Toshiba SATELLITE P500 - Manual (Page 72)

72 Getting Started
Recovering the Internal Storage Drive
With recovery media, you can:
❖ Recover to out-of-box state
❖ Recover to a custom size partition
❖ Recover without changing the internal storage drive partitions
For more information on these options, see “Recovering the
Internal Storage Drive” on page 62 .
To recover your internal storage drive using the utilities burned to
DVDs:
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 Vista ® 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.
8 Select one of the following options:
❖ Recover to out-of-box state—If you want to recover the
original factory image (returning the computer to its out-
of-box state).
❖ Recover without changing the hard drive partitions—
If you want to recover the C: partition only, leaving other
partitions you may have created intact.
❖ Recover to a custom size partition—If you want to
recover the C: drive to its out-of-box state and specify a
custom size for the C: drive. Note: This option deletes all
other partitions from the drive.