Recovering To Out-Of-Box State (Recommended Recovery Method) - Toshiba LX815-D1210 User Manual

A recovery image of your computer is stored on the internal storage
drive, and the image can be restored by running the recovery
utilities directly from your internal storage drive as described in the
sections below. However, it is strongly recommended that you
create recovery media. If the recovery files on your internal storage
drive become corrupted or are deleted, you can restore your system
from your recovery media. Also, if your original internal storage
drive fails, you can restore your system to a new internal storage
drive from your recovery media. It is strongly recommended that
you create recovery media before using your system for the first
time. See
from recovery media" on page
NOTE

Recovering to out-of-box state (recommended recovery method)

You can recover the original factory image (returning the computer
to its out-of-box state) using the utilities stored on your computer's
internal storage drive or using recovery media, if you have created
such media. To recover using the first method, follow the procedure
below. To recover using the second method, see
recovery media" on page
Recovering the Internal Storage Drive
"Creating recovery media" on page 50
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The Toshiba Recovery Wizard also provides the option of
erasing your internal storage drive, without restoring the
information on the drive. See
Drive" on page 54
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When you restore your system, only the operating system files,
applications, and drivers originally shipped with the computer
are restored. Any files that you created are not restored during
this process. Be sure to separately save the files you have
created to external media using Windows
backup program. For more information, see
work" on page
Recovering an internal storage drive to its out-of-box state deletes all
partitions on the drive and all information stored in those partitions.
Be sure to save your work to external media before executing the
recovery. For more information, see
page 68.
Getting Started
52.
"Erasing the Internal Storage
for more information.
68.
"Backing up your work" on
52.
39
and "Restoring
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"Backing up your
"Restoring from