Toshiba Portege M780-ST7200 User Guide - Page 72
USB Flash, Recovery of Factory Default, Software, Recover to out-of-box state
View all Toshiba Portege M780-ST7200 manuals
Add to My Manuals
Save this manual to your list of manuals |
Page 72 highlights
72 Getting Started Recovering the Internal Storage Drive ❖ Recover without changing the internal storage drive partitions For more information on these options, see "Recovering the Internal Storage Drive" on page 60. NOTE When you restore your system, only the operating system files, applications, and drivers originally shipped with the computer are restored. Any files that you created are not restored during this process. Be sure to separately save the files you have created to external media using Windows® Backup or another backup program. For more information, see "Backing up your work" on page 106. To recover your internal storage drive from recovery DVDs/media: 1 Shut down and turn off your computer. 2 Do one of the following: ❖ If your recovery files are on DVDs, insert the first recovery DVD into your optical disk drive (or optional external writable optical disc drive). Consult the documentation that came with your optical disc drive to learn how to load the DVD while the computer is powered off. ❖ If your recovery files are on a USB flash drive, connect the USB flash drive to your computer. 3 Turn on your computer. When the initial screen displays, press F12. The boot menu displays. 4 Using the arrow keys, select the DVD option or the USB Flash option, depending on which type of media you are using, and then press Enter. 5 A warning screen appears, stating that when the recovery is executed all data on your internal storage drive will be deleted and rewritten. Click Yes to continue. 6 When the Toshiba Recovery Wizard opens and the Selecting a Process screen displays, select Recovery of Factory Default Software and then click Next. 7 Select one of the following options: ❖ Recover to out-of-box state (recommended recovery method) - If you want to recover the original factory image ❖ Recover without changing the hard drive partitions - If you want to recover the C: partition only, leaving other partitions you have created intact