Toshiba M780-S7211 User Manual page 72

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Getting Started
Recovering the Internal Storage Drive
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Recover without changing the internal storage drive partitions
For more information on these options, see
Internal Storage Drive" on page
NOTE
To recover your internal storage drive from recovery DVDs/media:
1 Shut down and turn off your computer.
2 Do one of the following:
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3 Turn on your computer. When the initial screen displays, press
F12
The boot menu displays.
4 Using the arrow keys, select the DVD option or the USB Flash
option, depending on which type of media you are using, and
then press
5 A warning screen appears, stating that when the recovery is
executed all data on your internal storage drive will be deleted
and rewritten. Click Yes to continue.
6 When the Toshiba Recovery Wizard opens and the Selecting a
Process screen displays, select Recovery of Factory Default
Software and then click Next.
7 Select one of the following options:
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When you restore your system, only the operating system files,
applications, and drivers originally shipped with the computer 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
For more information, see
If your recovery files are on DVDs, insert the first recovery
DVD into your optical disk drive (or optional external
writable optical disc drive). Consult the documentation
that came with your optical disc drive to learn how to load
the DVD while the computer is powered off.
If your recovery files are on a USB flash drive, connect the
USB flash drive to your computer.
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Enter
Recover to out-of-box state (recommended recovery
method) — If you want to recover the original factory
image
Recover without changing the hard drive partitions —
If you want to recover the C: partition only, leaving other
partitions you have created intact
"Recovering the
60.
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Backup or another backup program.
"Backing up your work" on page 106.