Hard Drive Recovery Utilities; Creating Recovery Cds/Dvds - Toshiba M5-S4332 User Manual

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Getting Started

Hard Drive Recovery Utilities

NOTE
Hard Drive Recovery Utilities
Your computer has been configured with a hard disk partition to
allow you to recover your hard disk drive or reinstall selected
applications and software features or utilities.
NOTE
Using the HDD Recovery, you can:
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Create Hard Drive Recovery CDs or DVDs using a writable
drive
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Recover your hard disk drive to the factory-set default
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Recover just your C: drive, leaving any other partitions you
may have created intact, for example, a D: drive
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Recover to a custom sized partition, leaving extra space to
create an additional partition later
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Erase the hard disk completely
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Reinstall drivers and applications which were bundled with
your computer

Creating Recovery CDs/DVDs

Depending on your system configuration, you may be able to copy
the Hard Drive Recovery Utilities to CD or DVD which gives you
the ability to recover your hard disk drive and recover your system
if the hard drive recovery partition has been deleted or the hard disk
has been replaced on your computer.
From time to time, Windows
®
"Windows needs your permission to continue." This is a security
feature to prevent programs or people from doing things on your
computer without your permission. If you were trying to perform the
action, click Continue; otherwise, click Cancel. If unsure, cancel and
try again.
It is strongly recommended that you create recovery CDs/DVDs
before using your system. For more information on creating
Recovery media see
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will display a pop-up that says,
"Creating Recovery CDs/DVDs" on page 56.