Erasing The Internal Storage Drive - Toshiba C845-S4230 User Manual

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8 Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the recovery
process.
When the process is complete, a message displays indicating
that the drive has been recovered.
9 Click Finish to restart the computer.

Erasing the Internal Storage Drive

NOTE
To delete all data and partitions from the internal storage drive:
1 Access the Toshiba Recovery Wizard on your internal storage
drive or on your recovery media.
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Erasing the Internal Storage Drive
Recovery of factory default software with user's data—If
you want to the recovery the factory default software, while the
computer attempts to back up all data from C:\Users
Recover without changing the hard drive partitions—If
you want to recover the C: partition only, leaving other
partitions you have created intact
Recover to a custom size partition—If you want to
recover the C: drive to its out-of-box state and specify a
custom size for the C: drive. Note: This option deletes all
other partitions from the drive.
Erasing the internal storage drive will delete all data on the drive,
including the partitions. Be sure to create recovery media and back
up your data to external media before erasing the internal storage
drive.
If you want to restore the internal storage drive, use one of the
recovery options instead of erasing the drive. For more information,
see "Recovering the Internal Storage Drive" on page
To access the Recovery Wizard on your internal
storage drive: While powering on your computer, press
the key when the initial TOSHIBA screen displays.
F12
The Boot menu appears. Using the arrow keys to scroll
down, select the HDD Recovery option, and then press
the key. Read the Warning screen that displays, and
ENTER
then click Yes to continue.
Getting Started
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