Lenovo has a great commercial in which two business looking men are sitting next to each other, one using a Lenovo and the other another unknown brand. The user with the unknown brand asks the Lenovo user how he recovers from a problem, and the Lenovo user shows a one button recovery system. The non- Lenovo user is ask what he has, and a troll looking character appears with a fruit basket apologizing for the lost files he has suffered.
So I was wondering? What is the one button feature that Lenovo is talking about so I took a look at their site. Lenovo explains the system as:
This one-button rescue solution includes a set of self recovery tools to help users diagnose, get help and recover from a virus or other software crash, even if the primary operating system will not boot. It helps with everything from complete software failure to occasions when you need only to restore a corrupted or deleted file. And administration tools can even be configured to help deploy critical updates to corrupted systems in your organization quickly and with confidence.
- Helps users stay productive even if the primary operating system will not boot
- Offers do-it-yourself recovery and support options
- Antidote Delivery Manager is a feature of Rescue and Recovery that can be customised to deploy critical updates (such as patches for worms or viruses) to PCs across your organisation and includes a point-and-click wizard for easy creation of antidote scripts
- System Rejuvenation lets you restore to any backup while keeping all of your data and system personality settings
- Rescues and restores your files, folders, or backups
- Is compatible with a broad range of external storage devices to help you back up your data off-line
- Links via the Internet to the Lenovo and other support sites
- Is easy to customise and deploy in the enterprise
- Integration with other ThinkVantage Technologies to allow migration from backup files including chip-encrypted backups, combining our great technologies to create an even more robust environment
The system sounds good on paper, but I was wondering if anyone has tried it? If you are a Lenovo who has experienced a crash, did the one button recovery work? Were there any problems with the recovery process?
Let us know.
Comments welcome.
Tags: Computer Fixes
August 13th, 2008 at 12:30 pm
Urgent! lenovo one key recovery
I am using lenovo 3000 Y300 notebook,
i have re sized the C drive partition from 30GB to 60GB as 30GB for windows vista is not enough.
Because after i install all the required program, 10GB of free disk space, this is before vista SP1 is installed.
But vista SP1 just wont installed as it required a free space of 15GB to install ( during installation only required 15GB).
Now, i format the C drive (60GB) with XP home SP2, installed SP3..
My school application only works with windows vista OS.
i need to install the application and do my project. Thankz in advance
The problem is how do i do a one key recovery to restore my PC back to vista.
There is a eisa partition in my hard disk, about 11GB.
The lenovo one key recovery will not work in a re-sized partition.
I contact lenovo support asking about this issue, but they insist on me bringing my notebook to the service center and pay a fee to get
the one key recovery working.
The step they told is to do a one key recovery installation using DOS from a system disc only at lenovo service center. And than do a one key recovery to get the eisa configuration back to C drive. This time, the C drive will not be limited to 30GB due to the version of the recovery key. The higher the bigger the C drive supported.
Can anyone using lenovo 3000 Y300 let me know their default C partition size, all 5 number like 12345MB and all let me know the size of the D partition.
Or, anyone know to run a eisa configuration without the one key recovery button pressed.
Notes, lenovo eisa configuration partition contain OS and driver.
August 13th, 2008 at 5:32 pm
You can try to use Vista diskpart tool to resize/create your C partition to 30GB.
Lenovo should also use diskpart to create the C partition, so I guess that you can try this.
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Mars
April 30th, 2010 at 10:06 am
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