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Factory restore from command prompt?

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skulldrinker

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I can not "boot" into windows.
I can not repair start up.
I can not enter Safe Mode
I can not enter sys restore from sys repair.

After the windows 7 logo shows up all I get is a black screen with the cursor.

I want to just give up and do a factory restore but I can not get to the screen. It keeps saying i must be logged in but I can't. No where to enter it. It does have a password.

It looks like the windows c:/ OS folder has disappeared. I can't get Hiren's boot disk to work. Maybe was going to try and see if there was a partition restore app on it.

I am able to get to the command prompt and I can see the Recovery partition. Has anyone ever gotten it to restore from there?

Worst case is to install another copy of windows in place and then try to get into F11 factory restore mode.


Laptop is a Lenovo E530c. Win 7 pro
 
Reboot the computer and press F8 (Fn-F8 on ThinkPad Edge) immediately after the ThinkPad logo screen disappears to load the Windows startup menu. Select "Repair your computer" and once that finishes loading, you should see an option at the bottom about restoring to factory defaults.
 
QuietDad said:
Reboot the computer and press F8 (Fn-F8 on ThinkPad Edge) immediately after the ThinkPad logo screen disappears to load the Windows startup menu. Select "Repair your computer" and once that finishes loading, you should see an option at the bottom about restoring to factory defaults.
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right on. and it could be system recovery.
 
Doesn't get there. After I pick the US Keyboard the window comes up saying must be logged in to do restore and gives me no way to enter a password just a button that when clicked restarts the computer. Endless loop. I downloaded some reovery program from the Lenovo support page maybe I can run it with the help of a boot disk.

The laptop won't recognize my OS on C:/ but when I hook it up to another tower via USB I can see all contents. Something is hiding the windows part. No virus is present. Possibly reg got corrupt?
 
I have run into that before. Without that password, your recovery partition is useless. If memory serves I had to boot to a standard Windows 7 DVD and blow all the partition away.
 
If your Thinkpad "Edge" has an optical drive, you may be able to boot to a Win 7 DVD and do a Repair Install. Sounds like that may be all you need. Matt is right - but if you do a fresh install that way, your laptop features may not function until you can find and reinstall the Lenovo drivers.
 
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