Toshiba SATELLITE A500 - Manual (Page 70)

70 Getting Started
Recovering the Internal Storage Drive
Restoring from recovery DVDs/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.
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.
If you have created recovery DVDs/media for your system, you can
recover your system even if the recovery files have been deleted
from your internal storage drive or if you have replaced your
internal storage drive. For instructions on creating recovery
DVDs/media, see
“Creating recovery DVDs/media” on page 69 .
With recovery media, you can:
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Recover to out-of-box state
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Recover to a custom size partition
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Recover without changing the internal storage drive partitions
For more information on these options, see “Recovering the
Internal Storage Drive” on page 60 .
To recover your internal storage drive using the utilities burned to
DVDs/media:
1 Insert the first recovery DVD into your optical drive and power
on the computer.
2 When the initial screen displays, press F12 .
The boot menu appears.
3 Using the arrow keys, select the DVD option and press Enter .
4 The Selecting a Process screen appears. Select Toshiba
Recovery Wizard and then click Next.
5 If your system offers a choice of Windows ® 7 32-bit or 64-bit
operating system, select one at this time. If not, skip to step 6.
6 A warning screen appears, stating that when the recovery is
executed all data will be deleted and rewritten. Click Yes to
continue.
7 When the Toshiba Recovery Wizard opens and the Selecting a
Process screen displays, select Recovery of Factory Default
Software and then click Next.
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