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How to make a factory reset AFTER Clean Install?
Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 5:34 pm
by arlab
Rescue and Recovery screen doesn't appear when I press the ThinkVantage button at the start (goes directly to the BIOS).
So, how can I make a factory reset now?
Re: How to make a factory reset whithout the ThinkVantage bu
Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 6:51 pm
by mattbiernat
arlab wrote:ThinkVantage doesn't work due to clean install. Also, making a factory reset will make the ThinkVantage button work again?
pop in your recovery CDs and boot up from them.
Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 1:18 am
by arlab
Changed the first post, as the initial question I made wasn't accurate. So, anyone knows how to factory reset?
Re: How to make a factory reset AFTER Clean Install?
Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 1:45 am
by ryengineer
arlab wrote:Rescue and Recovery screen doesn't appear when I press the ThinkVantage button at the start (goes directly to the BIOS).....snip
You can`t if you removed the service partition. But if you kept it intact then you would need the following package:
Rescue and Recovery - Recovery repair diskette.
The package requires floppy disk drive. However, a gentleman in the following thread installed it successfully via a bootable USB key:
New X61T Recovery Part. Error inc. Vista truble.
Clean install of an OS doesn`t have native recovery partition, only oem preloads do.
Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 12:02 am
by arlab
Installing the "Rescue and Recovery" solves the problem.