Toshiba SATELLITE P500 User Manual
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User’s Manual
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Getting Started
A recovery image of the software on your computer is stored on the hard
disk drive, and can be copied to DVD media by using the following steps:
1. Have a blank DVD media ready.
2. The application will allow you to choose from a variety of different media
onto which the recovery image can be copied including DVD-R, DVD-R
DL, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+R DL and DVD+RW.
3. Turn on your computer and allow it to load the Windows 7 operating
system from the hard disk drive as normal.
4. Insert the first blank media into the optical disc drive tray.
5. Select the TOSHIBA Recovery Media Creator icon from the Windows
7 Start menu.
6. After TOSHIBA Recovery Media Creator starts, select the type of media
and the title you wish to copy, and then click the Create button.
Restoring the pre-installed software from your created Recovery
Discs
If the pre-installed files are damaged, you are able to either use the
Recovery Discs you have created to restore the computer to the state it
was in when you originally received it. To perform this restoration, follow the
steps below:
1. Load the (1st disc of) Recovery Discs into the optical disc drive and turn
off the computer's power.
2. While holding down F12 key on the keyboard, turn on your computer -
when TOSHIBA Leading Innovation>>> appears, release the F12
key.
3. Use the up and down cursor keys to select the CD-ROM icon from the
menu.
4. A menu will be displayed from which you should follow the on-screen
instructions.
Please note that some of the above media may not be compatible with the
optical disc drive installed into your computer. You should therefore verify
the optical disc drive supports the blank media you have chosen before
proceeding.
When the sound mute feature has been activated by pressing the
FN + ESC key, be sure to disable this to allow sounds to be heard before
starting the restore process. Please refer to Chapter 5,
, for
further details.
You can not use System Recovery Options if restoring the pre-installed
software without System Recovery Options.
When you reinstall the Windows operating system, the hard disk will be
reformatted and all data will be lost.