Laptop User Manual

Getting Started

Recovering the Internal Storage Drive

With recovery media, you can:

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

❖ Recover to a custom size partition

❖ Recover without changing the internal storage drive partitions

For more information on these options, see “Recovering the

Internal Storage Drive” on page 61.

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 103.

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.

3 Turn on your computer. When the initial screen displays, press

F12.

The boot menu displays.

4 Using the arrow keys, select the DVD option or the USB Flash

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

then press

Enter.

5 A warning screen appears, stating that when the recovery is

executed all data on your internal storage drive will be deleted

and rewritten. Click Yes to continue.

6 When the Toshiba Recovery Wizard opens and the Selecting a

Process screen displays, select Recovery of Factory Default

Software and then click Next.

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