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Guidelines for Using the Product Recovery CD
Follow these guidelines when using the Product Recovery CD.
Use AC power.
Connect a USB keyboard or mouse.
Remove all optional hardware such as CF Cards, USB devices, and
monitors.
Carefully review the Product Recovery CD options in the next
section before proceeding.
prevent losing data and applications installed on your system.
Product Recovery CD Options
The Product Recovery CD and utility provides you with Full Disk
Drive and Partition Only restore options. Move the cursor over each
option on the NEC Product Recovery utility screen to display a
description of the option in the window at the right side of the screen.
Full Disk Drive — Completely rebuilds your hard disk drive,
destroying all existing data in the process. Select this option if you
wish to restore your hard disk drive to its initial installation state.
Note
consists of one partition (drive).
Partition Only — Lets you preserve your existing hard disk drive
partition structure and allows you to format only the primary
partition without affecting the extended partition(s). Partition Only
formats drive C: (of a multiple partitioned drive) and restores drive
C: to its initial installation state. To use the Partition Only option,
drive C: must be equal to or greater than 1 GB. Additional
partitions, for example, drives D:, E:, etc., remain intact.
Note
partitioned into two or more partitions (drives).
Choose your restore option carefully to
Use the Full Disk Drive restore option if your hard disk
Use the Partition Only restore option if your hard disk is
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