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Chapter 4. Recovering software The Rescue and Recovery program is software aimed at helping users restore their computer data and recover from software or hardware-related failures. In the event of a computer failure, use the Rescue and Recovery program to restore the contents of the primary hard drive to a previously saved state. This chapter will help you become familiar with recovery solutions provided by Lenovo. The Rescue and Recovery program has two components, Rescue and Recovery (Windows environment) and Rescue and Recovery workspace. Recovery operations can be launched from Windows or from a Rescue and Recovery workspace environment that is independent of the Windows operating system. If you encounter a problem, use the recovery tools from either the Windows environment or from the Rescue and Recovery workspace to perform one of the two recovery operations: v Rescue files v Restore your system or your individual files See "Using the Rescue and Recovery workspace" on page 43 to perform one of the two recovery operations. Refer to the Access Help online help system for additional information about the Rescue and Recovery program. For information on how to access the online help system, see "Access Help" on page 62. The following information refers to the Rescue and Recovery Windows environment. 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 important to create a set of Product Recovery discs as soon as possible. Note: Your Microsoft Windows license permits you to create only one set of Product Recovery discs, so it is important that you store the discs in a safe place after you make them. To create Product Recovery discs, do the following: 1. From the Windows desktop, click Start, select All Programs, select ThinkVantage, click Create Recovery Media. 2. Follow the instructions on the screen. © Lenovo 2005, 2006. Portions © IBM Corp. 2005. 41

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Chapter
4.
Recovering
software
The
Rescue
and
Recovery
program
is
software
aimed
at
helping
users
restore
their
computer
data
and
recover
from
software
or
hardware-related
failures.
In
the
event
of
a
computer
failure,
use
the
Rescue
and
Recovery
program
to
restore
the
contents
of
the
primary
hard
drive
to
a
previously
saved
state.
This
chapter
will
help
you
become
familiar
with
recovery
solutions
provided
by
Lenovo.
The
Rescue
and
Recovery
program
has
two
components,
Rescue
and
Recovery
(Windows
environment)
and
Rescue
and
Recovery
workspace.
Recovery
operations
can
be
launched
from
Windows
or
from
a
Rescue
and
Recovery
workspace
environment
that
is
independent
of
the
Windows
operating
system.
If
you
encounter
a
problem,
use
the
recovery
tools
from
either
the
Windows
environment
or
from
the
Rescue
and
Recovery
workspace
to
perform
one
of
the
two
recovery
operations:
v
Rescue
files
v
Restore
your
system
or
your
individual
files
See
“Using
the
Rescue
and
Recovery
workspace”
on
page
43
to
perform
one
of
the
two
recovery
operations.
Refer
to
the
Access
Help
online
help
system
for
additional
information
about
the
Rescue
and
Recovery
program.
For
information
on
how
to
access
the
online
help
system,
see
“Access
Help”
on
page
62.
The
following
information
refers
to
the
Rescue
and
Recovery
Windows
environment.
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
important
to
create
a
set
of
Product
Recovery
discs
as
soon
as
possible.
Note:
Your
Microsoft
Windows
license
permits
you
to
create
only
one
set
of
Product
Recovery
discs,
so
it
is
important
that
you
store
the
discs
in
a
safe
place
after
you
make
them.
To
create
Product
Recovery
discs,
do
the
following:
1.
From
the
Windows
desktop,
click
Start
,
select
All
Programs
,
select
ThinkVantage
,
click
Create
Recovery
Media
.
2.
Follow
the
instructions
on
the
screen.
©
Lenovo
2005,
2006.
Portions
©
IBM
Corp.
2005.
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