Panasonic CF-31 Operating Instructions Manual page 26

Installing Software
„ Using Recovery Disc
Use the Recovery Disc in the following conditions.
Ÿ You have forgotten the administrator password.
Ÿ 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, or vice versa.
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NOTE
To change OS from 32 bit to 64 bit, or vice versa, install OS using the recovery partition in the hard disk.
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Preparation
l Prepare the following items:
Ÿ Recovery Disc (è
Ÿ DVD drive
l Remove all peripherals.
l Connect the AC adaptor and do not remove it until installation is complete.
1 Start the Setup Utility.
A Display "Charm" and click
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.
2 Write down all of the contents of the Setup Utility and press
At the confirmation message, select [Yes] and press Enter .
3 Check the [UEFI Boot] setting of the Setup Utility.
[UEFI Boot] should be set to as follows.
When the recovery disc for Windows 8 is used: [Enabled]
When the recovery disc for Windows 7 is used: [Disabled]
4 Set the Recovery Disc into the DVD drive.
5 Press F10 .
At the confirmation message, select [Yes] and press Enter .
Computer will restart.
6 Press or
F2
The Setup Utility starts up.
l If the password is requested, enter the Supervisor Password.
7 Select the [Exit] menu, then select your DVD drive in [Boot Override].
8 Press .
Enter
The computer will restart.
9 Click [Reinstall Windows] and click [Next].
10 At the confirmation message, click [YES].
11 At the License Agreement screen, click [Yes, I agree to the provisions above and wish
to continue!] and click [Next].
12 Select the setting and click [Next].
13 When the recovery disc for Windows 8 is used, click [Next].
When the recovery disc for Windows 7 is used, select the setting and click [Next].
l [Reinstall Windows to the whole Hard Disk to factory default.]
Select this option when you want to install Windows to the factory default. After installation, you can create a
new partition. For how to create a new partition, refer to "To change the partition structure" (è page 19).
l [Reinstall to the System and OS partitions.]
Select this option when the hard disk has already been divided into several partitions. For how to create a
new partition, refer to "To change the partition structure" (è page 19).
You can keep the partition structure.
*2
This does not appear if Windows cannot be installed to the recovery partition and the area usable by Windows.
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Reference Manual "Recovery Disc Creation Utility")
- [Change PC settings] - [General].
while [Panasonic] boot screen is displayed.
Del
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