Lenovo ThinkPad 300 Service Guide - Page 40

Restoring

the

factory

contents

The

complete

backup

of

all

the

files

and

programs

that

Lenovo

preinstalled

on

your

computer

may

have

shipped

on

recovery

discs

with

your

computer

or

resides

in

a

hidden

protected

area,

or

partition,

of

the

HDD.

Although

hidden,

the

backups

in

the

partition

consume

the

drive

space.

Therefore,

when

checking

the

capacity

of

your

HDD

according

to

Windows,

you

might

note

that

the

total

capacity

of

the

storage

drive

appears

to

be

smaller

than

anticipated.

This

discrepancy

is

explained

by

the

contents

of

the

hidden

partition.

The

Product

Recovery

Program

contained

within

this

area

enables

you

to

restore

the

complete

contents

of

your

HDD

to

the

same

state

as

it

was

when

originally

shipped

from

the

factory.

If

you

are

using

the

recovery

discs

that

are

shipped

with

your

computer,

the

Product

Recovery

Program

will

be

restored

to

your

computer

in

addition

to

all

other

content

originally

shipped

from

the

factory.

This

will

take

up

additional

capacity

on

your

HDD

or

SSD

if

your

computer

did

not

initially

ship

with

the

Product

Recovery

Program.

Attention:

v

All

files

on

the

primary

storage

drive

partition

(usually

drive

C)

will

be

deleted

in

the

recovery

process.

However,

before

any

data

is

overwritten,

you

will

be

given

the

opportunity

to

save

one

or

more

files

to

other

media.

v

If

your

optical

drive

is

not

attached

to

your

ThinkPad

computer

during

recovery,

DVD

software

and

CD-recording

software

will

not

be

installed.

To

ensure

that

they

will

be

installed

correctly,

install

the

optical

drive

before

performing

a

recovery

operation.

v

Recovery

takes

several

hours.

The

length

of

time

depends

on

the

method

you

use.

If

you

use

recovery

discs

which

you

have

created

or

purchased,

recovery

takes

at

least

five

hours.

Before

restoring

the

system,

initialize

the

settings

of

the

BIOS

Setup

Utility:

1.

Enter

BIOS

Setup

Utility.

2.

Press

F9

to

restore

the

default

system

settings.

Select

Yes

and

press

Enter

.

3.

Press

F10

to

save

the

system

settings.

Select

Yes

and

press

Enter

.

The

computer

will

restart.

Restoring

the

factory

contents

from

the

service

partition

Note:

This

function

may

not

be

available

on

your

solid

state

drive

(SSD)

model.

1.

If

possible,

save

all

your

files

and

shut

down

your

operating

system.

2.

Turn

off

the

computer,

and

then

turn

it

on

again.

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