Guidelines For Using The Product Recovery Cd; Product Recovery Cd Options - NEC VERSA SXI Manual
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Utility and restore the BIOS default settings. Save the default settings before exiting the
BIOS Setup utility.
Guidelines for Using the Product Recovery CD
Follow these guidelines when using the Product Recovery CD.
Use AC power.
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Remove all optional hardware such as PC cards, USB devices, printers, and
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monitors.
Product Recovery CD Options
The Product Recovery CD and utility provides you with a number of choices. Move the
cursor over each selection on the NEC Product Recovery utility screen to display a
description of the selection in the window at the right side of the screen.
Restore System — Select this option to restore your hard disk drive to its initial
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installation state. Restore System allows you to restore your system in one of the
following ways.
— Full Disk Drive — Completely rebuilds your hard disk drive, destroying all
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partition (drive).
— Partition Only — Lets you preserve your existing hard disk drive partition
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more partitions (drives).
Exit — Exits the NEC Product Recovery utility.
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4-12 Using the Operating System and Utilities
Before using the Product Recovery CD, enter the BIOS Setup
existing data in the process. Once you choose this option, you are prompted to
confirm your choice. When your choice is confirmed, the recovery proceeds
without requiring any intervention or responses on your part. Simply walk away
and return in about half an hour.
Use the Full Disk Drive restore option if your hard disk consists of one
structure and format only the primary partition without affecting the extended
partition(s). Partition Only formats drive C: (of a multiple partitioned drive) and
restores drive C: to its initial installation state. Additional partitions, e.g., drives
D:, E:, etc., remain intact. For important information about partitioning your
hard disk drive, see the section, "Partition Magic," earlier in this chapter.
Use the Partition Only restore option if your hard disk is partitioned into two or
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