Panasonic Toughbook CF-18FHAZXBM Operating Instructions Manual page 43

Create a Backup Area
1 Turn off the computer and connect the CD/DVD drive to the USB port.
2 Turn on the computer, and press F2 while [Panasonic] boot screen is displayed.
3 Select [Boot] menu, then select [USB CD/DVD Drive] and press F6 until [USB CD/DVD
4 Place disc number one of the recovery CDs into the CD/DVD drive.
5 Press F10 .
6 Press 3 to execute [3.[Backup]].
7 At the confirmation message, press Y .
8 Select how to divide the hard disk from the menu.
NOTE
Regarding backup area
• Requires availability of at least half of the entire hard disk. Without sufficient space
available, the backup area cannot be created.
• When the backup area is created, the usable hard disk capacity will be reduced to less
than half.
• The backup area cannot be accessed from Windows. For this reason, backed up data
cannot be copied to CD-R or other removable disk media.
• When the hard disk backup function is executed, data in the backup area will be over-
written. If newly created or edited data is backed up later, data stored previously
in the backup area will be lost.
The Setup Utility will then start.
If a password has been set, enter the Supervisor Password. You cannot register [Boot] menu
with a User Password.
Drive] is at the top of the [Boot] menu.
At the confirmation message, select [Yes] and press
The computer will restart. If [Enter Password] is displayed during the following procedures,
input the Supervisor Password or the User Password.
This screen should appear.
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Select a number
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1. [ Recovery ] Reinstall Windows.
2. [ Erase HDD ] Erase the whole data on HDD for security.
3. [ Backup ] Enable the Backup function.
0. [ Cancel ] Cancel.
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CAUTION
When dividing the hard disk into partitions
Do not execute [1. Recovery] to divide the hard disk into partitions. The hard disk backup
function cannot be enabled after the hard disk has been partitioned. Use procedure 8 to
divide the hard disk.
<To create a backup area and enable the backup function without dividing the hard disk>
Select [1].
[At the time of purchase]
The usable hard disk area
Windows (One partition).
[After the backup area is created]
Can be accessed from
Enter .
The backup area
Cannot be accessed
from Windows.
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