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How to make sure I can restore the OS which came preinstalled on my laptop?

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I bought a Lenovo IdeaPad with Windows 7 preinstalled. The laptop has a "OneKey Rescue System" which is able to restore the factory install of the OS. As I understand the files necessary for this restore are on the hard disk. What happens if the contents of the hard disk are deleted for some reason…

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I'm fond of using System Rescue CD to take a complete (bit-wise) image of the drive. I usually use an external USB drive and I use dd to make the image. This isn't fast, and it requires the external drive be larger than the internal, AND that the ex…

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