Create Optical Recovery Discs; Restoring The Preinstalled Software From The Recovery Hdd - Toshiba M500 User Manual

Create Optical Recovery Discs

A recovery image of your computer is stored on the hard disk. You may use this
image to create DVD recovery discs using the following steps:
1. Select DVD media.
2. The application will allow you to choose a type of media to create recovery
DVD including: DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R and DVD+RW.
Some media may not be compatible with the Optical Drive of your computer.
Please verify your Optical Drive supports the blank media you choose.
3. Turn on your computer to open Windows
4. Insert the (first) blank media into the tray of the Optical Drive.
5. Double-click the Recovery Media Creator icon on your desktop, or select the
application from Start menu.
6. After TOSHIBA Recovery Media Creator starts, select the type of media and
the title you wish to copy to the media then click the Create button.
Restoring the preinstalled software from
the Recovery HDD
Part of the space on the hard disk drive is reserved as recovery partition for
restoring the pre-installed software from the hard disk drive.
When re-setting up your hard disk, do not change, delete or add partitions in a
manner other than specified in the manual. Otherwise, space for software may be
destroyed.
In addition, if you use a third-party partitioning program to reconfigure partitions on
your hard disk, it may become impossible to re-setup your computer.
1. Turn off your computer.
2. Hold down the 0 (zero) key on the keyboard and turn on your computer. When
"TOSHIBA Leading Innovation >>>" appears, release the 0 (zero) key on the
keyboard.
3. A menu appears. Follow the on-screen instructions.
You can not use System Recovery Options if restoring the pre-installed
software without System Recovery Options.
When you reinstall the Windows operating system, the hard disk will be
reformatted and all data will be lost.
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