lenovo recovery iso download windows 8 recovery iso download. When trying to buy a recovery drive I keep getting the message. "recovery media has already been requested for this machine if no confirmation email was received please also try to use Lenovo creator tool to start your download" I just bought this I've never ordered recovery media. 720 15IKB how do I buy a recovery disk. Sr Support Specialist. 752055 Page Views. Sr Support Specialist. Posts: 12694 Registered: ​11-30-2015 Location: Philippines Views: 752055 Message 2 of 2. Re:recovery media. Welcome to the Community Forums. You can check out the DRRS offered options here. Else, if you are having issue with the Pre-loaded OS then you can reach out to technical support for USB image request. I hope this helps answer your query. Did someone help you today? Press the thumbs-up icon below to thank them. ! If you find a post helpful and it answers your question, please mark it as an "Accepted Solution" ! 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If all your documents are safe and sound in your user folder, you can use Refresh your PC without affecting files . However I still recommend taking a back-up. If you want to do a complete reinstallation of Windows and also clean your user folder in the process then choose Remove everything and reinstall Windows . If you chose Remove everything and reinstall Windows, then you will be prompted to either Fully clean the drive which you only use if you are selling the computer or giving it to someone else you do not trust OR you can just use the other method which just deleted the files. Fully cleaning the drive may take several hours to complete, if you are choosing the option to keep your PC, then it will take about 15-45 minutes depending on the performance of your computer. Method 2 (Safe) Creating recovery media. You must always create recovery media when you start your computer for the first time. If you do not do so, you will end up buying recovery media and paying for it. Now in worst case scenario, you can still grab a Windows 8.1 ISO from and then install all the drivers yourself afterwards. But this is not recommended for the average person in the world, find a geek nearby who can help you with method 4 if you have trouble. Creating recovery media from recovery partition. Right-click the bottom left corner (start orb) Click Control Panel . In the address bar of the Control Panel window, click the last arrow, and select All control panel items and then click Recovery or search for Recovery in the search bar. Now click Create a recovery drive . Insert a flash USB pendrive of 16GB or greater. Now check Copy the recovery partition from the PC to the recovery drive . You now have the option to delete the recovery partition. Know that if your USB flashdrive dies or doesn't work, then you are on your own buying recovery media or finding a way to install Windows (which might be covered in this guide if you read well, but this is for advanced people.) Creating recovery media from current Windows installation. Right-click the bottom left corner (start orb) Click Control Panel . In the address bar of the Control Panel window, click the last arrow, and select All control panel items and then click Recovery or search for Recovery in the search bar. Now click Create a recovery drive . Insert a flash USB pendrive of 16GB or greater. Now uncheck Copy the recovery partition from the PC to the recovery drive in case it is checked. Restoring. Plug in the USB pendrive in a USB-port (by preference USB2.0 with older computers purchased around 2010 - 2012) Method 1: Shut down your computer.Start your computer and quickly start tapping F12 to open the boot menu . Sometimes you might boot straight to Windows again if you don't tap F12 fast enough. (Tip: switch from quick boot to diagnostic boot if you have problems and miss it too often, you can do this in the BIOS.) Method 2: Press Windows-key + C or swipe in from the right to open the charms bar. Then click Settings , Click Change PC settings , Click Update & Recovery , Click Recovery . Now under Advanced startup , click Restart now . Now you will arrive on a blue screen asking you to choose an option, you choose Use a device , and then select your USB flashdrive with the recovery media. Method 3 (Advanced) This method is for advanced people. Here I will explain how to use the commandline tools available to create recovery media from an existing Windows installation on another partition on your hard drive and set it as default for Windows to use to refresh or reset Windows. Creating recovery media. Creating recovery media from current Windows installation. Create a new empty partition around 10GB - 20GB. Open Command Prompt. Enter ' recimg /createimage ' where you replace