Toshiba SatellitePro L700 Series User Manual page 79

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To access the Recovery Wizard on your recovery
DVDs/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
arrow keys, select the DVD or USB Flash option on the
boot menu, depending on which type of media you are
using, and then press
Wizard, and then click Next.
2 Select Erase the hard disk, and then click Next.
3 Choose one of the following options on the Erase the hard disk
screen:
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Delete all data and partitions from the hard disk—This
option deletes all of the data on the internal storage drive
without overwriting the drive.
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Delete all partitions and overwrite all sectors on the
hard disk—This option deletes all data and then
overwrites the entire internal storage drive for security
purposes. This process may take several hours, depending
on the size of your internal storage drive.
(Sample Image) Erase the hard disk screen
Erasing the Internal Storage Drive
. Select Toshiba Recovery
Enter
Getting Started
. Using the
F12
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