Creating Recovery Media - Toshiba Satellite Pro C50-A Series Quick Start Manual

Creating Recovery Media

To create recovery DVDs/media with Microsoft
Click the Start button and, in the Search field, type Recovery Media Creator. In the
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list that appears above, click on your selection.
The TOSHIBA Recovery Media Creator dialog box displays.
Select DVD or USB Flash from the drop-down list next to "System Recovery
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Media," depending on the type of external media you want to use.
Check the Information area of the dialog box to determine the number of DVDs you
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will need and/or the minimum amount of storage space required for copying your
system's recovery files to USB flash drive(s).
Do one of the following:
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• If you are copying files to DVD, insert a blank DVD into the optical disc drive.
• If you are copying files to a USB flash drive, connect a USB flash drive of the
required minimum capacity (as specified in the TOSHIBA Recovery Media Creator
utility) to your computer.
All information stored on your DVDs or USB flash drive(s) will be erased
during the process of creating the recovery DVDs/media. Be sure to save the
information stored on your external media to another storage device before
executing this procedure, or use blank media.
Click the Create button in the TOSHIBA Recovery Media Creator utility dialog box.
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Follow the on-screen prompts to complete the copy process.
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NOTE: If you are copying the recovery files to DVDs, be sure to label each DVD in the
set sequentially (for example, "1 of 3," "2 of 3," etc.), so that you will know in
which order to insert the discs during recovery.
Windows 7:
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