Toshiba SATELLITE P500 - Manual (Page 63)

63 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 media
before using your system for the first time. For more information
on creating recovery media, see
“Creating recovery media” on
page 70 .
❖ 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 73 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.
You can recover the original factory image (returning the computer
to its out-of-box state) using the utilities stored on your computer’s
internal storage drive or using recovery media, if you have created
recovery discs. To recover using the first method, follow the
procedure below. To recover using the second method, see
“Restoring from recovery media” on page 71 .
To recover the original factory image 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.
3 If your system offers a choice of Windows Vista ® 32-bit or
64-bit operating system, select one at this time. If not, skip to
step 4.
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