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Getting Started
Hard Drive Recovery Utilities
To recover your C: drive without the recovery partition:
1
Press 3 on the keyboard when the TOSHIBA HDD
Recovery Utility screen displays. A confirmation
message appears, reminding you that all partitions will be
reformatted and all data will be lost during the recovery
process. Be sure you have saved your work before
proceeding.
2
Click Yes to begin the restoration. Once complete, a
message displays that the HDD has been recovered.
3
Press any key on your keyboard to restart the computer.
Checking the HDD operating status
After restoring your hard disk drive, you can check its status
as follows:
1
Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
2
Double-click the Administrative Tools icon.
3
Double-click the Computer Management icon.
4
Click Disk Management.
5
Highlight the hard disk drive in the Volume list to display
its status in the lower portion of the screen.
Deleting the Hard Disk Recovery Utility
You can delete the HDD recovery partition without losing
your data.
1
Click Start, All Programs, Hard Disk Recovery
Utilities, then Delete Hard Disk Recovery Partition.
The Delete Hard Disk Recovery Utility warning screen
displays.