Laptop User Manual

Getting Started

Recovering the Internal Storage Drive

4 Do one of the following:

❖ If you are copying files to DVD, insert a blank DVD into

the optical disc drive.

❖ If you are copying files to a USB flash drive, connect a

USB flash drive of the required minimum capacity (as

specified in the TOSHIBA Recovery Media Creator

utility) to your computer.

All information stored on your DVDs or USB flash drive(s) will be

erased during the process of creating the recovery DVDs/media. Be

sure to save the information stored on your external media to another

storage device before executing this procedure, or use blank media.

5 Click the Create button in the TOSHIBA Recovery Media

Creator utility dialog box.

6 Follow the on-screen prompts to complete the copy process.

If you are copying the recovery files to DVDs, be sure to label each

DVD in the set sequentially (for example, “1 of 3,” “2 of 3,” etc.), so

that you will know in which order to insert the discs during recovery.

For information on using the Recovery media you have created with

the preceding steps, see “Restoring from recovery DVDs/media” on

page 76.

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 112).

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 74.

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