Laptop User Manual

Getting Started

Recovering the Internal Storage Drive

Restoring from recovery 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 75).

During the recovery process your computer must be connected to an

external power source via the AC adaptor.

If you have created recovery 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 media. For

instructions on creating recovery media, see “Creating recovery

media” on page 53.

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

or another backup program. For

more information, see “Backing up your work” on page 75.

To recover your internal storage drive from recovery media:

1 Make sure your computer is turned off.

2 Do one of the following:

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

DVD into your optional external writable optical disc

drive. Consult the documentation that came with your

optical disc drive to learn how to load the DVD while the

computer is powered off.

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

USB flash drive to your computer.

3 Turn on your computer while pressing the

F12 key on your

keyboard.

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 the

ENTER key.

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