User manual LENOVO THINKPAD L540

[. . . ] User Guide ThinkPad L440 and L540 Note: Before using this information and the product it supports, be sure to read and understand the following: • Safety, Warranty, and Setup Guide • Regulatory Notice • “Important safety information” on page vi • Appendix E “Notices” on page 159 The latest Safety, Warranty, and Setup Guide and the Regulatory Notice are available on the Lenovo Support Web site at: http://www. LIMITED AND RESTRICTED RIGHTS NOTICE: If data or software is delivered pursuant a General Services Administration “GSA” contract, use, reproduction, or disclosure is subject to restrictions set forth in Contract No. Using an ExpressCard, a flash media card, or smart card . Notice on deleting data from your hard disk drive or solid-state drive . [. . . ] The required USB capacity depends on the size of the recovery image. Attention: Creating recovery media will delete anything stored on the USB drive. To avoid data loss, make a backup copy of all the data that you want to keep. To create recovery media, do the following: Chapter 5. Move your cursor to the top-right or bottom-right corner of the screen to display the charms, and click Search. Type recovery in the Search field and click Settings. Click Yes in the User Account Control window to allow the Recovery Media Creator program to start. Ensure that you select the Copy the recovery partition from the PC to the recovery drive. Important: If you clear the Copy the recovery partition from the PC to the recovery drive. Option, you will create recovery media without the recovery partition content. You still can start the computer from the recovery media, but you might be unable to recover your computer if the recovery partition on your computer is damaged. Connect a proper USB drive then click Next. The creation of the recovery media starts. When the creation of the recovery media finishes, do one of the following: • To keep the recovery partition on your computer, click Finish. €¢ To delete the recovery partition on your computer, click Delete the recovery partition. Attention: If you delete the recovery partition on your computer, do keep the recovery media in a safe place. The Windows recovery image will not be stored in your computer anymore, and you will need the recovery media to refresh or reset your computer. The recovery media are created successfully. Using recovery media If you cannot start your computer, or if you cannot start the Windows recovery image on your computer, use recovery media to recover your computer. To use recovery media, do the following: Note: Ensure that your computer is connected to ac power. Before the Windows operating system starts, repeatedly press F12. Select the recovery drive as the boot device. [. . . ] However, it is the user's responsibility to evaluate and verify the operation of any other product, program, or service. Lenovo may have patents or pending patent applications covering subject matter described in this document. The furnishing of this document does not give you any license to these patents. You can send license inquiries, in writing, to: Lenovo (United States), Inc. [. . . ]