Toshiba Satellite A210 PSAFGC-JA008C Users Manual Canada; English - Page 99

Getting Started 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. You can not use System Recovery Options if restoring the pre-installed software without System Recovery Options. 1. Turn off your computer. 2. While holding down 0 (zero) key on the keyboard, turn on your computer. 3. A menu appears. Follow the on-screen instructions. Restoring the preinstalled software from your creating Recovery Media GETTING STARTED For HDD Recovery model If preinstalled files are damaged, use the your creating Recovery Media or using HDD Recovery to restore them. To restore the operating system and all preinstalled software, follow the steps below. 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. Load the Recovery Media in the optional optical disc 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. For 2HDDs model, If HDD1 is first, go to the (3.) step. If HDD1 is not first, do as follows. a. Select b. Press the F9 key to set to default settings, and select the [Yes]. c. Press the F10 key to save the changes, and select the [Yes]. d. When the "In Touch with Tomorrow TOSHIBA" prompt appears, press the F12 key to display the Boot menu. Go to the (3.)step. User's Manual 3-11