Fujitsu T2020 Recovery Manual - Page 1

Recovering Your Factory and System Images Thank you for purchasing a Fujitsu computer. Fujitsu is committed to bringing you the best computing experience with your new system. This document outlines several procedures, such as making and restoring a system image, managing your images, and using the recovery utilities. WARNING BEFORE CHANGING THE HARD DRIVE PARTITION SIZE OR RECOVERING YOUR SYSTEM, IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU DISCONNECT ANY EXTERNAL STORAGE DEVICES, INCLUDING - BUT NOT LIMITED TO - EXTERNAL HARD DISK DRIVES, USB FLASH MEMORY ("THUMB") DRIVES, OR USER-INSTALLED MEMORY CARDS (SUCH AS PCMCIA, SD, AND MEMORY STICK). When you purchased your new system, a copy of the Factory Image was loaded into a hidden partition on your hard disk drive. Having a copy of the system image available to you on the hard drive means that in the event of system failure, you'll be able to restore it to its original state (assuming you're still able to access your hard drive). Backing Up a System Image User-Configured System Backups: On your desktop, there is a [My Recovery] icon that allows you to make backups of your current system image either to another location on your hard drive or on removable media. A system image is the configuration of your C: drive at a particular point of time. You may want to make image backups occasionally in order to have points to which you can return without having to go all the way back to the Factory Image. My Recovery By default, system images are saved in the D: drive in the My Recovery folder. You can also elect to save the image to an external hard drive. 1. Double-click the [My Recovery] icon on your desktop. 2. Click the [Backup] button on the My Recovery screen. 3. On the next screen, you can enter up to 200 characters of information about the backup file. This information will help you to identify the image at a later date. When finished, click the [Next] button. 4. Click the [OK] button and the system will reboot. 5. After rebooting, the "Creating backup images" window appears, in which you can either click [Create the image on D drive] or [Select the drive] if you want to save to an external hard disk drive. 6. A graphic appears showing you how the image will be stored. Click [Next] button to start the backup. 7. Click the [Execute] button. 8. After the backup is complete, you will see a message saying "The image was created". Click the [OK] button to reboot the system. Recovering a Backup Image In the event you need to restore a backup image, perform the following steps. Note: There may be some third-party applications that need to be installed from application media bundled with the system. 1