix - it took 2 hours instead of 10 minutes and was completely stalled out so I killed it
* Tried to run a second time, and the partition structure had already been altered
* I ended up with a new, resized D: drive, another random unnamed drive, and a bunch of unallocated space
* After $30 for a third party application, I was able to allocate the unused space to C:
I believe that the process stopped before all relevant files could be transfered to the right partitions.
Incedentally, now when I boot, I get an alert that the Intel Smart Start-up doesn't work
OKR doesn't work - just the the error that the system can't do a back-up
Does anyone have a clue where are the files are supposed to end up after the Hotfix so I can get them to where they need to be to get all of this working again.
Would really appreciate all help. M.
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Formatted all partition - Yoga 13 - HOW work OneKey Recovery ?

Hello.
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hi mikey94025,
In addition to what mikey94025 have suggested, are you using the Yoga 13 in Tent Mode?
- if you are, the Dynamic Platform Thermal Framework (DPTF) feature is probably the one that's causing the slow performance.
Can you try to:
1. Disable the Dynamic Platform Thermal Framework (DPTF) under BIOS - this feature can dynamically configure the power limit while the Yoga 13 is used in different scenario (i.e. on Tablet/Tent mode, the power limit is set to 10W).
   - to go to the BIOS, navigate to the UEFI Firmware Settings inside Windows to boot into the BIOS.
   - inside the BIOS, navigate to the Advanced Tab > DPTF Configuration and set it to Disabled.
   - when done, press F10 to save and exit BIOS and observe it in normal mode.
2. To check if the SSD's health, try to download and install HD Tune and run an error scan.
Hope this helps
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HP recovery freezes when I prep restoring factory image

A user had the recovery disks for my laptop, and tried to run them to restore his laptop to factory settings. But, after putting in the second disk, it frozen and was stuck at 0%. According to the prompts from software, Hard drive’s windows partition was formatted, and files were restored to the hard drive. But the progress was 0%, or prompt will be “Please wait”, and cancel buttons are grayed out.
This phenomenon is seldom, but some users that encounter such problem will be very angry. How to fix it? Is there other easier ways to restore factory image.
How to solve such problem?
There are some reasons causing this problems.
laptop is not connected to power adaptor. During recovery, there is no power to supply computer and it shuts down automatically.
Restoring discs haven’t burned correctly.
The hard drives, such as CD/ DVD burner or other things, are damaged.
In general, the reasons are complicated, the best way is to send computers to check what the problem is. Of course, if you just want to restore system image, you can use the easier way-HP recovery manager.
Use HP recovery manager to restore system factory image
Being a branded computer, HP computers are equipped with recovery partitions, and can usually be recovered to factory settings without the use of external recovery media (such as discs or USB drives). When computer goes wrong, You don’t need the discs to restore HP, but use HP recovery manager to restore system. After computer boots, please tap F11 immediately to bring up the option for factory image, and you can enter HP recovery manager, which can help you to restore system factory image.
Whether your computer happens problem or not,based on suggestions from netizens, onekey recovery is more simpler and easier than recovery disk. If you don’t make a system backup, you can download a free Windows 7 image of the same version that you use from here and burn to a DVD. Use your activation code on the computer stick to activate.
A easier way to restore system factory image
Besides the built-in recovery software, maybe the third-party recovery software is powerful as well. AOMEI OneKey Recovery can totally meet your demand that backup and restore system easily. After you buy computer, you can backup system with AOMEI OneKey Recovery, which can help you restore factory setting, once your computer breaks down in the future. For more information, please visit: www.backup-utility.com/okr/hp-factory-image-recovery-0326.html

Hi Varinder Ghuman,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities. If you're unable to restore your iPhone, this article may help:
If you can't update or restore your iOS device
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1808
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Can't find the onekey recovery in my thinkpad yoga?

I need to backup my system after all the new installation but somehow can't find the onekey recovery in the new thinkpad yoga. Why the thinkpad yoga doesn't come with onekey recovery?
Also I downloaded and installed onekey recovery version 8.0.0.1219 but when I tried the system backup it said "Current system can not support back up". Am I missing something here? Has anyone able to back up their thinkpad yoga?
Any information will be appreciated.

