Recovery image for notebook Lenovo

To reset the Lenovo laptop to factory settings, is usually sufficient to press a hidden button «Novo», usually recessed in the housing on the left or right edge of the notebook, and select «System Recovery» menu, or go to the special options for booting Windows 10 and find a place for recovery in specific embodiments download. However, this works only if on the laptop remained hidden image recovery.

If the image is not present, it can be downloaded from the official website of Lenovo and use the proprietary utility for creating bootable USB drive to restore Windows with all drivers. In this instruction - how to do it. It may also be helpful: How to reset the laptop to factory settings.

Note: To reset the notebook using the special boot options you can lock screen on Windows 10, press the power button, shown at the bottom right, then hold down Shift, press the "reset". In the menu, see "Troubleshooting" present point to reset the system. Also, some Lenovo models by pressing the key F8, F9, F4 (sometimes in conjunction with the Alt or the Fn, in various different ways) while turning the show an error screen, from which you can go to advanced settings and find the item to reset it.

How to download the recovery image on Lenovo

Lenovo's official website provides downloadable recovery images contain the operating system and drivers for your specific notebook. Unfortunately, unlike Dell, Lenovo provides such images is not for every model of your laptop, nevertheless try to boot stands: on the site stated that the images available for ThinkPad, «selected IdeaPad models", as well as for PC and AIO lenovo.

First of all, you will need the serial number, which can be found on the bottom of your notebook the Lenovo, where he was designated by the letter «S / N». Additionally, the account is required Lenovo ID, you can create that page on https://account.lenovo.com/ru/ru/. After the serial number is found, and wound up an account, follow these steps:

1. Go to https://pcsupport.lenovo.com/ru/ru/lenovorecovery/ page and enter the serial number of your laptop.

   

2. If you see the message "This is not a valid Windows machine for recovery", then download the image is offered for your laptop.
3. If the image is there, you will see the model of your laptop and the ability to select the country and language of the loaded image. Check "I accept the rules" and click "Next".

   

4. In the next stage you will need to specify your name, surname, country and email address.
5. You will see a message that downloading Lenovo Recovery is available and a link, click on it.

   

6. On the next page you'll be prompted to download one of the two versions of the Lenovo USB Recovery Creator, download required, depending on the version of Windows.

   

7. Connect the USB flash drive (better than 16 GB and more, data from it will be deleted) to a computer or laptop, start the Lenovo USB Recovery Creator utility, enter your Lenovo ID data, and the next screen is the desired image recovery image.

   

8. All other steps are clear enough: you need to specify the location of the files, and after downloading them - select a flash drive to which the Lenovo recovery image will be recorded.

Upon completion of the process, you will receive a finished boot flash drive for your laptop, with which you can easily restore the factory system with all drivers and by Lenovo.

If there is no image for your laptop, and the system recovery does not work with any ways, describe the situation in the comments: The exact model of the laptop is loaded whether the system is loaded to which stage and which version of the system - I will try to prompt the solution.

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