Restoring The Pre-Installed Software - Toshiba PORTEGE R400 User Manual

Getting Started

Restoring the pre-installed software

An external optical disc drive that is sold separately and compatible to the
computer is required to create the Recovery Discs. It can be purchased
from TOSHIBA dealers.
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This machine supports the following optical disc drives for restoring the
pre-installed software:
External DVD Super Multi Drive PA3454U
External CD-RW/DVD-ROM Drive PA3438U
If pre-installed files are damaged, use the Product Recovery DVD-ROM to
restore them. To perform this restoration, follow the steps below:
When the sound mute feature has been activated by pressing the
Fn + Esc key, be sure to disable this to allow sounds to be heard before
starting the restore process. Please refer to Chapter 5,
further details.
When you reinstall the Windows operating system, the hard disk will be
reformatted and all data will be lost.
1. Load the Recovery Discs into the optical disc drive and turn off the
computer's power.
2. While holding down the F12 key on the keyboard, turn on your
computer - when the In Touch with Tomorrow TOSHIBA logo
screen appears, release the F12 key.
3. Use the left and right cursors key to select the optical disc drive icon
from the menu. Please refer to the
HW Setup & BIOS
4. A menu will be displayed from which you should follow the on-screen
instructions.
5. If your computer came with additional software installed, this software
can not be recovered from the Product Recovery DVD-ROM. Re-install
these applications (e.g. Works Suite, Games, etc.) separately from
other media.
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