Installing Software
n Using Recovery Disc
Use the Recovery Disc in the following conditions.
You have forgotten the administrator password.
Installation is not complete. The recovery partition in the hard disk may be broken.
<Only for Windows 7 downgrade model>
To change OS from Windows 7 to Windows 8.1, or vice versa.
NOTE
To change OS from 32 bit to 64 bit, or vice versa, install OS using the recovery par-
l
tition in the hard disk.
Preparation
l Prepare the following items:
Recovery Disc (
disc.)
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Commercially available optical drive (Only for model without CD/DVD drive)
l Remove all peripherals and SD memory card, etc. (except for the commercially avail-
able optical drive)
l Connect the AC adaptor and do not remove it until installation is complete.
1
<Only for model without CD/DVD drive>
Connect the commercially available optical drive to the USB port.
2
Start the Setup Utility.
A Display "Charm", and click
ery].
B Click [Restart now] under "Advanced startup".
C Click [Troubleshoot] - [Advanced options] - [UEFI Firmware Settings] - [Restart].
Turn on the computer, and press F2 or Del while [Panasonic] boot screen is displayed.
l If the [Panasonic] boot screen is not displayed, turn on the computer while holding down
F2 or Del .
l If the password is requested, enter the Supervisor Password.
3
Write down all of the contents of the Setup Utility and press
At the confirmation message, select [Yes] and press Enter .
4
Check the [UEFI Boot] setting of the Setup Utility.
[UEFI Boot] should be set to as follows.
When the recovery disc for Windows 8.1 is used : [Enabled]
When the recovery disc for Windows 7 is used : [Disabled]
5
Set the Recovery Disc into the CD/DVD drive or commercially available
optical drive.
6
Press
F10
At the confirmation message, select [Yes] and press Enter .
Computer will restart.
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Reference Manual "Recovery Disc Creation Utility")
- [Change PC settings] - [Update and recovery] - [Recov-
.
USB memory device can also be used as a recovery
.
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