Re: Disk Partitioning and OneKey Recovery Feature on Y410 Options 03-16-2010 10:06 AM Great forum that did

solve my problem, not the best solution but at least my NOV O button works with W7 and after repartition the HDD.

Bought G230 3 weeks ago and it came with 320HDD, freeDOS (no OS CD or recovery C D was supplied). Good value for money so I grab it beside I have an option to stick with XP. Finally, I decided to install W7 ultimate 32bit though I know that I will facin g compatibility issues later. It has onekey recovery function but I didn't care or even know about that when installing W7. During the installation, I did repartitioning and reformatting the HDD using the option aval in W7 CD. Original vol C:30Gb, D: 280Gb and X:15Gb (changed to C: 50Gb, Hidden partition 100Mb (created by W7) and the rest is for D:.

No issue appeared after 2 weeks using W7 and I'm very satisfied till now. Then, start trying onekey recovery and found the button didn't work (push and di rectly boot to windows..just like power button). Updated the OKR software to version 7.0 but still got same result until I realiz ed 2 things, first, repartition should be avoided and my G230 was freeDOS (should I restore to that state and lose my W7?).

I'm not a technician. Just read and try. Based on many suggestions, instructions and findings from our members in this forum and other sites (I tried almost all), I conclude the steps are;

1. Install OKR software in C: (default).

2. For my case, I have to remove first system reserved partition (100Mb) which w as created when installing W7. This to avoid conflict when we have 2 hidden partition. After that, using Window s Disk Management tool, repartition the HDD to create 3rd partition(as last partition) as service partit ion (hidden). No exact size (I put 20Gb at first). Create as primary NTFS volume with any label, so we can see it at this stage. Ru n PTEDIT32 to change the partition sectors start from 594198528 till end. Check also the 1st partition sectors should 2048. Reboot.

3. Run Win Disk Management Tool again. See the 3rd partition size has already ch anged to 14.75Gb after editing the sector. A few unallocated space was there so I extended D:.

4. Go to C:/Program files/Lenovo/Onekey App/Onekey Recovery/MakeWinPEISO/WinPE_x 86/ISO. Copy all folders/files there and paste to 3rd partition. Then, remove the partit ion label and run PTEDIT32 to change the ID 07 to 12. Reboot.

5. That partition now is hidden and known as OEM Partition. Run OKR to create ba ckup file. I save the backup in external HD.

6. Shutdown and push the NOVO button.. It should start loading. It works for me but not perfect. With OKR 7.0 we have 2 options (restore factory setting or restore from user's backup file). I failed for the 1st option ... "initial backup file couldn't be found, the ser vice is not aval at this time". I have tried many time to create custom factory backup file using OKR and put in that partition.. But still doesn't work until now. Maybe somebody can help.

7. But for the 2nd option, restoration from my external HD that contains my firs t backup.wsi file was successfully done. At least the NOVO key done his job.

..not the best solution.. glad to see any feedback