How to reset a L520 to factory settings
Hello world
I'm a bit stunned; All ThinkPad, I used previously came with Rescue and Recovery and all about HD to restore its factory settings. My L520 brand new with Windows 7 Professional/64 bit (which happens to do more strong buzz that I can endure, so there need go back) doesn't seem to have this option. Of course I should have first installed rescue and recovery and saved everything?
No documentation that I can find on the laptop or on the web does also appear to cover this.
So: I'm already in a deep * beep *? Is there a hidden option to completely reset the L520 to factory settings (by crushing the BONES with a stored "image factory" to another partition or something?)
Quick help would be great because I have to return the L520 this week...
Thank you!
Karlheinz
Of course... As soon as you are desperate enough to post on the support forum, you find the solution. In the case anyone research this lateron:
- Reset
- During startup, press the blue button of the Thinkvantage
- Select the option select factory
- Do the factory reset
See you soon,.
Karlheinz
Tags: ThinkPad Notebooks
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