Chapter 8. Recovery Overview; Refreshing Your Tablet; Restoring Your Tablet To The Factory Default State - Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet 2 User Manual

Chapter 8. Recovery overview

This section provides information about the recovery solutions.

Refreshing your tablet

If your tablet does not perform well and the problem might be caused by a recently installed program, you
can refresh your tablet without losing your personal files or changing your settings.
Attention: If you refresh your tablet, the programs that came with your tablet and the programs that you
installed from Windows Store will be reinstalled, but all other programs will be removed.
To refresh your tablet, do the following:
• Windows 8:
1. Swipe in from the right edge of the screen to display the charms.
2. Tap the Settings charm.
3. Tap Change PC settings.
4. Tap General.
5. In the Refresh your PC without affecting your files section, tap Get started.
• Windows 8.1:
1. Swipe in from the right edge of the screen to display the charms.
2. Tap the Settings charm.
3. Tap Change PC settings.
4. Tap Update and recovery, and then tap Recovery.
5. In the Refresh your PC without affecting your files section, tap Get started.

Restoring your tablet to the factory default state

You can restore your tablet to the factory default state. Restore the tablet reinstalls the operating system,
programs, and settings that came with your tablet.
Attention: When you restore your tablet, all your personal files and settings are deleted. To avoid data loss,
make a backup copy of all the data that you want to keep before you restore your tablet.
To reset your tablet, do one the following:
• Using a USB recovery key provided by Lenovo (32 GB models only):
1. Turn off the tablet, wait for about five seconds, and then insert the USB recovery key into the USB
connector of your tablet.
2. Press and hold the power button together with the volume up button at the same time to enter
the ThinkPad Setup program.
3. On the Boot submenu, select CD/DVD: Generic Mass Storage, and then tap "+/–" until the
CD/DVD: Generic Mass Storage is shown as the first startup device.
4. Insert the USB recovery key into the USB connector of your tablet.
5. Tap F10 to save the configuration change and exit ThinkPad Setup. The tablet restarts and the
recovery program opens.
6. Depending on your needs, select the language you prefer in the drop-down list box. Click Next.
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