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    X201 Recovery

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by hitman_36, May 18, 2011.

  1. hitman_36

    hitman_36 Notebook Consultant

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    Hi Guys,

    If I make a recovery disc from the Lenovo Recovery Partition (Q) will I:

    1. Lose the partition Q: ?
    2. Be able to do full factory recovery from the bios without the recovery CD?

    Thanks
     
    hitman_36, May 18, 2011
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  2. Tsunade_Hime

    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    1) No it will not delete the partition (that's where it makes your recovery media from!)
    2) Yes, you can also boot from the recovery partition again. This is the preferred method as it is the fastest. The only problem is if your hard drive physically dies then you lose that partition. That's when recovery media come in handy as they will recreate the recovery partition first THEN reimage the drive but it is alot slower (almost 2x as long).
     
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  3. afhstingray

    afhstingray Notebook Prophet

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    i assume this will this work if i change the hard drive? contemplating getting a momentus XT and dont want to lose the restore partition as its so convenient for reformatting, especially since there is no optical drive on the X201
     
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    Yes it will, the recovery media is in case your drive physically/logically fails and there is no way you get to the recovery partition. That is why it is stressed so much to make recovery media when it is brand new and working.

    For the x201 you could try the USB stick for the recovery partition or get an external USB drive (they are like 35-40 bucks these days).
     
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  5. afhstingray

    afhstingray Notebook Prophet

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    thats awesome, i have plenty of USB sticks, what kind of capacity are we looking at?
     
    afhstingray, May 18, 2011
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    Lenovo's tool allows you to put the "boot" info on a separate USB than the actual "data" USB. The boot USB can be very small, even under 128MB. The data USB has to be at least roughly the capacity of two single-layer DVDs, so around 9-10GB.
     
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  7. afhstingray

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    so a 16gb stick should be alright (14 available) ?

    what about SD card? does that work too?
     
    afhstingray, May 18, 2011
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