with the drive letter of the new partition you created, for example 'D:\' so it becomes 'recimg /createimage D:\' Now that we have created the recovery image, let's register it with Windows so we can use it to recover later: 'recimg /setcurrent ' where is the directory you just saved the recovery image. To verify the recovery image is set correctly: 'recimg /showcurrent' or to deregister the recovery image 'recimg /deregister' Restoring. Method 4 (Using ISO) Download the iso file here. Right-click the downloaded iso file, and click mount. Or double click to open it. Then run setup.exe . Follow on-screen instructions. Method 5 (DVD) Use a Windows installation disk, has to be purchased in stores or you have to burn a ISO file to a DVD. Then just run setup.exe on the DVD and follow on-screen instructions. Was this information helpful? how can we improve it? Comments. For last one year, I am using Lenovo notebook and it is working fine. Product details are as follow. Lenovo G500 , Model : 20236 , Serial no: CB********* BIOS ver : 78CN25WW (ver 2.03) EC Ver : 78EC25WW (ver 2.03) Boot mode : UEFI USB boot enabled Windows boot manager ST1000LM024 HN-M101MBB EFI Network for IPV4 EFI Network for IPV6 OS : Windows 8.1 Pre Installed. I have not received any CD/DVD of Windows 8.1 and Product or Activation Key when I purchased Lenovo notebook. Recently I created recovery USB disk to use it in a emergency case. In case of failure of system, I want use it to reinstall/reset OS. However , I noticed that this USB recovery disk is not booting when installed in USB slot and system powered ON. In this regards I have some queries about bootable recovery USB drive. 1: recovery USB drive that I have created by using RecoveryDrive.exe utility is bootable ? 2: If it is bootable how to make boot after power on. (In BIOS setup USB boot is enabled) 3: Can Lenovo G500 can boot through DVD ? and how to change boot priority ? Details of USB disk are as follow. (USB disk 16 GB) Boot --- folder Efi --- folder Source ---- folder Bootmgr ---- file Bootmgr.efi ---- file Reagent.xml --- file Name : RECEVORY File system : FAT32 Used spce : 8.60 GB Free spce : 7.28 GB Capacity : 14.8 GB. If you need any further detail please revert to me. Kindly give me technical solution for above problem. Regards Vikas Joshi. Admin note; s/n removed to prevent abuse, email address removed to prevent the spambots from getting it. I want to created DVD's of the recovery partiton should I which to do a clean Win 8.1 factory installation again. Why is only the USB the only target. Why not DVD's which are easier to manage. I don't want to download the ISO from MS as its omitting all the Lenovo specific config, drive partitioning as well as startup drivers. I would like a solution well before I try Win 10. Hmm my signature did not appear here. My system is a Z70-80 with Win 8.1 64bit. all you people are just posting messege, just like i want to recovery my win 8 , and my details , bios no , s/n e.t.c. now my question. why lenovo stop software support for india . if they stop support s/w then why they are selling there laptop with windows OS . when we call lenovo Toll free number , why they not help .to recovery and restore the OS from old hardisk. i have problem with my OS ,, i need proper help . that too if your ready to help me ,you can call me , 8008210229. i did so many way to restore the OS but it wont work ,with me . you ccan share the information regarding your OS.. my email id [email protected] you can mail me . \ What I can say is they should provide full support for functional problems. Yes, They do here also on Windows 10. If the system is under warranty and you're replacing their HD they must help. Commercial pack Acronis Trueimage does this and has their own technical support. I am using AOMEI Backupper Standard which is free and used it for backup/restore on my tower Windows 10 twice. I know it works and know the process helps which any of these. I searched the link is below for the free software and documentation can be found. MY LENOVO IS : B50-80 S/N : MP0747TF O/S WIN 8.1 -64. I WANT TO REINSTALL , BUT KEEPING MY EXISTING FILES. IS THERE A WAY TO UPGRADE THE BIOS DIRECTLY WITHOUT RETSARTING THE OPERATING SYSTEM ? Lenovo Windows 8 preloaded. Reformatted. How to recover os? Accidentally reformatted drive in lenovo edge that came with preloaded Windows 8, upgraded to 8.1. HOW do I recover the os? Recovery disk "reset pc" says "a required drive partition is missing" Help please, Tried bootrec commands. Operation completed successfully. Element not found. Subscribe Subscribe to RSS feed. Report abuse. As you have apparently wiped the Recovery partition, these are now your reinstall options: You can contact the Laptop/Computer Manufacturer and order Recovery Media from them for a small cost. You can download and create your own Windows 8.1 Installation Media to reinstall the Operating System with, making sure it is the exact same edition as 8 is. "Create installation media for Windows 8.1" "Download Windows 8.1" A similar Tutorial which may also assist you. "Create Installation Media for Windows 8.1" In the first screen of this very simple wizard, you need to choose the following: Language. English – en-us if you're in the United States. Edition. Windows 8.1 (Core), Windows 8.1 N, Windows 8.1 Pro, Windows 8.1 Pro N, or Windows 8.1 Single Language. Architecture. 