Hi Jeng,
If your machine came with Windows 8 installed, backup and recovery media creation is via Windows in-built tools:
Methodology to create Recovery Media and reload a Lenovo system with Microsoft Windows 8 preload
How Do I Create a System Image Backup?
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System Recovery Kit for dv7-3165dx fails to restore factory image to replacement hd

I'm posting this wall of text here in case someone else has any suggestions before I contact HP Support to see what options they have.
My attempt to recover the factory image to a replacement hard drive in an HP Pavilion dv7-3165dx notebook is failing. An error occurs when SM.exe is trying to merge the WIM files. The SSRD.Log shows an error:
SM, 13, Set reference file fail
after that, SM.exe displays this message when run from a command line:
SM, Failure, Can not load imagex 1 from src WIM file
The following are the symptoms that the Recovery Manager displays on the screen.
The Recovery Manager reads the two DVDs and after a few seconds, it pops up an error message:
Reducer
C:\RM\Image\TempBASE.WIM was not found.
The message has on "OK" button that when clicked on, closes the message window.
After that, nothing happens. No disk or DVD activity for over an hour. The mouse moves, but no key presses have any effect, including CTRL-ALT-DEL. You can use the mouse to move the Recovery Manager window around, and there is nothing hidden behind it. Clicking on the Recovery Manager Back, Next, or Cancel buttons produce no response at all.
The only option at this point is to hold down the power switch until it powers down.
When the power is turned back on, the hard drive boots and Recovery Manager displays a message that incorrectly claims "Recovery is complete" and has a "Click Finish to restart" button. After clicking on "Finish", it reboots but since the System Recovery did not actually complete, all it does is display:
BOOTMGR is missing
Press CTRL+ALT+DEL to restart
Before attempting the recovery, the notebook passed all diagnostic tests.
The 2x2GB memory cards, which still have HP stickers on them, were tested with Memtest86+ V5.01 and completed over six passes in over seven hours with zero errors.
The replacement 500GB HGST Travelstar Z5K500 drive was tested with gsmartcontrol. The SMART status showed no errors in the past with over 400 hours of power-on time. Both of the SMART short self-test and extended self-test tests were run, which it passed without any errors.
The HP System Diagnostics from the Startup Menu were run on the memory and hard drive and they passed those tests without any errors.
While waiting for the HP "System Recovery Kit for Consumer Notebook (3 Disks)" Software Part Number 599357-001 to arrive, both Fedora 21 64bit and Windows Vista 64bit were successfully installed on the harddrive.
Both System Recovery DVDs were read on different machines without any errors. This System Recovery Kit supports the notebook's System Id which is 3638, so they appear to be the correct discs.
Now a list of workaround attempts that were suggested.
After the Recovery Manager failed a few times with the same error message, some googling came up with other users mentioning the "TempBASE.WIM was not found" error message. I tried these suggestions that I read about.
Run KillDisk to fill the HD with zeros.
Running Recovery Manager after that failed with the same error message.
Run the CyberLink Recovery Discs Utility (sp44645.exe).
Running Recovery Manager after that failed with the same error message.
Installed Windows VISTA 64bit again and upgraded the BIOS from F10 to F13.
Running Recovery Manager after that failed with the same error message.
Try only using a single 2GB memory card to see if it was a 64bit problem.
Running Recovery Manager after that failed with the same error message.
The BIOS does not have an option to change from AHCI mode to IDE mode.
I don't have a Windows 7 OEM install disc and am trying to avoid spending $100 to buy one.
That is when I decided that it is not a PC hardware problem, but a problem with the HP System Recovery Kit. Here are the details of what I think the Kit is doing.
After running Recovery Manager and getting the error message, instead of just re-booting and letting the "Recovery is complete" message appear, I re-booted with a Linux USB drive and inspected what was on the hard drive.
