Recovery Hard Disk Drive - Toshiba Satellite U840 Series User Manual

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When drivers/utilities are installed, you can setup the respective drivers/
utilities from the following place. To open the setup files, Click Start -> All
Programs -> TOSHIBA -> Support & Recovery -> Applications and
Drivers.
If you have previously chosen to remove the recovery partition and are
trying to create "Recovery Media", you will see the following message: "The
Recovery Media Creator can not be launched because there is no recovery
partition."
When there is no recovery partition, the Recovery Media Creator cannot
make Recovery Media.
However, if you have already created a "Recovery Media", you can use it
to restore the recovery partition.
If you have not created "Recovery Media", please contact TOSHIBA
support for assistance.
Restoring the pre-installed software from the

Recovery Hard Disk Drive

A portion of the total Hard Disk Drive space is configured as a hidden
recovery partition. This partition stores files which can be used to restore
pre-installed software in the event of a problem.
If you subsequently set up your Hard Disk Drive again, do not change,
delete or add partitions in a manner other than specified in the manual,
otherwise you may find that space for the required software is not
available.
In addition, if you use a third-party partitioning program to reconfigure the
partitions on your Hard Disk Drive, you may find that it becomes impossible
to setup your computer.
When the sound mute feature has been activated, be sure to disable this to
allow sounds to be heard before starting the restore process. Please refer
to The Keyboard
User's Manual
Turn off the computer's power.
While holding down F12 key on the keyboard, turn on your computer -
when the TOSHIBA Leading Innovation >>> logo screen appears,
release the F12 key.
Use the up and down cursor key to select the appropriate option from
the menu according to your actual recovery media. Please refer to the
Boot Setting section for further information.
A menu will be displayed from which you should follow the on-screen
instructions.
in Chapter 3, Operating Basics, for further details.
Satellite U840/U800 Series
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