Restoring From Recovery Dvds/Media - Toshiba X500-Q840S User Manual

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Getting Started
Recovering the Internal Storage Drive

Restoring from recovery DVDs/media

NOTE
If you have created recovery DVDs/media for your system, you can
recover your system even if the recovery files have been deleted
from your internal storage drive or if you have replaced your
internal storage drive. For instructions on creating recovery
DVDs/media, see
With recovery media, you can:
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Recover to out-of-box state
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Recover to a custom size partition
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Recover without changing the internal storage drive partitions
For more information on these options, see
Internal Storage Drive" on page
To recover your internal storage drive using the utilities burned to
DVDs/media:
1 Insert the first recovery DVD into your optical drive and power
on the computer.
2 When the initial screen displays, press
The boot menu appears.
3 Using the arrow keys, select the DVD option and press
4 The Selecting a Process screen appears. Select Toshiba
Recovery Wizard and then click Next.
5 If your system offers a choice of Windows
operating system, select one at this time. If not, skip to step 6.
6 A warning screen appears, stating that when the recovery is
executed all data will be deleted and rewritten. Click Yes to
continue.
The recovery process deletes information stored on the internal
storage drive. Be sure to save your work to external media before
executing the recovery.
During the internal storage drive recovery process it is strongly
recommended that your computer be connected to an external power
source via the AC adaptor.
"Creating recovery DVDs/media" on page
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