Lenovo OneKey Recovery?

[melvyn]

What is the default partition setting for Lenovo OneKey Recovery?

Initially, there was just this huge 400+ GB C: partition and a 20 GB something D: partition. After purchase, the sales rep had partitioned my hard disk to a 100+ GB C: and a 400+ GB D: on first use.

But when I restored my Lenovo to its "initial state" (the default option in the Recovery setup) using the OneKey Rescue System, it happened to create partitions which was quite similar to the partitioning done by the sales rep (a 100 GB C: and a 400+ GB D: partition).

I was expecting the OneKey Recovery to partition my hard disk the way it was when it was first turned on.

My question -

Is this happening because of my sales rep, or is it simply because it co-incidentally happens to the default partition setting for Lenovo OneKey Recovery?

I'm more inclined to think it's the default setting.

I don' think he could have fiddled with OneKey Recovery, because I was sitting right next to him watching the screen as he made partitions using Computer Management (Windows 8).

My laptop came with genuine Windows 8 pre-installed. Lenovo laptops have this one key which recovers your laptop to its initial state when you press it, instead of pressing the power key.

If initial state means factory settings, OneKey Recovery should have made a 400+ GB C: and a 20GB+ D: - that's what I found when the sales rep first turned on the laptop.

Thanks for the help...

 

[melvyn]

OK I figured this out myself. Lenovo OneKey Recovery only restores your C: partition where Windows 8 resides. It does not affect the contents or the size of the D: partition (provided your C: partition has enough room for Windows 8 and all the pre-installed applications).

It's a new laptop and I was a bit apprehensive that the sales guy might have screwed something up. He had simply expanded the D: partition to 400+ GB and shrunk the C: partition to about 100GB. So when I did the OneKey recovery, it left D: as it is and simply restored C: so partition sizes remained as they were.