User's Manual

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Getting Started
Internal storage drive recovery using external ODD/storage
The system will prompt you to insert the appropriate number of blank
DVDs to copy the hard drive recovery. If your external optical disc drive
is not writable, contact Toshiba Customer Support to obtain the
Recovery media for your system.
The Toshiba Customer Support Center in the United States is
[phone], outside the United States it is [phone].
To create recovery DVDs:
1 Click Start, All Programs, Toshiba, Recovery, and then
Recovery Disc Creator.
2 Select DVD (to create Recovery media on DVDs).
3 Select the items you want to copy by clicking the check box
next to the item’s Name—recovery files, applications (original
bundled drivers and applications), or both the recovery files
and applications.
4 Click Create.
5 Insert the first blank DVD into your optional external writable
optical drive when prompted.
6 Follow the on-screen prompts for completing the copy process.
For more information on using the Recovery media you have
created with the preceding steps see “Internal Storage Drive using
the Recovery media” on page 47.
Internal Storage Drive using the Recovery media
To purchase an optional external optical drive, visit the Toshiba Web
site at accessories.toshiba.com.
If you need to recover your computer to its default factory state, you
can rebuild the system using your Hard Drive Recovery Utilities.
To recover your hard disk drive using the utilities burned to DVDs
(refer to “Creating Recovery DVD Media using an external ODD
drive” on page 46):
1 Insert the first recovery DVD into your optical drive and power
on the computer.
2 When the initial screen displays, press
F12.
The boot menu appears.
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