download the service manual [http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/products/laptops-and-netbooks/lenovo-g-series-laptops/g50-45-notebook-lenovo|from here.] Remove the hard drive and get an external enclosure for the hard drive. That will allow you to run it as an external drive on a different computer. Remove all the needed files from the drive and reinstall it. Then you can safely perform a factory reset.
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jeremylukelewis, download the service manual [http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/products/laptops-and-netbooks/lenovo-g-series-laptops/g50-45-notebook-lenovo|from here.] Remove the hard drive and get an external enclosure for the hard drive. That will allow you to run it as an external drive on a different computer. Remove all the needed files from the drive and reinstall it. Then you can safely perform a factory reset.
download the service manual [http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/products/laptops-and-netbooks/lenovo-g-series-laptops/g50-45-notebook-lenovo|from here.] Remove the hard drive and get an external enclosure for the hard drive. That will allow you to run it as an external drive on a different computer. Remove all the needed files from the drive and reinstall it. Then you can safely perform a factory reset.