Toshiba SATELLITE E300 User Manual

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Getting Started

Erasing the Internal Storage Drive

To delete all data and partitions from the internal storage drive:

Access the Toshiba Recovery Wizard on your internal storage
drive or on your recovery DVDs/media.

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To access the Recovery Wizard on your internal
storage drive: Press and hold the 0 (zero) key while
powering on the computer. Read the Warning screen that
displays and then click Yes to continue.

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To access the Recovery Wizard on your recovery
DVDs/media: Turn off your computer. Insert the first
recovery DVD into your optical disc drive or connect the
USB flash drive containing your recovery files to your
computer, and then power on the computer. When the
initial screen displays, press

F12

. Using the arrow keys,

select the DVD or USB Flash option on the boot menu,
depending on which type of media you are using, and then
press

Enter

. Select Toshiba Recovery Wizard, and then

click Next.

Select Erase the hard disk and then click Next.

Choose one of the following options on the Erase the hard disk
screen:

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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.

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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