Creating Recovery Media - Toshiba Encore WT8-A Series User Manual

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Getting Started
Recovering the Internal Storage Drive
Recovery option Description
Restoring from
recovery media
A recovery image of your device 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
Button Reset) USB Recovery" on page 43
from a USB Recovery PBR (Push Button Reset)" on page
NOTE

Creating recovery media

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.
This option allows you to restore your system from
the recovery media you created. You can remove
all data from your system and reinstall Windows
See "Recovering from a USB Recovery PBR (Push
Button Reset)" on page
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During the recovery process your device must first be
fully charged via the USB/AC adaptor.
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When you restore your system, only the operating
system files and drivers originally shipped with the
device 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
more information, see
page 63.
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or another backup program. For
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