Toshiba Satellite L30 Series, User Manual

Page: 71 / 178

User’s Manual 3-13
Getting Started
Create Optical Recovery Discs (Depends on the
model you purchased.)
A recovery image of your computer is stored on the hard disk. You may use
this image to create CD or DVD recovery discs using the following steps:
1. Select either blank CDs or DVD media.
2. The application will allow you to choose a type of media to create
recovery CDs/DVD including: CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD-RW,
DVD+R
and DVD+RW.
3. Turn on your computer to open Windows XP.
4. Insert the (first) blank media into the tray of the Optical Drive.
5. Click
Start , All Programs , and Recovery Disc Creator .
6. After TOSHIBA Recovery Disc Creator starts, select the type of media
and the title you wish to copy to the media then click the Create button.
Restoring the preinstalled software from the
Recovery HDD (Depends on the model you
purchased.)
About 2.5 GB of hard disk space is reserved for the recovery partition.
When re-setting up your hard disk, do not change, delete or add partitions
in a manner other than specified in the manual. Otherwise, space for
software may be destroyed.
In addition, if you use a third-party partitioning program to reconfigure
partitions on your hard disk, it may become impossible to re-setup your
computer.
1. Turn off your computer.
2. Hold down the 0 (zero) key on the keyboard and turn on your computer.
When “In Touch with Tomorrow TOSHIBA” appears, release the 0
(zero) key on the keyboard.
3. A menu appears. Follow the on-screen instructions.
Some media may not be compatible with the Optical Drive of your
computer. Please verify your Optical Drive supports the blank media you
choose.
If your Optical Drive can only write to CDs, select "CD" as the "Disc Set" on
TOSHIBA Recovery Disc Creator If your Optical Drive of your computer
can write to either CD or DVDs, select the one you are using as the "Disc
Set" on TOSHIBA Recovery Disc Creator.