Toshiba Equium P300 User Manual
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User’s Manual
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Getting Started
1. Turn off the computer.
2. Turn on the computer and when the TOSHIBA screen appears
repeatedly press the F8 key.
3. The Advanced Boot Options menu will be displayed.
Use the arrow keys to select Repair Your Computer and press
ENTER.
4. Select your preferred keyboard layout and press Next.
5. To access the recovery process please log on as an enabled user with
sufficent rights.
6. Click TOSHIBA HDD Recovery on the System Recovery Options
screen.
7. Follow the on-screen instructions on the TOSHIBA HDD Recovery
dialog.
The computer will be restored to its factory state.
Restoring the pre-installed software from the bundled Product
Recovery DVD-ROM (optional)
If the pre-installed files are damaged, use the Product Recovery DVD-ROM
to restore them.
To restore the operating system and all preinstalled software, follow the
steps below.
1. Load the Product Recovery DVD 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 the TOSHIBA logo screen appears, release the F12 key.
3. Use the cursor keys to select the CD-ROM icon from the menu. Please
refer to the
section in Chapter 7, HW Setup & BIOS Setup
for further information.
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.
Be sure to connect the AC adaptor, otherwise you may run out of battery
during the recovery process.
When you reinstall the Windows operating system, the hard disk will be
reformatted and all data will be lost.
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.
When you reinstall the Windows operating system, the hard disk will be
reformatted and all data will be lost.