Toshiba Satellite Pro T110 - Manual (Page 54)

3-10 User’s Manual
T110/T130
System Recovery Options and Restoring the preinstalled
Software
A hidden partition is allocated on the hard drive for the System Recovery
Options.
System Recovery Options
The System Recovery Options feature is installed on the hard disk when
shipped from the factory. The System Recovery Options menu includes
some tools to repair startup problems, run diagnostics or restore the
system.
You can see the more information about “Startup Repair” in “Windows Help
and Support” content.
The System Recovery Options can also be run manually to repair
problems.
The procedure is as follows. Follow the instructions shown on the onscreen
menu.
1. Turn off the computer.
2. Turn on the power, then press the F8 key intermittently.
3. The Advanced Boot Options menu will be displayed.
Use the arrow keys to select Repair Your Computer and press
ENTER.
4. Follow the on-screen instructions.
Restoring the pre-installed Software
Depending on the model you purchased, different ways for restoring the
pre-installed software are offered:
■ Creating optical Recovery Discs and restoring the pre-installed software
from them (requires an external optical disc drive)
■ Restoring the pre-installed software from the Recovery hard disk drive
■ Ordering Recovery Discs from TOSHIBA and restoring the pre-installed
software from them (requires an external optical disc drive)*
* Please note that this service is not free-of-charge.
The System Recovery Options feature will be unusable if this partition is
deleted.
The Windows ® 7 Create a System Image feature can be used on all
version of Windows ® 7. However, to save the backup on a network
location, the edition has to be either Professional or Ultimate.