fdisk -l shows this:
Disk /dev/sda: 465.8 GiB, 500107862016 bytes, 976773168 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0xa5dddc41
Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
/dev/sda1 409600 143013887 142604288 68G 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda2 * 143013888 143833087 819200 400M c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
fsarchiver probe shows this:
[======DISK=] [=============NAME====] [====SIZE==] [MAJ] [MIN]
[sda ] [HGST HTS545050A7    ] [ 465.76 GB] [ 8] [ 0]
[=====DEVICE] [==FILESYS==] [=====LABEL=] [====SIZE==] [MAJ] [MIN]
[sda1 ] [ntfs    ] [<unknown>    ] [    68.00 GB] [    8] [     1]
[sda2                 ] [vfat    ] [SDV ] [ 400.00 MB] [   8] [ 2]
Running gparted shows about 200 MB of unallocated space before the sda1 NTFS partition. The rest of the disk is unallocated after the bootable sda2.
The sda1 NTFS partition has a \SSRD.Log file and an empty \RM\Image directory.
The sda2 FAT32 partition has the Recovery Manager application files in it:
/mnt/sda2:
total 400
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 15 Apr 9 23:36 SDV.FLG
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Apr 9 23:36 SYSTEM.SAV
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Nov 1 2009 BOOT
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Nov 1 2009 EFI
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Nov 1 2009 SOURCES
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jul 27 2009 TOOL
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 383562 Jul 13 2009 bootmgr
The SOURCES directory has boot.wim, and the TOOL directory has all the programs, like Reducer.exe and SM.exe, in it.
After shutting down the Linux system and rebooting, the Recovery Manager then boots from sda2 and displays the "Recovery is complete" message and "Click Finish to restart" button. During this process, it removes the sda2 partition and marks the sda1 NTFS partition as the active bootable partition. When the PC restarts, all that is left is the sda1 NTFS partition with the empty C:\RM\Image directory and the SSRD.Log file, so there is no BOOTMGR to boot with.
The SSRD.Log file logs the tasks that the Recovery Manager performs.
The Recovery Manager runs some initialization tasks and then reads the two System Recovery DVDs. It then calls MergeWimFile which runs SM.exe and starts to merge BASE.WIM with the other BASE*.WIM files. SM.exe merges 20 WIM files with log entries like these:
SM, Success, refName= C:\RM\IMAGE\BASE22.WIM
SM, Success, refName= C:\RM\IMAGE\BASE23.WIM
SM, Success, refName= C:\RM\IMAGE\BASE3.WIM
SM, Success, refName= C:\RM\IMAGE\BASE4.WIM
SM, Success, refName= C:\RM\IMAGE\BASE5.WIM
SM, Success, refName= C:\RM\IMAGE\BASE6.WIM
SM, Success, refName= C:\RM\IMAGE\BASE7.WIM
Then, with only two WIM files left, BASE8.WIM and BASE9.WIM, the log shows:
SM, 13, Set reference file fail
This must be when Recovery Manager pops up the "Reducer C:\RM\Image\TempBASE.WIM was not found" error message.
That narrowed down the problem.
I copied all of the WIM files and the TOOLS directory to a Windows 8.1 system. The two DVDs did not have any errors while being read. Running SM.exe from an admin Command Prompt with the same parameters that were logged in the SSRD.Log produced the same error message. There was an additional error message that appeared in the Command Prompt window:
SM, 13, Set reference file fail
SM, Failure, Can not load imagex 1 from src WIM file
and the TempBASE.WIM was not created.
SM.exe /? did not provide a help message. I could not find any documentation on the SM.exe command.
If I removed three of the WIM files, (BASE7.WIM BASE8.WIM BASE9.WIM) then SM.exe could create the TempBASE.WIM file, but it would fail while merging index 2 of 3 with this message:
SM, 11%, Merge index 2 of 3 Processing
SM, Failed, Export image failed
The TempBASE.WIM is 3,421,518 KB in size after that.
This is where I came to a dead end and cannot think of anything else that I can do. Maybe I'm missing something obvious, but it appears to me that there was some kind of error building this System Recovery Kit and it is not able to perform a factory install on this notebook.
ps
If I can figure out how to add an attachment, I will add the SSRD.Log file. If not, then ask and I will post it as a followup.

