Re: Help with resetting to factory settings

Hi,

You cut your own throat when you combined the volumes. This destroyed the
recovery partition Lenovo had set up for you. The information is gone, and
the access keys, F10, F2, cannot point to what no longer exists. With OEM
installs, a sticker is applied to the system containing your Product Key.
With laptops they are usually on the bottom. If you don't have one, peeled
it off, or it's so worn that you cannot read it, you'll need to contact
Lenovo support for a replacement.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"StealthStrider" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> Hi,
>
> I'm using a Lenovo Y400, with Windows Vista Home Premium 32 Bit. I've
> problems with my com and wish to reset it to the factory settings, after
> browsing several old posts, their answers aren't able to help solve my
> problem. This is because of several reasons:
>
> 1) There used to be a partition before with one drive 30 Gb and the
> other 70 Gb, but due to lack of space, I combined both to give me more
> space. Now when I try to use the Lenovo Recovery, its written that its
> not able to work.
>
> 2) Pressing F10 or F2 doesn't give me results either, as the option to
> restore to factory settings isn't available.
>
> 3) I've a cd present, named 'Lenovo Product Recovery DVD' but when
> during installation, they require a set of numbers from my version of
> Windows Vista. All i got is the part number in the format of XAA-AAAAA,
> which isn't what is required.
>
> Is there any other way to restore to factory settings? I've tried
> system restore but my restore points aren't early enough.
>
> Sincerely,
> Shawn
>
>
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> StealthStrider