Laptop User Manual

Getting Started

Hard Drive Recovery Utilities

Erasing the hard disk

Erasing the hard disk will delete all data including the partitions. Be

sure to create recovery DVDs and back up your data to external media

before erasing the hard disk.

The Recovery Wizard allows you to delete all data and partitions

from the hard disk.

To delete the data and partitions from your hard disk:

1 On the Toshiba Recovery Wizard screen, select Erase the

hard disk, and then click Next.

2 The next screen lists the two methods you can choose:

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

option deletes all of the data on the hard disk without

overwriting the HDD.

❖ Delete all partitions and overwrite all sectors on the

hard disk—This option deletes all data, then overwrites

the entire HDD for security purposes. This may take

several hours, depending on the size of your HDD.

(Sample Image) Erase the hard disk screen