Restoring From Recovery Media - Toshiba Satellite C40 Series User Manual

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Getting Started
Recovering the Internal Storage Drive
NOTE
For information on using the Recovery media you have created with
the preceding steps, see
page 56.

Restoring from recovery media

NOTE
If you have created recovery media for your system, you can restore
your system from such media, if necessary. For example, if your
original internal storage drive fails, you can restore your system to a
new internal storage drive from your recovery media. For
instructions on creating recovery media, see
media" on page
NOTE
To recover your internal storage drive from recovery media:
1 Make sure your computer is turned off.
2 Do one of the following:
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If you are copying the recovery files to DVDs, be sure to label each
DVD in the set sequentially (for example, "1 of 3," "2 of 3," etc.), so
that you will know in which order to insert the discs during recovery.
The recovery process deletes information stored on the internal
storage drive. Be sure to save your work to external media before
executing the recovery (see
During the recovery process your computer must be connected to an
external power source via the AC adaptor.
54.
When you restore your system, only the operating system files 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 or another backup program. For more information, see
"Backing up your work" on page
If your recovery files are on DVDs, insert the first recovery
DVD into your optical disc drive.
If your recovery files are on a USB flash drive, connect the
USB flash drive to your computer.
"Restoring from recovery media" on
"Backing up your work" on page
78.
"Creating recovery
78).