Toshiba Satellite U845W-S410P User Guide - Page 58
Toshiba Recovery Wizard, Delete all data and partitions from the hard disk
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58 Getting Started Erasing the Internal Storage Drive Flash option on the Boot menu, depending on which type of media you are using, and then press the Enter key. Select Toshiba Recovery Wizard, and then click Next. 2 Select Erase the hard disk and then click Next. 3 Choose one of the following options on the Erase the hard disk screen: ❖ Delete all data and partitions from the hard disk-This option deletes all of the data on the internal storage drive without overwriting the drive. ❖ Delete all partitions and overwrite all sectors on the hard disk-This option deletes all data and then overwrites the entire internal storage drive for security purposes. This process may take several hours, depending on the size of your internal storage drive. (Sample Image) Erase the hard disk screen 4 Click Next. A confirmation message displays reminding you that all data on the internal storage drive will be lost. Be sure you have saved your work to external media (see "Backing up your work" on page 74) and created recovery media (see "Creating recovery media" on page 53) before proceeding. 5 Click Next to begin erasing the internal storage drive. When the process is complete, a message displays, indicating that the internal storage drive has been erased. 6 Click Finish to restart the computer.