Downloaded Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit which contains the latest imagex program.
Running imagex.exe on the BASE7.WIM file on the second System Recovery DVD:
imagex.exe /info K:\PRELOAD\BASE7.WIM
ImageX Tool for Windows
Version: 6.2.9200.16384
Error opening file [K:\PRELOAD\BASE7.WIM].
The data is invalid.
The same error message is shown for BASE7.WIM, BASE8.WIM, and BASE9.WIM.
The other WIM files in the PRELOAD directory, BASE5.WIM, BASE6.WIM, BASE10.WIM, BASE13.WIM, BASE15.WIM, BASE17.WIM and BASE23.WIM, could be read by imagex without any errors.

Yoga 13 doesn't have an option to create recovery media in onekey recovery

Hi All,
I am prepping a new Lenovo Yoga 13 for a user. I want to create recovery DVD(s) for the new system with the OneKey Recovery software. When I open the application there is no option to create media. There are only a backup option and a restore option. I called tech support and they advised if I attach a DVD drive the option to create media will appear. I did this but no luck..... I am attaching first a picture of what I see when I open One Key Recovery
And secondly to show that I do have a usb DVD connected here is a picture of the DVD attached with a blank DVD inside it.
I have downloaded the lastest update to the One Key Utility and am running version: 8.0.0.1519. Can anyone give any insight as to why the create recovery media isn't there for me?.....
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I found the answer to my own question. Essentially in version 8 there is no way to create recovery media with this utility. I came across the following link which I am going to try:
http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/downloads/detail.page?DocID=HT076024

Recovery CD/DVD does NOT reinstall original factory settings...

I have a ThinkPad X60S that has a recovery CD set that you can create/burn upon initial startup. The discs installs ALL the OE software that came with the system automatically or selectively. THIS INCLUDES THE X60S SERVICE PARTITION, so you can get a brand new hard drive and return to original factory state without any issues.
Now with the 3000 K100, I am trying to put a new hard drive in but using the discs that came with the system, it only installs VISTA. The other disc is for device drivers. The other OE software and the LENOVO TOOLS are not even there. Moreover, the SERVICE PARTITION is NOT restored on the new drive.
Question: What happens if you have to replace the original drive if it dies?

you wont get a service partition on the new drive even if you use rescue and recover.service partitions are only provided with factory
installed hard disks..it might not be a problem after all u got the recovery discs isnt it?
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Original Factory Installed BIOS Yoga 13

Does anyone have the original factory installed bios file for the yogas that were released back last oct. I would greatly apprecate a copy of the file. they are no where to be found on the lenovo site.

i dont want the latest bios i want an old bios... that was the whole point....

OneKey Recovery System wiped out my hard drive - Please Help with RMA

Hi, I just recently got an IdeaPad S12 netbook.
Last night I tried using the OneKey Recovery System to restore the hard drive to the original factory configuration.
Unfortunately, the restored process did not work and I had to shut down the system.
Now, on boot up, I just get a blank screen with this message:
"Remove disks or other media. Press any key to restart"
I cannot boot up in to Windows, or even run the OneKey process again.
I know there has been a documented problem (on forums, not in actual documentation!) that the OneKey system cannot run after hard drive partitions have been resized. However, it is truly a defect in the software to corrupt the entire drive, instead of providing a warning and blocking the process from continuing.
Today is my last day in the 21 day period to get an RMA. I called customer support and they will only issue an RMA with restocking fee. They say I have to go through tech support and have the case documented and approved, including physical inspection (if necessary I think), in order to waive the restocking fee. Considering the OneKey software can produce such disastrous results, I should not have to pay the restocking fee. It seems like a waste of everyone's time and money to send the laptop to tech support, instead of just allowing me to do the return right now.
I'm hoping someone from Lenovo can help me get this RMA approved today and not deal with tech support or restocking fee. Right now I have a 3-pound brick instead of a functioning laptop.
George

Georgewsu,
Thanks for the pointer on the documentation - I'll see what we can do to make it more clear that changing partitions can inhibit OKR from functioning properly.
Systems with no optical drive like the S10 or S12 can be more challenging when trying to recover from this sort of thing - there is a balance, perhaps in expecting a user to get a USB external optical drive and burn recovery media if they are going to change the partitioning of the drive and making netbook class systems available at this price point.
Without intending to sound too harsh, I'm not sure why Lenovo should fairly absorb the cost of the results of the changes you made to the product. If you return a product, we are going to have to refurbish it, re-image and resell at a substantial discount. When you consider the time, the shipping costs, and what we will subsequently get for the product, we are well in the negative territory on the deal.
I think what might be more fair is to contact support and see if the depot can reimage your system under warranty. If so, your system functionality will have been restored - you keep a quality system, and everyone is happy. If you then want to customize your configuration, I would suggest getting a USB optical drive and burn recovery media before making more changes.
Best regards,
Mark
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What's the correct recovery process once upgraded to Windows 10? (No OneKey Recovery)

