Laptop User Manual

Getting Started

Recovering the Internal Storage Drive

Restoring from recovery DVDs/media

The recovery process deletes information stored on the internal

storage drive. Be sure to save your work to external media before

executing the recovery (see “Backing up your work” on page 109).

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.

If you have created recovery DVDs/media for your system, you can

restore your system from such media, if necessary. For example, if

your original internal storage drive fails, you can restore your

system to a new internal storage drive from your recovery

DVDs/media. For instructions on creating recovery DVDs/media,

see “Creating recovery DVDs/media” on page 72.

With recovery media, you can:

❖ Recover to out-of-box state (recommended recovery method)

❖ Recover without changing the internal storage drive partitions

❖ Recover to a custom size partition

For more information on these options, see “Recovering the

Internal Storage Drive” on page 63.

When you restore your system, only the operating system files,

applications, and drivers originally shipped with the computer are

restored. Any files that you created are not restored during this

process. Be sure to separately save the files you have created to

external media using Windows

Backup or another backup program.

For more information, see “Backing up your work” on page 109.

To recover your internal storage drive from recovery DVDs/media:

1 Shut down and turn off your computer.

2 Do one of the following:

❖ If your recovery files are on DVDs, insert the first recovery

DVD into your optical disc drive.

❖ If your recovery files are on a USB flash drive, connect the

USB flash drive to your computer.

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