Toshiba SATELLITE A500 - Manual (Page 61)

61 Getting Started
Recovering the Internal Storage Drive
❖ 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.
❖ It is strongly recommended that you create recovery
DVDs/media before using your system for the first time. For
more information on creating recovery DVDs/media, see
“Creating recovery DVDs/media” on page 69 .
❖ The Toshiba Recovery Wizard also provides the option of erasing
your internal storage drive, without restoring the information on
the drive. See
“Erasing the Internal Storage Drive” on page 71 for
more information.
Recovering to out-of-box state (recommended recovery method)
Recovering an internal storage drive to its out-of-box state deletes all
partitions on the drive and all information stored in those partitions.
Be sure to save your work to external media before executing the
recovery.
During the recovery process it is strongly recommended that your
computer be connected to an external power source via the AC
adaptor.
Recover without
changing the internal
storage drive partitions This option recovers just your C: drive, leaving any other
partitions you may have created (for example, a D: drive)
intact.
See “Recovering without changing the internal storage
drive partitions” on page 66 .
Restore from recovery
DVDs/media If you have created recovery DVDs/media (strongly
recommended), you can recover your system even if the
recovery utilities have been deleted from your internal
storage drive or if you have replaced your computer’s
internal storage drive.
See “Creating recovery DVDs/media” on page 69 and
“Restoring from recovery DVDs/media” on page 70 .
Recovery option Description
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