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Chapter 3. Recovering software The ThinkVantage™ Rescue and Recovery™ program provides an environment that runs independently of the Windows operating system and is hidden from the Windows operating system. Because the Rescue and Recovery workspace is hidden, it is immune from most virus attacks and provides a safe place to perform rescue and recovery operations that might not be possible in the Windows environment. This chapter will help you become familiar with the following recovery solutions provided by the Rescue and Recovery program installed on your computer: v Create Product Recovery discs. See "Creating and using product recovery discs." v Create rescue media. See "Creating and using rescue media" on page 16. v Back up your hard disk periodically. See "Backup and recovery" on page 12. v Create a Recovery Repair diskette. See "Solving recovery problems" on page 15. Note: The rescue disc, first disc of the Product Recovery discs and backup discs are startable (bootable). They can be started in any type of CD or DVD drive except for a DVD-RAM media. If you encounter a problem, you can use the recovery tools from either the Windows environment or from the Rescue and Recovery workspace to do one of the two recovery operations: v Rescue files v Restore your backups See "Using the rescue and recovery workspace" on page 13 to perform one of the two recovery operations. See the ThinkVantage Productivity Center program for additional information about the Rescue and Recovery program. Creating and using product recovery discs If your computer is equipped with a recordable CD or DVD drive, you can create a set of Product Recovery discs that enables you to restore the contents of the hard disk to the same state as when the computer was originally shipped from the factory. Product Recovery discs are useful if you transfer the computer to another area, sell the computer, recycle the computer, or as a last resort put the computer in an operational state after all other methods of recovery have failed. It is a good idea to create a set of Product Recovery discs as soon as possible. © Lenovo 2005, 2006. Portions © IBM Corp. 2005. 11

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Chapter
3.
Recovering
software
The
ThinkVantage
™
Rescue
and
Recovery
™
program
provides
an
environment
that
runs
independently
of
the
Windows
operating
system
and
is
hidden
from
the
Windows
operating
system.
Because
the
Rescue
and
Recovery
workspace
is
hidden,
it
is
immune
from
most
virus
attacks
and
provides
a
safe
place
to
perform
rescue
and
recovery
operations
that
might
not
be
possible
in
the
Windows
environment.
This
chapter
will
help
you
become
familiar
with
the
following
recovery
solutions
provided
by
the
Rescue
and
Recovery
program
installed
on
your
computer:
v
Create
Product
Recovery
discs.
See
“Creating
and
using
product
recovery
discs.”
v
Create
rescue
media.
See
“Creating
and
using
rescue
media”
on
page
16.
v
Back
up
your
hard
disk
periodically.
See
“Backup
and
recovery”
on
page
12.
v
Create
a
Recovery
Repair
diskette.
See
“Solving
recovery
problems”
on
page
15.
Note:
The
rescue
disc,
first
disc
of
the
Product
Recovery
discs
and
backup
discs
are
startable
(bootable).
They
can
be
started
in
any
type
of
CD
or
DVD
drive
except
for
a
DVD-RAM
media.
If
you
encounter
a
problem,
you
can
use
the
recovery
tools
from
either
the
Windows
environment
or
from
the
Rescue
and
Recovery
workspace
to
do
one
of
the
two
recovery
operations:
v
Rescue
files
v
Restore
your
backups
See
“Using
the
rescue
and
recovery
workspace”
on
page
13
to
perform
one
of
the
two
recovery
operations.
See
the
ThinkVantage
Productivity
Center
program
for
additional
information
about
the
Rescue
and
Recovery
program.
Creating
and
using
product
recovery
discs
If
your
computer
is
equipped
with
a
recordable
CD
or
DVD
drive,
you
can
create
a
set
of
Product
Recovery
discs
that
enables
you
to
restore
the
contents
of
the
hard
disk
to
the
same
state
as
when
the
computer
was
originally
shipped
from
the
factory.
Product
Recovery
discs
are
useful
if
you
transfer
the
computer
to
another
area,
sell
the
computer,
recycle
the
computer,
or
as
a
last
resort
put
the
computer
in
an
operational
state
after
all
other
methods
of
recovery
have
failed.
It
is
a
good
idea
to
create
a
set
of
Product
Recovery
discs
as
soon
as
possible.
©
Lenovo
2005,
2006.
Portions
©
IBM
Corp.
2005.
11