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    X220 Bootable Recovery USB Question

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by elusiveflip, Sep 12, 2011.

  1. elusiveflip

    elusiveflip Notebook Consultant

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    If I'm making a bootable USB recovery drive for my new X220, can I also store other files on that flash drive, or will doing so make it unusable as a recovery drive?

    Let me know,
    Thanks.
     
    elusiveflip, Sep 12, 2011
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  2. takeabyte

    takeabyte Notebook Evangelist

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    I just tested on my 16gb thumb drive where I saved the recovery to, and it worked fine adding a new folder and storing some files in it :)
     
    takeabyte, Sep 12, 2011
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  3. hyedipin

    hyedipin Notebook Guru

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    What is your choice of bootable USB recovery system?
     
    hyedipin, Sep 12, 2011
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  4. takeabyte

    takeabyte Notebook Evangelist

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    I used the Lenovo Rescue and Recovery (or whatever it's called) and did the backup to a 16gb usb 3.0 flash drive. Not sure if that question was directed at me and if I understood it correctly :p
     
    takeabyte, Sep 12, 2011
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  5. hyedipin

    hyedipin Notebook Guru

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    If you create a folder on the root, I don't think Rescue and Recovery will check that or get stuck due to that folder. If it does get stuck, you can just erase the folder in another computer.
    I never used the R&R provided by Lenovo, what does it exactly store in the drive?
     
    hyedipin, Sep 12, 2011
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  6. takeabyte

    takeabyte Notebook Evangelist

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    I couldn't tell you exactly what's on there as this is my first Lenovo laptop..I'm guessing just a factory recovery, 8.22gb big :) Someone else can probably provide a better answer.
     
    takeabyte, Sep 12, 2011
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