Creating Recovery Media - Toshiba Portege WT20-B Series User Manual

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Creating recovery media

It is strongly recommended that you create recovery media.
If the recovery files on your internal storage drive become
corrupted or are deleted, you can restore your system from
your recovery media. Also, if your original internal storage
drive fails, you can restore your system to a new internal
storage drive from your recovery media.
NOTE
NOTE
When you create recovery media, the system will prompt you
to insert several blank DVDs or connect one or more USB
flash drives of a certain minimum capacity to your device.
The amount of space required for storing the recovery files
varies by device model. Follow the procedure below to
determine how much space you will need for storing your
system's recovery files.
Recovering the Internal Storage Drive
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During the recovery process your device must be
connected to an external power source via the AC
adaptor.
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When you restore your system, only the operating
system files and drivers originally shipped with the
device are restored. Any files that you created are not
restored during this process. Be sure to separately
save the files you have created to external media
using Windows or another backup program. For more
information, see
During the recovery process your device must be
connected to an external power source via the AC
adaptor.
When you create recovery media, only the operating
system files and drivers originally shipped with the device
are backed up to the external media and can be restored
from this media. Any files that you created are not
backed up on the recovery media. You will need to
separately back up the files you created; for more
information, see
Getting Started
"Backing up your work" on page
"Backing up your work" on page
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