Creating Recovery Media - Toshiba Satellite C55-A5282 User Manual

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Getting Started
Recovering the Internal Storage Drive
NOTE

Creating recovery media

It is strongly recommended that you create recovery media. If the
recovery files on your internal storage drive become corrupted or
are deleted, you can restore your system from your recovery media.
Also, if your original internal storage drive fails, you can restore
your system to a new internal storage drive from your recovery
media.
NOTE
NOTE
When you create recovery media, the system will prompt you to
insert several blank DVDs or connect one or more USB flash drives
of a certain minimum capacity to your computer. The amount of
space required for storing the recovery files varies by computer
model. Follow the procedure below to determine how much space
you will need for storing your system's recovery files.
To create recovery media:
1 From the Start screen begin typing Recovery Media Creator
and click or touch your selection. If you are in the Desktop,
move your pointer to the upper-right corner of the screen or
swipe in from the right edge. When the Windows
appear click or touch the Search (
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During the recovery process your computer must be connected
to an external power source via the AC adaptor.
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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
program. For more information, see
page 78.
During the recovery process your computer must be connected to an
external power source via the AC adaptor.
When you create recovery media, only the operating system files,
applications, and drivers originally shipped with the computer are
backed up to the external media and can be restored from this media.
Any files that you created are not backed up on the recovery media.
You will need to separately back up the files you created; for more
information, see "Backing up your work" on page
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or another backup
"Backing up your work" on
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