Erasing The Internal Storage Drive - Toshiba P840-BT2G22 User Manual

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Erasing the Internal Storage Drive

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8 Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the recovery
process.
When the process is complete, a message displays indicating
that the drive has been recovered.
9 Click Finish to restart the computer.
Erasing the Internal Storage Drive
NOTE
To delete all data and partitions from the internal storage drive:
1 Access the Toshiba Recovery Wizard on your internal storage
drive or on your recovery media.
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Recover to a custom size partition—If you want to
recover the C: drive to its out-of-box state and specify a
custom size for the C: drive. Note: This option deletes all
other partitions from the drive.
Erasing the internal storage drive will delete all data on the drive,
including the partitions. Be sure to create recovery media and back
up your data to external media before erasing the internal storage
drive.
If you want to restore the internal storage drive, use one of the
recovery options instead of erasing the drive. For more information,
see "Recovering the Internal Storage Drive" on page
To access the Recovery Wizard on your internal
storage drive: While powering on your computer, press
the F12 key when the initial TOSHIBA screen displays.
The Boot menu appears. Using the arrow keys to scroll
down, select the HDD Recovery option, and then press
the key. Read the Warning screen that displays, and
Enter
then click Yes to continue.
To access the Recovery Wizard on your recovery
media: Turn off your computer. Insert the first recovery
DVD into your optical disc drive or connect the USB flash
drive containing your recovery files to your computer, and
then power on the computer. When the initial TOSHIBA
screen displays, press
DVD or USB Flash option on the Boot menu, depending
on which type of media you are using, and then press the
key. Select Toshiba Recovery Wizard, and then
Enter
click Next.
. Using the arrow keys, select the
F12
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