I have a lenovo y 430 laptop and i want to restore it to factory setting. So I start with the laptop switched off. I click on the OKR button. My laptop just boots up as normal. Once it is on, I press the OKR button and then it asks me to take a backup to an external hardisk or cd. I have done that. Now after that what - it just doesnt go back to factory settings. I dont have the CD either to restore it.

Hello, use the button next to the power-on button, or follow these steps"

1. Power off the system and press the recovery button (small round button next to the power button)
2. The system will start and the OKR (one key recovery) application will load
3. Select System Recovery from the menu and then select option to Restore to factory default
4. Click the "Start" button to recover your system partition

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For you to perform One Key Recovery, it is done by pressing the OKR button next to power button when the computer is off..(OKR or One key recovery is a very small button usually next/ near the power button that has an inverted U-shaped arrow and usually, some models, the color is orange button)..Select "One key recovery" from the options and next, select "Restore from Initial Back up" after that, you may select "start" to perform OKR..
Just in case OKR button is no longer working, you may ask for the recovery CD's from lenovo to manually install windows.

All Lenovo computers have what we call the One Key Recovery button. The button with an Arched Arrow or the U-Turn symbol.It is found somewhere near the power button. This only works though if the Hard drive was not reimaged or reformatted by user. One Key Recovery is pre-installed in the hidden partion of the HDD, if it's not affected by any issues you can access this by pressing the OKR button.

Here's how you do it:

1. Turn the computer off
2. Press the One Key Recovery Button, the button with an Arched Arrow or the U-Turn symbol
3. It will tell you Windows is loading files...
4. After a few moments it will give you options like; One Key Recovery, One key Antivirus, and System Setup
5. Select One Key Recovery
6. Click on Restore from initial Backup
7. Click Start
8. Wait for it to complete
9. Click OK
10. Click Done
11. Click Reboot instead of Shutdown

This step wipes out and re-installs the operating system, drivers and the default programs that came with your computer. In short, sets it back to factory state.

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Hi Bartomk,

The orange button located on the right hand side of the keyboard is the One Key Recovery. If you want to bring back the default factory setting of your computer just use the OKR button.
note: if you process OKR all existing files on your drive C will be wiped out.

How to use OKR:

1. Turn off the computer completely.

2. While system is turned off press the OKR button.

3. You will be directed to the One Key Rescue system page.

4. Select restore system to the initial back up.
5. Wait until the progress bar reaches 100%.

6. Reboot your computer.

Hope it helps,

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Hi. Here's the procedure how to use the one key recovery button. Turn off the machine the press the One key recovery button. The computer should automatically start after you press the OKR button. Then instead of going to windows screen, you should be seeing the one key recovery software. All you need to do their is to select restore from factory settings option. After selecting this feature, your computer will go back to original factory settings. Take note that all your Data will be deleted once you do this process.

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do power drain your computer by taking battery out and adapter then press and hold power button for 30 secs.
then plug battery and adapter back in then press the arrow key near the power button and it will automatically turn computer on, then will take you to a step by step screen to restore your computer to its factory default state.

you can do system restore, set it back to the date when it is still working fine. or back up your files and perform one key recovery, you can do OKR by shutting down your computer and pressing arrow logo beside power button, it will take you to a step by step screen to restore your system, back up your files coz it will delete everything and set your computer to its factory default state.

try pushing the OKR (One Key Recovery)button, because the lenovo has a hidden partition of the OS it self. the OKR button is located near on the ON/OFF button.
WARNING, if your going to do the OKR try to back your file first because once you proceed on the Restoring the computer back to factory setting. All your files will be gone

Just bought Lenovo S10 and so unlucky that window crashed. So have to restore my Lenovo S10 to factory settings. Can’t really find how ot restore to factory settings in Lenovo S10 from the User Manual. So check from google, after many many search, finally found the solution.
For Lenovo S10 to restore to factory settings follow the steps below:-

• Turn off your Lenovo. (i mean shut down and make sure it’s power off)
• Now press on the “One Key Recovery” key at the top of your Keyboard, your Lenovo S10 should boot up. Else hold down the “One Key Recovery” key until it boot up.
  
• Now you may choose “Restore to factory settings” from the screen and proceed for the restoration.
  ** the restoration will first check if your windows files has been corrupted, if yes, then it will restore it to the original state and no restore is required. else it will continue with the restoration