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    Partition and Obliteration of OneKey Recovery?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by Bravoghost, Jan 26, 2015.

  1. Bravoghost

    Bravoghost Newbie

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    So I think I meddled too much. Is it possible to take a laptop that had a clean install of Windows 7 and return it to the factory Windows 8.1? And did I delete my OneKey function? HOW?

    I got a Lenovo Y50 for gaming:
    - Intel i7 4700HQ @ 2.4GHz
    - 8GB RAM
    - 1TB HDD and 8GB SDD
    - Intel HD 4600
    - GeForce GTX 860m
    - Windows 8.1

    And this Windows 8.1 is where it all starts - that thing was so annoying. It started to stonewall me when I wanted to install DirectX for games, so I figured "I need Windows 7".
    - To do a clean install, I made an .iso from a Win7 install disc then put it on a USB drive using the Rufus software.
    - I entered the Windows 7 setup and used "diskpart" to clean the partition and convert it to MBR so Win7 could install on it.
    - I saw on diskpart that when I "cleaned" it, it went from several partitions down to just Disk 0 but I figured it was OK b/c I heard the Y50 has two storage drives (one HDD, one SDD) for Win8.1 recover.
    - I installed all the Lenovo drives for Windows 7 and everything seemed to be OK for about 48 hours
    - Now Win7 seems glitchy and I got the blue-screen-of-death once already. I want to go back to the original Windows 8.1.
    - I tried pushing the Novo button to bring up the OneKey recovery, only now I get a Novo Button Menu with only 4 options - none of which offer to return my laptop to the original factory state (including Windows 8.1)
    - Wasn't Windows 8.1 on the SSD and safe from my "clean" in diskpart?!

    HELPPPPP!!!
     
    Bravoghost, Jan 26, 2015
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  2. Quadzilla

    Quadzilla The eye is watching you

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    The SSD you are referring to is just the caching part of the drive. Its only 8gigs and it just caches your most used files to speed up the OS a little. Since you deleted all your partitions you eliminated that recovery partition as well and why the novo button is giving you those options because Windows 8.1 is now gone .

    You can download 8.1 from the web very easily just find 8.1 x64 OEM and download all the drivers from Lenovos website before hand. Windows will be activated already when you install it so you need nothing more then 8.1 and drivers.
     
    Quadzilla, Jan 27, 2015
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