Restoring The Preinstalled Software From The Recovery Hdd - Toshiba Portege R200 User Manual

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Do not shut down/log off or standby/hibernate while writing or rewriting
the disc.
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Set the computer on a level surface and avoid places subjected to
vibrations such as airplanes, trains, or cars.
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Do not use on an unstable surface such as a stand.
A recovery image of your computer is stored on the hard disk. You may use
this image to create CD or DVD recovery discs using the following steps:
1. Select either blank CDs or DVD media.
2. The application will allow you to choose a type of media to create
recovery CDs/DVD including: CD-R, CD-RW, 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 XP. Connect the writable
external optical media drive to the computer.
RecordNow! Basic for TOSHIBA is required to create the Recovery Discs.
Other disc writing software is not supported.
4. Insert the (first) blank media into the tray of the Optical Drive.
5. Double click the Recovery Disc Creator Launcher icon on the Windows
XP desktop, or Select the application from start Menu.
6. After Recovery Disc Creator starts, select the type of media and the title
you wish to copy to the media then click the Burn button.
If your Optical Drive can only write to CDs, select "CD" as the "Type" on
Recovery Disc Creator. If your Optical Drive of your computer can write to
either CD or DVDs, select the one you are using as the "Type" on
Recovery Disc Creator.
Restoring the preinstalled software from the
Recovery HDD
About 2GB of hard disk space is reserved for recovery partition.
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. While holding down 0 (zero) key on the keyboard, turn on your
computer.
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