Creating Recovery Dvds/Media - Toshiba Portege R830-S8310 Resource Manual

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Creating recovery DVDs/media

Creating recovery DVDs/media
It is strongly recommended that you create recovery DVDs/media.
This will enable you to return your system to its out-of-box state, if
necessary.
To create recovery media, you may need an optional external
writable optical disc drive and blank writable DVDs or USB Flash
drives. Follow the procedure below to determine how much space
you will need for storing your system's recovery files.
To create recovery DVDs/media:
1 Click Start, All Programs, My Toshiba, and then Recovery
Media Creator.
The TOSHIBA Recovery Media Creator dialog box displays.
2 Select DVD or USB Flash from the drop-down lists next to
"System Recovery Media" and "Application Discs," depending
on the type of external media you want to use.
3 Check the Information area of the dialog box to determine the
number of DVDs you will need and/or the minimum amount of
storage space required for copying your system's recovery files
to USB flash drive(s).
4 Do one of the following:
❖ If you are copying files to DVD, insert a blank DVD into
Your system may not have an optical disc drive. To purchase an
optional external writable optical disc drive or a USB Flash drive,
visit the Toshiba Web site at accessories.toshiba.com.
When you create recovery DVDs/media, only the operating system
files, applications, and drivers originally shipped with the computer
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
DVDs/media. You will need to separately back up the files that you
created; for more information, see the "Backing up your work"
section in the electronic User's Guide preinstalled on your computer.
You cannot store your system's applications on the same drive or
disc/disc set where the rest of the system recovery files are stored.
For example, you will need to store the applications on one USB
flash drive and the system recovery files on another USB flash drive.
Or, store the applications on DVD and the system recovery files on a
USB flash drive, or vice versa.
the optical disc drive.