When you reinstall the Windows operating system, the hard disk will be
reformatted and all data will be lost.
1.
Load the Recovery Media into the optical disc drive or insert the
recovery USB Flash Memory into one available USB port.
2.
Turn off the computer's power.
3.
While holding down
F12
key on the keyboard, turn on your computer -
when the
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logo screen appears,
release the
F12
key.
4.
Use the up and down cursor key to select the appropriate option from
the menu according to your actual recovery media. Please refer to the
section for further information.
5.
A menu will be displayed from which you should follow the on-screen
instructions.
When drivers/utilities are installed, you can setup the respective drivers/
utilities from the following place. To open the setup files, Click Start -> All
Programs -> TOSHIBA -> Applications and Drivers.
If you have previously chosen to remove the recovery partition and are
trying to create "Recovery Media", you will see the following message:
"The Recovery Media Creator can not be launched because there is
no recovery partition."
When there is no recovery partition, the Recovery Media Creator cannot
make Recovery Media.
However, if you have already created a "Recovery Media", you can use it
to restore the recovery partition.
If you have not created "Recovery Media", please contact TOSHIBA
support for assistance.
Restoring the pre-installed software from the
Recovery hard disk drive
A portion of the total hard disk drive space is configured as a hidden
recovery partition. This partition stores files which can be used to restore
pre-installed software in the event of a problem.
If you subsequently set up your hard disk drive again, do not change,
delete or add partitions in a manner other than specified in the manual,
otherwise you may find that space for the required software is not
available.
In addition, if you use a third-party partitioning program to reconfigure the
partitions on your hard disk drive, you may find that it becomes impossible
to setup your computer.
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