Toshiba NB205-N230 User Manual page 62

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Getting Started
Erasing the Internal Storage Drive
To delete all data and partitions from the internal storage drive:
1 Access the Toshiba Recovery Wizard on your internal storage
drive or on your recovery DVDs/media.
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2 Select Erase the hard disk and then click Next.
3 Choose one of the following options on the Erase the hard disk
screen:
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(Sample Image) Erase the hard disk screen
To access the Recovery Wizard on your internal
storage drive: Press and hold the 0 (zero) key while
powering on the computer. Select Windows
64-bit operating system, if your system offers this choice.
Read the Warning screen that displays and then click Yes
to continue.
To access the Recovery Wizard on your recovery
DVDs/media: Insert the first recovery DVD into the
optional external writable optical drive and power on the
computer. When the initial screen displays, press
Using the arrow keys, select the DVD option on the boot
menu and then press
Wizard, and then click Next.
Delete all data and partitions from the hard disk—This
option deletes all of the data on the internal storage drive
without overwriting the drive.
Delete all partitions and overwrite all sectors on the
hard disk—This option deletes all data and then
overwrites the entire internal storage drive for security
purposes. This process may take several hours, depending
on the size of your internal storage drive.
. Select Toshiba Recovery
Enter
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7 32-bit or
F12 .