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    How to wipe S431??

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by gibson00, May 18, 2014.

  1. gibson00

    gibson00 Notebook Evangelist

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    Hi all, I bought a new Lenovo S431 (Canadian) about 7 months ago. It came with Windows 7. Generally happy with it, but seemsto be quite slow lately, and I'd like to wipe it, re-install the OS and drivers.
    However, this is the first laptop I've ever had that doesn't have a cd drive in it. Is there a guide anywhere on how to wipe/restore this laptop??
    Thanks!!!!
     
    gibson00, May 18, 2014
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    gibson00 Notebook Evangelist

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    Bump!!!
    Still looking for help with this!
     
    gibson00, Jun 8, 2014
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    Jarhead 恋の♡アカサタナ

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    Jarhead, Jun 8, 2014
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  4. Tsunade_Hime

    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    Did you keep the Lenovo recovery partition? You can use that. Otherwise you can perform a clean install of Windows 7 and activate your key.
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Jun 8, 2014
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