onekey recovery and new hd ?

[mashi]

who got onekey recovery working after upgrade HD ?

[SystemJinx]

No one got OKR working after installing a new hard disk. I tried, but didn't have any luck. I'm convinced it's either the BIOS that disables it or OKR disables itself because it is on a different drive.

[mashi]

actually i use grub boot on usb and boot the okr partition. it works. but press the key won't work

[wiraone]

No one ever get the OKR working as original after playing with the partition either .. So .. changing the partition caused the OKR to pack up too!!

[LonnieU]

Something to ponder for someone with time, curiosity, and an S10 (which I don't have yet )

Don't know if the OneKey recovery button on the S10 works like the Lenovo’s "Blue" ThinkVantage button. It has both pre-boot functions and WinXP functions.

For someone that has the original XP install on their S10, how about taking a look in the registry for this key and any info under it:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\LENOVO\

Using this WiKI for the ThinkPad line http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/ThinkPad_Button, the "Blue" Button is mapped so it can be scanned from within WinXP, the registry key that does this is [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\IBM\TPHOTKEY\8001]. This runs the associated utility in WinXp:"File"="C:\\Program Files\\IBM\\Access IBM\\aibm.exe" "DispName"="Access IBM".

Referencing the same Wiki, looking under the "System Boot" section gives some explanation of the other pre-windows boot functions that can be lost in a fresh format to a HD : "Hidden Protected Area" & "Rescue & Recovery Partition". I'm thinking some of these same routines are done in the S10 if the BIOS's and "themes" are similar to the other ThinkPad/Lenovo laptops.

Regarding the ThinkPad line, I have successfully copied these areas from another like-model computer and patched them back to a computer whose HD has died and gotten the "Blue" button restored to factory operation. Their is also a maintenance repair disk to patch things back together.

Has anyone run this S10 utility to see what all it does? http://consumersupport.lenovo.com/lenovo/drivers/2412/2971.html

Don't know if any of this is any use or not, but if your kicked back with nothing to do.

[mister2]

Has anyone run this S10 utility to see what all it does? http://consumersupport.lenovo.com/lenovo/drivers/2412/2971.html

This may be the key. I installed that driver on my S10 that has a fresh Windows Vista installed on a brand new hard drive. I didn't bother transferring anything off the original hd or cloning it. Right now, if I press the OKR button while the computer is off, it turns on and boots into Vista. It may be looking for the recovery partition but didn't find it so it just boots Windows. Someone that has cloned their hard drive, cough SystemJinx cough , should try installing that driver/software.

Anyone noticed this as well.

http://consumersupport.lenovo.com/lenov ... /2970.html

That file is 326MB big. I tried downloading it but Lenovo's server has horribly slow connections and fails soon after initiating the download. Can it possibly be a total recovery file???

[gospeed.racer]

Not sure if it helps but I spent some of today playing with the original hard drive. I found using Powerquest partition table editor, I could change the partition type from a "12" (hidden "secret" file) to a 07, which allows it to be seen and edited. I copied the whole partition and then set it back to hidden.

Thats all I did today, i will play with it some more when I can using the info above.

[LonnieU]

Anyone noticed this as well.

http://consumersupport.lenovo.com/lenov ... /2970.html

That file is 326MB big. I tried downloading it but Lenovo's server has horribly slow connections and fails soon after initiating the download. Can it possibly be a total recovery file???

I think your onto it with that file. I downloaded and unpacked the installer file. It contains Cyberlink's PowerRecover program which is a HD Backup/Restore/Tools program . The data file for this is over 500 meg uncompressed. So it looks like it's either going to make possible to burn a restore CD with an external burner (less likely) or it's going to re-write the HD partition and install the OneKey Restore image (more likely). The more reason for the latter is that it must be run from within Windows and it does check that it is running on a Lenovo branded computer.

[mashi]

actually there is okr install on d:\drivers\onekey_recovery. i tried to reinstall it.. didn't help.. it still boot to windows partition when you press okr key.

[SystemJinx]

actually there is okr install on d:\drivers\onekey_recovery. i tried to reinstall it.. didn't help.. it still boot to windows partition when you press okr key.

Same here. No luck.