64-bit (x64 ) or 32-bit (x86). " How to Create a Bootable USB or DVD with a Windows 8 or 8.1 ISO" This will not work to install Windows 8 or 8.1 for UEFI . For that, see this tutorial below instead. How to clean install: " How to Do a Clean Install of Windows 8 or Windows 8.1" With Windows 8/8.1 The Product Key on preinstalled Operating Systems (HP, Acer, etc) is embedded in the BIOS in the Motherboard, so that the lost and/or worn C.O.A. Sticker problem is no more. When you reinstall it will pick up the Product Key and activate the system automatically. If it does not, follow these steps: " How to Activate Windows 8 and 8.1 by Phone" "Get help with activation errors" "How to activate a Microsoft product by using Microsoft Product Activation Center" This information may interest you if you do wish to keep a record of it: "Windows 10 Embedded Product Key Tool" "We’re proud to introduce the immediate release of our newest utility for Windows users: the NeoSmart Technologies Embedded Product Key Tool. Designed for users of , Windows 8, and Windows 10, our embedded product key tool will retrieve and display the Windows setup product key embedded in the BIOS or EFI, allowing you to store it for safe-keeping or use it to reinstall Windows with an official Windows setup image." Upgrade from Windows 8.1 to Windows 10 on Lenovo Laptop. I cannot upgrade from Windows 8.1 to Windows 10 on my Lenovo Laptop. Tried several times and every time it stops and reinstates the 8.1 version. Getting no reason for it. It just says that the upgrade failed and asks me if I want to retry. Can anyone help me with this issue? Subscribe Subscribe to RSS feed. Report abuse. If you meet all the System Requirements for the Free Upgrade to Windows 10: "Help with upgrading to Windows 10" You can also use the Windows 10 Media Creation Tool to download the Windows 10 ISO file and create the Windows 10 Installation Media to upgrade from your present Operating System. “Installing Windows 10 using the media creation tool” The media creation tool can be used to upgrade your current PC to Windows 10 or to create a USB or DVD and install Windows 10 on a different PC. Warning. If you want to upgrade to Windows 10 for free, you need to use the Upgrade this PC now option. If you haven't upgraded to Windows 10 yet and perform a clean installation, you'll need to enter a product key or buy a license in order to activate Windows 10 . Find the media creation tool on the Software download page . Here’s a quick look at the steps to get Windows 10 installed on your PC using this tool. These are the steps you should expand at the Windows-10 media-creation-tool-install link for a lot more information than is posted here. > Download the Tool. There are two versions of the tool, one for a “32-bit operating system” and one for a “64-bit operating system.” To find out which you have, go to Start , type Control panel , select System and security , and then, under System , look at the value for System type. > Run the Tool. If you want to create media for a different PC, select Create installation media for another PC . Use the table at the link to choose the edition of Windows 10 that you want to create media for. Lenovo OneKey Recovery. Lenovo OneKey Recovery is a freeware system backup software download filed under backup software and made available by Lenovo for Windows. The review for Lenovo OneKey Recovery has not been completed yet, but it was tested by an editor here on a PC. Quick recovery of Lenovo's original system image to a Windows PC. Lenovo OneKey Recovery is software pre-loaded on Lenovo/idea laptops, designed to back up and restore your computer. To utilize the features of the OneKey Recovery system, your hard disk already includes a hidden partition from factory to store the system image file and the OneKey Recovery system program files. To utilize the features of the OneKey Recovery system, your hard disk already includes a hidden partition by default to store the system image file and the OneKey Recovery system program files. This default partition is hidden for security reasons, which explains why the available disk space is less than the stated capacity.