Laptop User Manual

Getting Started

Recovering the Internal Storage Drive

8 Click Next.

A confirmation message displays reminding you that all data

will be lost during the recovery process. Be sure to save your

work to external media before proceeding (see “Backing up

your work” on page 107).

9 Click Next to begin the recovery.

When the process is complete, a message displays indicating

that the C: drive has been recovered.

10 Press any key on the keyboard to restart the computer.

Recovering without changing the internal storage drive partitions

deletes all information stored on the C: drive. Be sure to save your

work to external media before executing the recovery (see “Backing

up your work” on page 107). If you have created other partitions

(for example, a D: drive), those partitions will remain intact and any

information on them will not be affected.

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.

You can recover the C: drive without affecting other partitions by

either using the utilities stored on your computer’s internal storage

drive or by using recovery DVDs/media, if you have created such

media. To recover using the first method, follow the procedure

below. To recover using the second method, see “Restoring from

recovery DVDs/media” on page 72.

To recover using the utilities on your computer’s internal storage

drive:

1 Make sure the computer is turned off.

2 Press and hold the 0 (zero) key on your keyboard while

powering on the computer.

3 If your system offers a choice of Windows

7 32-bit or 64-bit

operating system, select one at this time. If not, skip to step 4.

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