Toshiba Portege M750 PPM75A-0R904L Users Manual AU/NZ - Page 36

Getting Started 4. Double click the Recovery Media Creator icon on the Windows 7 desktop, or select the application from Start Menu. 5. After Recovery Media Creator starts, select the type of media and the title you wish to copy. The screen will display the number of discs or the capacity of USB Flash Memory required. Make shure you have a sufficient number of discs or sufficient capacity of USB Flash Memory before you proceed with the Recovery Media process. 6. Click the Create button to preceed. Restoring the pre-installed software from the Recovery hard disk drive A portion of the total hard disk drive space is configured as a hidden recovery partition. This partition stores files which can be used to restore pre-installed software in the event of a problem. If you subsequently set up your hard disk drive again, do not change, delete or add partitions in a manner other than specified in the manual, otherwise you may find that space for the required software is not available. In addition, if you use a third-party partitioning program to reconfigure the partitions on your hard disk drive, you may find that it becomes impossible to setup your computer. When the sound mute feature has been activated by pressing the FN + ESC key, be sure to disable this to allow sounds to be heard before starting the restore process. Please refer to Chapter 5, The Keyboard, for further details. You can not use System Recovery Options if restoring the pre-installed software without System Recovery Options. When you reinstall the Windows operating system, the hard disk will be reformatted and all data will be lost. 1. Turn off your computer. 2. While holding down 0 (zero) key on the keyboard, turn on your computer. 3. A menu will be displayed from which you should follow the on-screen instructions. User's Manual 1-14