Creating Recovery Media - Toshiba Satellite Pro R50-C User Manual

You can also create recovery media and restore the system.
The following items are described in this section:
If you choose TOSHIBA Maintenance Utility to erase the internal storage
drive, all data including the operating system and recovery partition will be
deleted. In that case, you cannot create recovery media or restore the pre-
installed software from the recovery partition. Make sure that you have
already created recovery media before you start TOSHIBA Maintenance
Utility. This recovery media can be used to restore your system after you
have erased your internal storage drive.

Creating Recovery Media

This section describes how to create Recovery Media.
A recovery image of the software on your computer is stored on the internal
storage drive, and can be copied to either disc media or USB Flash
Memory by using the following steps:
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User's Manual
Creating Recovery Media
Restoring the pre-installed software from your created Recovery
Media
Restoring the pre-installed software from the Recovery Partition
Be sure to connect the AC adaptor when you create Recovery Media.
Be sure to close all other software programs except the Recovery
Media Creator.
Do not run software such as screen savers which can put a heavy
load on the CPU.
Operate the computer at full power.
Do not use power-saving features.
Do not write to the media when the virus check software is running.
Wait for it to finish, then disable virus detection programs including any
software that checks files automatically in the background.
Do not use utilities, including those intended to enhance internal
storage drive access speed. They might cause unstable operation and
damage data.
Do not shut down/log off or Sleep/Hibernate while writing or rewriting
the media.
Set the computer on a level surface and avoid places subjected to
vibrations such as airplanes, trains, or cars.
Do not use on an unstable surface such as a stand.
Select either blank disc or USB Flash Memory.
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