Laptop User Manual

Getting Started

Erasing the Internal Storage Drive

Erasing the internal storage drive will delete all data on the drive,

including the partitions. Be sure to create recovery DVDs/media and

back up your data to external media before erasing the internal

storage drive.

If you want to restore the internal storage drive, use one of the

recovery options instead of erasing the drive. For more information,

see “Recovering the Internal Storage Drive” on page 63.

To delete all data and partitions from the internal storage drive:

1 Access the Toshiba Recovery Wizard on your internal storage

drive or on your recovery DVDs/media.

❖ To access the Recovery Wizard on your internal

storage drive: Press and hold the 0 (zero) key while

powering on the computer. Read the Warning screen that

displays and then click Ye s to continue.

❖ To access the Recovery Wizard on your recovery

DVDs/media: Turn off your computer. Insert the first

recovery DVD into your optical disc drive or connect the

USB flash drive containing your recovery files to your

computer, and then power on the computer. When the

initial screen displays, press

F12. Using the arrow keys,

select the DVD or USB Flash option on the boot menu,

depending on which type of media you are using, and then

press

Enter. Select Toshiba Recovery Wizard, and then

click Next.

2 Select Erase the hard disk and then click Next.

3 Choose one of the following options on the Erase the hard disk

screen:

❖ Delete all data and partitions from the hard disk—This

option deletes all of the data on the internal storage drive

without overwriting the drive.

❖ Delete all partitions and overwrite all sectors on the

hard disk—This option deletes all data and then

overwrites the entire internal storage drive for security

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