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Question posted by midnight101178 on August 7th, 2012

How Do I Hard Reset The Lenovo Z570 Without A Disc

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Answer #1: Posted by baklogic on August 7th, 2012 9:31 AM

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Look in your manual here on page 40

http://consumerdl.lenovo.com.cn/UserFiles/UserGuide/en/User 's%20guides%20and%20manuals/Z370&Z470&Z570/Lenovo%20IdeaPad%20Z370Z470Z570%20User%20Guide%20V1.0.pdf

You have a special key to do this

Shut down your computer.

Then Press the key that looks like an undo arrow at the top left of your base unitto launch OneKey Rescue system.

This gives you options onrecovery including factory setting

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