Lenovo ThinkCentre M51e, Quick Reference

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Chapter 3. Recovering software
The Rescue and Recovery
™
program product provides a number of recovery
solutions to meet almost any situation. Portions of the Rescue and Recovery
program program reside with your other Windows
®
programs, while other
portions reside in a separate, hidden area of your hard disk specifically
designed for recovery. This chapter will help you become familiar with some of
the recovery solutions provided by the Rescue and Recovery program program
installed on your computer.
Tasks to do before you encounter a problem
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Create Product Recovery discs. See
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Creating and using Product Recovery
discs.
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Create rescue media. See “ Creating and using rescue media ” on page 16.
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Back up your hard disk periodically. See “ Backup and recovery ” on page 12.
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Create a Recovery Repair diskette. See “ Solving recovery problems ” on page
15.
Note: The rescue disc and first disc of the Product Recovery discs and backup
discs are startable (bootable) and can be started in any type of CD or
DVD drive except for a DVD-RAM media.
Tasks to do after you encounter a problem
The starting point for most recovery tasks is the Rescue and Recovery
workspace. See “ Using the rescue and recovery workspace ” on page 13.
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 enable 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.
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:
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