Recovery of the ThinkPad Z60m
The Lenovo ThinkPad Z60m is a notebook computer with a 15.4-inch screen, an Intel Pentium M or Celeron M processor and an ATI or Intel graphics adapter. On its hard drive is a hidden partition containing a copy of the computer's original hard drive contents, which can be used to return the machine to its factory settings.
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Recovery
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The recovery process begins when you restart the computer and then press the "ThinkVantage" button in response to the prompt, "To interrupt normal startup, press the ThinkVantage button" at the bottom of the screen. After a moment, the computer displays a menu and gives you control of the mouse pointer. You must select "Restore your system" on the first menu, and "Restore my hard drive to the original factory state" on the next menu. According to Lenovo, recovery of the ThinkPad Z60m takes approximately two hours to complete.
Reasons and Benefits
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The primary reason for recovering your ThinkPad Z60m is to cure a problem that prevents you from using the computer normally. If you can't resolve an issue such as file corruption or damage from a virus, restoring the computer fixes almost any problem not related to hardware failure. In addition, recovering your computer eliminates the registry growth and performance degradation that results from installing many programs, returning the computer to the speed it had when you first purchased it.
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Considerations
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Your ThinkPad Z60m includes an optical drive that fits in the computer's modular bay. Before recovering the computer, you must install the optical drive in the modular bay or the recovery program won't detect the drive and will skip installing the associated software. In addition, the ThinkVantage recovery software erases the hard drive, which means that any files you haven't moved off the computer won't be available after recovery.
Limitation
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The ThinkVantage recovery partition exists only on the original hard drive included with your ThinkPad Z60m. If you have installed a new hard drive, you will be unable to recover the computer using the ThinkVantage button. If you didn't use the ThinkVantage software in Windows to save the recovery information on a recordable DVD before installing a new hard drive, Lenovo's customer support can provide information about ordering a disc to recover your computer.
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