Lenovo ideapad 730S-13IWL, User Manual

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Chapter 3. Recovering or restoring Windows
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Using a recovery drive to restore or recover
Windows
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If Windows cannot start properly, you can use a recovery drive (created in
advance) to restore or recover Windows.
1
Connect the recovery drive to your computer; restart your computer and
set it up to start from the recovery drive.
2
On the Choose an option screen, select Troubleshoot .
3
Choose a recovery option.
• Select
Advanced Options

System Restore to restore your computer
to a system restore point.
• Select Recover from a drive .
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Attention:
• All personal files created on your computer will be deleted after recovering from the drive.
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Creating a recovery drive
Use a USB drive (not included) to create a recovery drive. You can use it to fix
problems with your computer in cases when Windows cannot start properly.
1
In the search box of your Windows 10, search for Create a recovery drive
and then select it.
2
Make sure Back up system files to the recovery drive is selected and
then select Next .
3
Connect a USB drive to your computer, select it and then select Next

Create .
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Attention:
• If there are personal files on the USB drive, back up all personal files before using it to
create a recovery drive.
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Important:
• When your recovery drive is created, you might see a Delete the recovery partition from
your PC option. If you want to free up drive space on your computer, select it and then
select Delete . Otherwise, select Finish .
Note: If you did not select the Back up system files to the recovery drive option when
creating the recovery drive, Recovery from a drive is not available.