Toshiba Sattelite A660D, User Manual

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1-12 User’s Manual
A660/A660D/A665/A665D
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Press the power button and hold it down for four seconds. Once the
computer has turned itself off, wait between ten and fifteen seconds
before turning the power on again by pressing the power button.
System Recovery Options and Restoring the pre-installed
software
There is a hidden partition allocated on the hard disk drive for the System
Recovery Options.
This partition stores files which can be used to repair the system in the
event of a problem.
System Recovery Options
The System Recovery Options feature is installed on the hard disk when
shipped from the factory. The System Recovery Options menu includes
some tools to repair startup problems, run diagnostics or restore the
system.
You can see the more information about “Startup Repair” in “Windows Help
and Support” content.
The System Recovery Options can also be run manually to repair
problems.
The procedure is as follows. Follow the on-screen instructions.
1. Turn off the computer.
2. While holding the F8 key, turn the computer on. The Advanced Boot
Options menu will be displayed.
3. Use the arrow keys to select Repair Your Computer and press Enter .
4. Follow the on-screen instructions.
Restoring the pre-installed Software
Depending on the model you purchased, different ways for restoring the
pre-installed software are offered:
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Creating optical Recovery Discs and restoring the pre-installed software
from them
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Restoring the pre-installed software from the Recovery hard disk drive
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Ordering Recovery Discs from TOSHIBA and restoring the pre-installed
software from them*
* Please note that this service is not free-of-charge.
The System Recovery Options feature will be unusable if this partition is
deleted.
The Windows Complete PC Backup feature can be used on all Windows ® 7
editions.