Recovering To Out-Of-Box State (Recommended Recovery Method) - Toshiba DX730-ST6N01 User Manual

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Getting Started
Recovering the Internal Storage Drive
A recovery image of your computer is stored on the internal storage
drive, and the image can be restored by running the recovery
utilities directly from your internal storage drive as described in the
sections below. However, it is strongly recommended that you
create recovery DVDs/media. If the recovery files on your internal
storage drive become corrupted or are deleted, you can restore your
system from your recovery DVDs/media. Also, if your original
internal storage drive fails, you can restore your system to a new
internal storage drive from your recovery DVDs/media. It is
strongly recommended that you create recovery DVDs/media
before using your system for the first time. See
DVDs/media" on page 51
DVDs/media" on page
NOTE

Recovering to out-of-box state (recommended recovery method)

You can recover the original factory image (returning the computer
to its out-of-box state) using the utilities stored on your computer's
internal storage drive or using recovery DVDs/media, if you have
created such media. To recover using the first method, follow the
procedure below. To recover using the second method, see
"Restoring from recovery DVDs/media" on page
53.
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The Toshiba Recovery Wizard also provides the option of erasing
your internal storage drive, without restoring the information on
the drive. See "Erasing the Internal Storage Drive" on page 55
more information.
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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
backup program. For more information, see
work" on page
Recovering an internal storage drive to its out-of-box state deletes all
partitions on the drive and all information stored in those partitions.
Be sure to save your work to external media before executing the
recovery. For more information, see
page 82.
and "Restoring from recovery
82.
"Backing up your work" on
"Creating recovery
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Backup or another
"Backing up your
53.
for