Why don't you read the links to see what's involved?
If you mark Active and Recovery doesn't start you may lose the ability to boot into Win7 until you move the Active flag back to where it was. This is why I offered the chance to add a Dual Boot to the Recovery partition from within Win7 which always works.
Post back a screenshot of Disk Management - Post a Screen Capture Image
See the following:
http://download.lenovo.com/ibmdl/pub...4.52_005en.txt
How do I recover my system using ThinkVantage Rescue and Recovery
Some references note that the old version should be uninstalled first - I do not know if it is required or only suggested.
Also Greg asked about a one-touch button. The documentation I read stated F11 or ThinkVantage button. I don't know if both can be used or only one on certain models. If you have that key - try it.
The label on the button changed over time: Thinkpad, Access IBM, and ThinkVantage.
What version is your BIOS?
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