I have a Z50-70 laptop that came preinstalled with Windows 8.1. It is a OEM version, with the product key stored in the Bios. It is a UEFI install. It currently has OneKey recovery installed, which, if I understand correctly (I haven't actually used it yet), allows you to recover from a recovery partition in the hard disk. This isn't a "fresh" Windows 8.1, but an image provided by Lenovo that takes you back to the state the laptop was in when originally purchased (will have all Lenovo software and drivers preinstalled). According to the official Lenovo upgrade guide, before performing the Windows 10 upgrade, we should uninstall basically all Lenovo software, including OneKey recovery and it won't work in Windows 10. Questions: 1. What's the correct process to recover the system from within Windows 10 if something goes badly wrong? I think Windows 10 has a built in "reset your computer" functionality in Settings which I assume is what we would be expected to use. Would this take me to:a. A completely fresh install of Windows 10?b. An image created during the 8.1 to 10 upgrade, containing all my files etc at the point of performing the upgrade?c. Or would it use the Lenovo recovery partition (that OneKey Recovery would have used if it was compatible) and take me back to Windows 8.1?d. Something else? 2. Once I've performed the upgrade and Windows 10 has successfully activated, I believe I could create a bootable media with the Windows 10 ISO, boot into it and install a completely clean installation of Windows 10 and it would activate. I could theoretically do as many fresh installs from the bootable media as I want, so long as initially I did the upgrade (not a clean install), and the laptop hardware doesn't change. Is that correct?2a. If so, during the first clean bootable media install process, would I be safe to compeletly remove the Lenovo recovery partition entirely, and from that point onwards rely on Windows 10's "Reset your PC" functionality? Could I could even just use reinstalling Windows 10 from bootable media again as a way of recovering? If I understand correctly, it doesn't make sense to keep the recovery partition it if it can't be used within Windows 10. I think it I had a regular desktop PC with a retail version of Windows, then all the above would be fine. The added complications here are that 1. I have no Windows 8.1 product key (it's handled alll by the BIOS), and 2. I have no recovery disks. I want to make sure I understand everything fully before upgrading, and potentially doing a clean install using bootable media, so that I don't end up messing something up and ending up with either a laptop that I can't recover, of a Windows installation that isn't activated. Thanks.

Update for anyone else reading: I just uninstalled OneKey recovery on my Windows 8.1 installation, in preparation for the upgrade. So as far as Windows is concerned, OneKey Recovery has been completely removed. The good news is that I then shut down the laptop, pressed the novo button, selected "System Recovery" and I was still greeted with the OneKey recovery program where I could choose to restore from factory image, or a custom image. Therefore I assume that once I've upgraded to Windows 10, I will always have the option to restore to factory Windows 8.1 if I ever need/want to. The confusion seems to be that the OneKey recovery software is actually two separate softwares: 1. OneKey Recovery #1 is installed within the hidden recovery partition that is responsible for performing a system restore from the image of your choosing - either the factory image or a custom image created by OneKey recovery software #2. OneKey Recovery software #1 is always accessible via the Novo button. 2. OneKey Recovery #2 is installed on the Windows 8.1 installation, that is responsible for creating custom system images. You can also choose to restore the system from here, but as far as I can tell, this just restarts the computer and loads up OneKey software #1, which allows you to perform the recovery. OneKey Recovery #2 is the software that Lenovo told us to uninstall before upgrading to Windows 10. However, uninstalling OneKey Recovery #2 will leave OneKey Recovery software #1 in tact.As far as I can tell, this means that uninstalling OneKey Recovery #2 means that we lose the ability to create custom system images, but we retain the ability to restore from a system image. Can anyone confirm that I've understood correctly, and that what I've said above is indeed the case? I'm still a little unsure about what Windows 10's built in "Reset this PC" will do though - whether it will use Lenovo's recovery partition or perform a clean Windows 10 install.

Partition Management in the Presence of the OneKey Recovery System

I am currently using a G550 2958 Model Laptop, from the Lenvo 3000/Essentials Notebook Series. This laptop came with a feature called OneKey Recovery, which I have used to create recovery disks for my computer, using 2 DVDs. My problem is this: I wish to install a Linux operating system on my computer, but Lenovo filled the partition table. Here is a summary of the partition configuration:
First Partition, Unnamed, Primary, NTFS, 200-300 MB, boot flag, houses Master Boot Record
Second Partition, "C", "C:", and/or "OS Drive" (running Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Service Pack 1), Primary, NTFS, approximately 187 GB, contains Windows installation and personal files.
Third Partition, Unnamed, Extended, NTFS, approx. 30 GB, is a container for:
Logical Partition: "Lenovo", Logical, NTFS, approx. 30 GB, lba flag (which I take to mean it's bootable), contatins data and drivers necesarry for operating the OneKey Recovery System in respect to creating images and usage of the NOVO button.
Fourth and final Partition, "LENOVO_PART", Primary, NTFS, 13-17 GB, hidden service partition used for OneKey Recovery.
My question is this: I'm aware of the fact the OneKey Recovery will cease to function if I resize or delete any partitions in that I will not be able to create backup images or recovery disks, but since I have already done so and have no further need of OneKey, will booting the recovery disks automatically restore OneKey functionality after deletion or resizing of recovery partitions? In essence, will disabling the OneKey system through partition management permanently remove my ability to use recovery disks, or no?
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Hi willbuntu and welcome to the community,
Here's a thread where we were experimenting with resizing partitions and deleting them. I made a full backup with OKR on an external hard drive and made the recovery discs. I deleted D: and resized C: and installed Linux. I was able to restore the system using the recovery discs. The discs resized the partitions and put everything back the way it was from the factory. Then, I restored from my backup and everything was back the way it was when I started.
Make sure that the discs that you made will boot okay.
Dave
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Will OneKey Recovery return the Y2P to pre-first boot state?

