Toshiba Portege M780 - Manual (Page 28)

1-12 User’s Manual
PORTÉGÉ M780
System Recovery Options and Restoring the preinstalled
software
About 1.5GB hidden partition is allocated on the hard drive for the System
Recovery Options.
System Recovery Options
The System Recovery Options feature is installed on the hard disk when
shipped from the factory. The System Recovery Options menu includes
some tools to repair startup problems, run diagnostics or restore the
system.
You can see the more information about “Startup Repair” in “Windows Help
and Support” content.
The System Recovery Options can also be run manually to repair
problems.
The procedure is as follows. Follow the on-screen instructions.
1. Turn off the computer.
2. While holding the F8 key, turn the computer on. The Advanced Boot
Options menu will be displayed.
3. Use the arrow keys to select Repair Your Computer and press Enter.
4. Follow the on-screen instructions.
Restoring the pre-installed Software
Depending on the model you purchased, different ways for restoring the
pre-installed software are offered:
■ Creating optical Recovery Discs and restoring the pre-installed software
from them
■ Restoring the pre-installed software from the Recovery hard disk drive
■ Ordering Recovery Discs from TOSHIBA and restoring the pre-installed
software from them*
* Please note that this service is not free-of-charge.
The System Recovery Options feature will be unusable if this partition is
deleted.
The Windows Complete PC Backup feature can be used on all Windows ® 7
editions.