Restoring From Recovery Dvds/Media - Toshiba L640-BT2N13 User Manual

Restoring from recovery DVDs/media

NOTE
If you have created recovery DVDs/media for your system, you can
restore your system from such media, if necessary. For example, if
your original internal storage drive fails, you can restore your
system to a new internal storage drive from your recovery
DVDs/media. For instructions on creating recovery DVDs/media,
see "Creating recovery DVDs/media" on page
With recovery media, you can:
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Recover to out-of-box state (recommended recovery method)
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Recover to a custom size partition
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Recover without changing the internal storage drive partitions
For more information on these options, see
Internal Storage Drive" on page
NOTE
To recover your internal storage drive from recovery DVDs/media:
1 Shut down and turn off your computer.
Recovering the Internal Storage Drive
The recovery process deletes information stored on the internal
storage drive. Be sure to save your work to external media before
executing the recovery (see
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.
When you restore your system, only the operating system files,
applications, and drivers originally shipped with the computer are
restored. Any files that you created are not restored during this
process. Be sure to separately save the files you have created to
external media using Windows
For more information, see
Getting Started
"Backing up your work" on page
68.
"Recovering the
59.
®
Backup or another backup program.
"Backing up your work" on page
71
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106.