Recovering to a custom size partition – Toshiba SATELLITE E300 User Manual
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Getting Started
Recovering the Internal Storage Drive
6
Click Next.
A confirmation message displays reminding you that all data
on the C: drive will be lost during the recovery process. Be sure
to save your work to external media before proceeding (see
“Backing up your work” on page 98
).
7
Click Next to begin the recovery.
When the process is complete, a message displays, indicating
that the C: drive has been recovered.
8
Press any key on the keyboard to restart the computer.
Recovering to a custom size partition
Recovering to a custom size partition 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. For more
information, see
“Backing up your work” on page 98
.
During the recovery process it is strongly recommended that your
computer be connected to an external power source via the AC
adaptor.
The “Recover to a custom size partition” option restores your C:
drive to its out-of-box state, and allows you to specify the size for
the C: partition. You can resize and recover the C: drive using the
utilities stored on your computer’s internal storage drive or using
recovery DVDs/media, if you have created such media. To recover
using the first method, follow the procedure below. To recover
using the second method, see
.
To resize and recover the C: drive using the utilities on your
computer’s internal storage drive:
1
Make sure the computer is turned off.
2
Press and hold the 0 (zero) key on your keyboard while
powering on the computer.
NOTE