Restoring The Preinstalled Software From The Recovery Hdd; Restoring The Preinstalled Software From Your Creating Recovery Media - Toshiba tecra s3 User Manual

If your optical media drive can only write to CDs, select "CD" as the "Type"
on Recovery Disc Creator. If your optical media drive of your computer can
write to either CD or DVDs, select the one you are using as the "Type" on
Recovery Disc Creator.
Restoring the preinstalled software from the
Recovery HDD
About 2GB of hard disk space is reserved for recovery partition.
When re-setting up your hard disk, do not change, delete or add partitions
in a manner other than specified in the manual. Otherwise, space for
software may be destroyed.
In addition, if you use a third-party partitioning program to reconfigure
partitions on your hard disk, it may become impossible to re-setup your
computer.
When sound mute is turned ON by the Fn + Esc key, turn OFF before
starting restore. Refer to Chapter 5,
1. Turn off your computer.
2. While holding down 0 (zero) key on the keyboard, turn on your
computer.
3. A menu appears. Press the "1" key on the keyboard to restore the
original configuration as purchased. Press the "2" key to keep your
current partitions intact and restore. Press the "3" key to specify
partitions and restore.
4. Follow the on-screen instructions.
Restoring the preinstalled software from your
creating Recovery Media
If preinstalled files are damaged, you can either use the Recovery Media
you have created or the hard disk drive recovery to restore them. To
restore the operating system and all preinstalled software, follow the steps
below.
When sound mute is turned ON by the Fn + Esc key, turn OFF before
starting restore. Refer to Chapter 5,
When you reinstall the Windows operating system, the hard disk will be
reformatted and all data will be lost.
1. Load the Recovery Media in the optional optical media drive and turn off
the computer's power.
2. Hold down the F12 key and turn on the power. When In Touch with
Tomorrow TOSHIBA appears, release the F12 key.
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The Keyboard, for details.
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