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PC RECOVERY (REPEATED PC SETUP)

Setting Up Your PC Again

1. What is the Recovery?

When you return your PC to the original state as during shipment, it is called “PC Recovery.”
You can recover your PC in one of the following two ways.
(1) Initialize the hard disk and restore all files.
(2) Restore the first partition of the hard disk only.
Caution
•Do not reduce the capacity of drive C below 11G bytes.
For details, see “3. Select the recovery method (disk partitioning)” on Page 89.
•When a recovery CD which was created by a bootable CD creator is used to initiate recovery,
the recovery area inside the hard drive will be erased.

2. Before Starting Repeated Setup

The following explains the preparation required before system recovery.
•You may not solve the problem even if you have recovered your PC. If the problem
continues, consult our PC Technical Support Center.
•You can use System Recovery on your PC only. You cannot use this software for the PC of
another manufacturer.
Cautions
1)File backup
•If you have recovered your PC, it will have been returned to the status before shipment.
All files you have created, applications you have added, and various parameters you
have set will have been cleared and lost.
Before starting system recovery, back up any important files you have created on CD-R
disk or hard disk drive D of your PC.
•If you have backed up the important information in drive D, you must select the option
in Step 2 “3. Select the recovery method (disk partitioning)” on Page 89 and you must
recover drive C only.
2)When starting System Recovery
Detach all peripherals from your PC. If not, the recovery may stop or the required operations
may differ from those written in the manual.

3. Repeated Setup

Execute the Recovery program to restore the information on the hard disk. The Recovery
program returns both your PC and all applications back to the original state before shipment.
If you wish to set up the application software separately, upload them from the Application
CD-ROM one at a time. (See “To Set Up the Standard Applications Again” on Page 33.)
Caution
With some applications, you will need to input the serial number (S/N) on the CD-ROM
when the application is to be set up again.
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