[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lister Of Smeg:
Yes, I tried that... no matter what order/process I take. It each ends up in the same result. I did the holding of the Vol Up, then pressing Power (waited it for it to Vibrate, before letting go of Power... as instructed by Lenovo tech Support) and still would not get past the white screen, with Lenovo logo. :(

I thought that was recovery, as I've seen the ill looking Android collapse on other Android devices when a flash has failed, but normally I see more of a menu... Like to Apply Update (I guess official internal OS updats). I shall try that trick in a second, to see if I can get the menu to appear. May have to do it at home, as I know ADB app sends our works AV to thinking its a virus, when it's safe... lol

The drivers installed correctly here (work, running Windows 10 x64), all went smoothly. When I plugged the Tablet in, it came up saying something about PreLoader driver... However at home, the drivers failed... But that could be my old screwy build of Windows 7x x64.... So gonna try again at work for that part.

Oh great, terrific... :( So I gotta be extra careful then!! lol. No rooting or mods until at least I can pull this ReadBack backup off... Oh I do love my Xposed!! :D

So once I've got my first official ReadBack backup, with no mods or alterations. Then I'm safe to do whatever...??

Providing I've got my first ReadBack before I do anything, if we are able to get TWRP into the Recovery Partition of the Tablet. Will this TWRP Recovery affect /System and OTA updates?? or is that only the Recovery partition affected, and System will stay intact??

Also, once (or, IF) I have TWRP, could I do a full system backup there. Prior to any mods, and can fully restore to stock (with the addition of TWRP recovery and not Stock) via the TWRP Recovery then... As wonna get an as close to stock backup as poss in TWRP. And then a fully setup with all the Apps, Mods, Tweaks and root Apps setup and then back that up. I assume I can always restore to the first TWRP backup without root at a later.

/ If any of that ^ makes sense? lol

Fair enough, I kinda assumed that a Factory Reset within the Android OS will keep the root, and only wipe user added data, such as Apps, Pictures, Music, Files... and anything added to the /System would be left behind. My old devices (N7000 and i9100) only use the old way at the moment for rooting, as in writing to the system partition. When trying to use the new Boot.img way (as in Systemless root) causes both devices to crash, as they don't have the pre-modded Boot.img yet.

But assuming if I made a previous backup of the whole Tablet in TWRP before rooting (or do I need root, to push TWRP). Then go onto root the Tablet afterwards, if I then restore the Tablet to the first pre-root backup in TWRP will over write the root files back to stock??

/ sorry for all the questions, and what-if's.... ? ;) I understand Android, and fully know my Samsung models inside out... Just not sure when it comes to Lenovo, as it seems to use a different structure, and partition layout. And at moment, till I get my head around it, seem as stable/fool-proof in not making non-changeable choices, that can be corrected at a later date. Just it's my dads Tablet, and don't want to mess anything up as yet... As I'll prolly have to buy it off him ;) lol

Anyway, thanks for your continued help on this.... I'll let you know how I get on... :)

Cheers, Lister