Full Disk Drive Restore - NEC VERSA TXI Manual

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partition (drive).
— Partition Only — Lets you preserve your existing hard disk drive partition
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. To use the Partition Only option,
drive C: must be equal to or greater than 1 GB. Additional partitions, e.g.,
drives D:, E:, etc., remain intact. For important information about partitioning
your hard disk drive, see the section, "PartitionMagic Special Edition," earlier in
this chapter.
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more partitions (drives).
Exit — Exits the NEC Product Recovery utility.
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Full Disk Drive Restore

If your preinstalled software becomes unusable and you cannot boot from the hard disk,
use the Product Recovery utility to restore your system to its initial shipping
configuration. The Full Disk Drive restore option erases the hard disk completely
before reinstalling the files.
drive and replaces them with the original factory installed files.
Only use the Full Disk Drive restore option if the preinstalled software is unusable.
Use the Product Recovery utility to perform a Full Disk Drive restore as follows:
Check the Product Recovery CD title and make sure that it is the correct CD for
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your NEC Versa computer and operating system.
Put the CD into the CD-ROM drive tray, close the drive door, and reboot your
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system.
Read the License Agreement screen that appears. Use the VersaGlide touchpad to
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position the cursor on the Accept button. Left click to accept the agreement.
You have the option of accepting or declining the agreement. If you decline the
agreement, the recovery utility exits.
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Use the Full Disk Drive restore option if your hard disk consists of one
Use the Partition Only restore option if your hard disk is partitioned into two or
The Full Disk Drive restore option deletes all files on the hard