ThinkPad 13 Gen 2 BIOS recovery using USB

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  • Addster09
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    • Sep 2023
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    • India
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    ThinkPad 13 Gen 2 BIOS recovery using USB

    Hello fellow humans!

    I want to recover my ThinkPad 13 Gen 2 (20J2) using a USB Drive. Does anyone have experience doing this and if they do can they please list the steps required? This would be a huge help.

    I am also considering doing it the hard way (Flash using a CH341a) if I can't recover the laptop using this method and for that I will require a .BIN file which I have downloaded of this forum. If I do the BIOS flash using this method is there any way to keep my windows key and the serial number?

    Thanks advance for any help/guidance that you can provide!
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    • hoaca388
      Badcaps
      • Jan 2022
      • 11249
      • Viet Nam
      #2
      Re: ThinkPad 13 Gen 2 BIOS recovery using USB

      Originally posted by Addster09
      Hello fellow humans!

      I want to recover my ThinkPad 13 Gen 2 (20J2) using a USB Drive. Does anyone have experience doing this and if they do can they please list the steps required? This would be a huge help.

      I am also considering doing it the hard way (Flash using a CH341a) if I can't recover the laptop using this method and for that I will require a .BIN file which I have downloaded of this forum. If I do the BIOS flash using this method is there any way to keep my windows key and the serial number?

      Thanks advance for any help/guidance that you can provide!
      Use CH341A and backup your bios (even if it's corrupted) and post it here.
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        • Addster09
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          • Sep 2023
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          • India
          #3
          Re: ThinkPad 13 Gen 2 BIOS recovery using USB

          Originally posted by hoaca388
          Use CH341A and backup your bios (even if it's corrupted) and post it here.

          I don't have the CH341a or a backup but I do have a .bin file of my laptop's bios should I upload it here?
          Last edited by Addster09; 09-18-2023, 04:12 AM.

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