Toshiba M300 User Manual
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User’s Manual
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Getting Started
Restoring from the Recovery HDD
About 2GB of hard disk space is reserved for recovery partition.
When re-setting up your hard disk, do not change, delete or add partitions
in a manner other than specified in the manual. Otherwise, space for
software may be destroyed.
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.
1. Turn off your computer.
2. While holding down 0 (zero) key on the keyboard, turn on your
computer.
3. A menu appears. Press the "1" key on the keyboard to restore the
original configuration as purchased. Press the "2" key to keep your
current partitions intact and restore. Press the "3" key to specify
partitions and restore.
4. Follow the on-screen instructions.
Restoring from your created Recovery Media
If preinstalled files are damaged, use your created Recovery Media to
restore them. To restore the operating system and all preinstalled software,
follow the steps below.
1. Load the Recovery Media in the optional optical media 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.
3. Use the left or right cursor key to select the CD-ROM icon in the display
menu. For details, refer to the
section in Chapter 7, HW
Setup .
4. A menu appears. Press the "1" key on the keyboard to restore all hard
disk. Press the "2" key to Restore drive C:. Press the "3" key to Restore
Recovery tool.
5. Follow the on-screen instructions.
When you reinstall the Windows operating system, the hard disk will be
reformatted and all data will be lost.