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After that the only thing remaining is to make the system actually boot GRUB from wherever it was installed. With newer Rescue and Recovery versions that may be as easy as just marking the correct partition as active. Another option is to add an entry for it in the Windows bootloader assuming you keep the Windows partition around. I did this recently on an X It's really easy. You just choose to resize the partitions in the installer, and you're done. You get an option in the grub menu for the Windows partition if you choose to keep that and the recovery partition.
If the Bios allows usb devices to boot, you can boot to Ubuntu from an usb stick, or external usb hardrive. This way you can have the best of both worlds. Laptop hardrives are easy to remove and put back in. Usually requiring the removal of 2 screws at the bottom of the case.
A friend of mine had a laptop that work lent him, I just removed the hardrive as a safety precaution. Tested the system, it worked just fine. Powered down, reinstall the internal HD. When his term contract was up, he just had to go into bios and change the boot priority back to the original settings. Ubuntu Community Ask!
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Improve this answer. Broam Broam 1, 7 7 silver badges 15 15 bronze badges. I used the Ubuntu It might be a good idea to do this before the first boot of Windows. It's not my-own machine, so taking out the hard drive is not an option. For this reason, voluntarily voiding the warranty is not a good idea. The Product Recovery Media Creator will exit now. In window Folder Options click tab View 3. Here is every thing needed to create the recovery disks! Attention: The USB hard disk will be formatted and you loose all the data!
If you want to create the recovery disks more than once, you get a message: You can have only one copy of the Microsoft Windows operating system. Share this: Twitter Facebook. Like this: Like Loading Follow Following.
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When his term contract was up, he just had to go into bios and change the boot priority back to the original settings. Ubuntu Community Ask! Sign up to join this community. The best answers are voted up and rise to the top. Stack Overflow for Teams — Start collaborating and sharing organizational knowledge. Create a free Team Why Teams? Learn more. Asked 11 years, 1 month ago. Modified 11 years ago. Viewed 5k times.
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It's not my-own machine, so taking out the hard drive is not an option. For this reason, voluntarily voiding the warranty is not a good idea. Thanks for the info, still. Jukka Matilainen Jukka Matilainen 1, 8 8 silver badges 6 6 bronze badges.
Could you elaborate? My dedication to providing good answers on AskUbuntu does not quite extend to blowing away my Linux partition to check that the recovery partition still works. Merlin Merlin 1 1 silver badge 2 2 bronze badges. Sign up or log in Sign up using Google.
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This allows you to create recovery disk in case you want to re install the notebook other than from the local hard disk. It takes a long time to prepare the creation of the recovery media. You can do this only one time! If you want to create the recovery disks more than once, you get a message:. You can have only one copy of the Microsoft Windows operating system. The Product Recovery Media Creator will exit now.
In window Folder Options click tab View 3. Here is every thing needed to create the recovery disks!
How to create and use the USB recovery key · 1. Submit recovery media order, download Lenovo Recovery Media Creator tool. · 2. Run the Lenovo USB Recovery Creator. Prepare a flash drive that is at least 16 GB and plug the drive into the PC. · That will launch the wizard to create a recovery drive. · Now select the flash. Launch the Lenovo USB Recovery Creator tool and select the Recovery Master File (file with an extension of RMF). · On the screen, select the USB key and then.