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Lenovo OneKey Recovery System

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For Windows 8/8.1 users, to restore the system partition to its initial state or the user’s backup point via OneKey Recovery System; just follow these steps below; (To create the image backup via OneKey Recovery System, click here).

Method 1: Restore your PC within Windows 8/8.1:-

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  1. Click ‘OneKey Recovery’ icon on the desktop.
  2. Click ‘System Recovery’ icon.
  3. Click ‘Yes’ button to reboot your PC into the system recovery environment.
  4. Wait for a few minutes until the system recovery environment appears on the screen.
  5. Here, users can select a task either; i. Restore the system partition to initial state or, ii. Restore your system partition from user’s backup image.
  6. If you choose to restore your PC from the initial backup state; i. Click ‘Next’, ii. Confirm the restore summary like image path, back up note, target partition and selected disk, iii. Then, click ‘Start’ button to reinstate the system partition.
  7. If you choose to restore your PC from user’s backup; i. Browse a source of an image file, ii. Click ‘Next’, iii. Choose the available restoration point, iv. Validate the restore summary and then, click ‘Start’.

Method 2: Use a ‘Novo’ OneKey Recovery Rescue button:-

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If your PC can’t boot properly into Windows, you can activate ‘Novo’ button to fix the issue. Before that, where users can find a ‘Novo’ OneKey Recovery Rescue button? For Lenovo laptop PC only, users can find the Novo button on the upper left-side of the laptop (Note: Nearby to AC power adapter jack). For some of the laptop models, you can find it on the right-side of the laptop or on top nearby the ‘Power’ button. To run Lenovo OneKey Recovery System, follow these steps;

  1. Shut down or turn off your PC and then, press Novo button.
  2. The Novo Button Menu will appear on the PC screen. Then, select ‘System Recovery’ and hit ‘Enter’ key.
  3. Wait for a while until the Onekey Recovery window shows up on the PC screen.
  4. Do the same steps as method 1. (Note: See the steps 5 to 7)

Note:

  • Before you begin the process of restoration of the system, you should back up all files recently created after the last backup image file you created.
  • This process takes a lot of times depend on the size of an image file.

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