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    win8.1 usb recovery for x250, can I use it on the x220?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by iphetamine, Apr 3, 2018.

  1. iphetamine

    iphetamine Notebook Evangelist

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    I have a usb recovery of win8.1 for the x250, can I use it on an older model, x220? I do have a retail win8.1 license key but I want to create a Lenovo install and a recovery partition on the x220. Is it possible?
     
    iphetamine, Apr 3, 2018
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    Having never attempted it, my guess would be no, but it's still just a guess.
     
    ZaZ, Apr 4, 2018
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    Didn't work, but surprisingly did work on a T430.
     
    iphetamine, Apr 18, 2018
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