Has anyone used the Lenovo OneKey Recovery System? Will it return the Y2P to is pre-first boot state?
When I buy a new laptop I always make a restore image of the entire drive before I do anything else so that I can return it to its original state if needed.
Here is how I usually do it:
1. Before powering on for the first time, I open the CD/DVD drive with a paperclip and insert an imaging boot disk (usually Acronis).
2. I attach an external USB hard drive.
3. I then power on for the first time and interrupt the boot up and force it to boot from the CD. (I also change the BIOS settings if needed to enable CD boot if needed.)
4. Then I create an image of all the partitions on the internal hard drive to the external hard drive.
I'll use Lenovo OneKey Recovery System if that will do what I want... but if not, I wonder if I can do something similar with the Y2P. Since there is no CD drive, I wonder if it is possible to boot to a USB thumb drive. Does anyone know if that is possible with the Y2P, and how to configure that in the BIOS?
If so, I will try a bootable USB thumb drive with imaging software on it and an external hard drive connected to the other USB port.
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Hi gregfromutah,
Yes OneKey Recovery will restore your lapptop to its factory state, provided that you haven't deleted the recovery partition on your hard drive. More details there: http://support.lenovo.com/en_AU/diagnose-and-fix/detail.page?DocID=HT077084
And yes you can create recovery media on a bootable usb stick instead of discs.
Type "Recovery" on the start screen and click One Key Recovery 2. On the One Key Recovery application, select System Backup 3. Follow the screen instructions.
The usb stick must be at least 16GB.
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U330 System Image = System recovery disk?

hi all
i have created a system image into a portable external harddisk for my U330 laptop.
once that is done, i was prompted if i want to create a system recovery disk.
just wondering, do i still need to create a system recovery disk if i have already created an image?
if i want to recover my system, just plug in the hard disk containing the system image during boot-up, and follow the onwards instructions?
also, in what ways is this way of recovering different from the one-key recovery by Lenovo?
pls advise.

if windows vista installed, run one-key recover 6.0.
already got backups, skip "back up" otherwise click that.
select full backup, quick compression and next >
choose the path or leave it default and next >
and start.
after back up ends, restart the application one-key recover 6.0
click "create recovery disc" and next >
select the backup you have and next>
this screen will tell you how much cd or dvd you need, min 2 dvd or 8cd, max 7 dvd or 28 cd. and next>
insert the blank cds or dvds into driver and wait until done.
you may need the system image, you can lose your back-up cd, or cds may not working after a while, so , i still recommend that you keep the original copy or more than one backup.
size of recovery cd depens on how much size of disk space you use. its up 2-7 dvd or 4-28 cd.
after upgrading to win7, have you seen new part of hard disk such as lenovo system and backup files included?
http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/8528/99892440.png
one-key recover 6.0 doesn't work on win7, at least for me, but you can try.
i got error when i want to ""an internal program error has occured error code : 0xe0dd001f."
and for that, i'm still working on and waiting for the solution.
http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/IdeaPad-Y-and-U-series-Laptops/Onekey-recovery-error-y550-serie/td-p/182...

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I have problems with the audio in a Satelite A-105. Can I reset this back to original factory settings? if so, how do you do that ??
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I have problems with the audio in a Satelite A-105. Can I reset this back to original factory settings? if so, how do you do that ??
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She is one of the few people i know who created the recovery disks as soon as she got the computer.
The system was back up but the drive is wiped from the partial recovery. I suspect the recovery image was invalid from the factory. Now what?

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