If I clean install my T500 by formatting the hard drive completely, can I use the recovery discs i burned to restore the drive if I want?
I ask because on an HP desktop of mine i did just this and the recovery disc rejected the drive after it had been completely wiped (it worked previous times where I hadnt wiped)
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As far as I understand it, Lenovo "recovery disks" restore your HDD as it came from the factory, new - Lenovo partitions and all. if this is not so, I look forward to being corrected! With all the changes and improvements I have made, i depend over time on Acronis images.
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I think the recovery discs will work only if you still keep the reserved partition with Lenovo recovery files in it.
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Not helpful, but I doubt you'd want to return to all that bloatware after a sweet clean install.
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Recovery Disks are just that...they put the system back to the way the system was shipped to you. It doesn't matter whether or not it is the same HDD, the restore disks contain everything to reinstall Windows and the Thinkvantage Software/Drivers. So yes, you can do a clean install (wipe HDD clean) then if necessary you can restore the HDD to the factory state (lenovo partitions and all).
Clean Install Qusetion
Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by Nixus, Aug 25, 2009.