Panasonic CF-73 Series appendix Create a Backup Area

NOTE

Regarding backup area

•Requires availability of at least half of the entire hard disk. Without sufficient space available, the backup area cannot be created.

•When the backup area is created, the usable hard disk capacity will be reduced to less than half.

•The backup area cannot be accessed from Windows. For this reason, backed up data cannot be copied to CD-R or other removable disk media.

•When the hard disk backup function is executed, data in the backup area will be over- written. If newly created or edited data is backed up later, data stored previously

in the backup area will be lost.

Create a Backup Area

1Turn off the computer and insert the CD/DVD drive into the multimedia pocket. ( “Multimedia Pocket”)

2	Turn on the computer, and press F2 while [Panasonic] boot screen is displayed.
	The Setup Utility will start up.
	If the password has been set, enter the Supervisor Password.
3	Select [Boot] menu, then select [IDE MP: xxxxxxxxxx] and press F6 until [IDE MP:
	xxxxxxxxxx] is at the top of the [Boot] menu.

4Place the Product Recovery DVD-ROM into the CD/DVD drive.

5Press F10 .

At the confirmation message, select [Yes] and press Enter . The computer will restart.

This screen should appear.

	---------------------------------------------------------------------
	Select a number
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	1. [	Recovery	]	Reinstall Windows.
	2. [	Erase HDD ]		Erase the whole data on HDD for security.
	3. [	Backup	]	Enable the Backup function.
	0. [	Cancel	]	Cancel.
	---------------------------------------------------------------------
6 Press		3 to execute [3. [Backup]].

CAUTION

When dividing the hard disk into partitions

Do not execute [1. [Recovery]] to divide the hard disk into partitions. The hard disk backup function cannot be enabled after the hard disk has been partitioned. Use procedure 8 to divide the hard disk.

7At the confirmation message, press Y .

8Select how to divide the hard disk from the menu.

<To create a backup area and enable the backup function without dividing the hard disk> Select [1].

[At the time of purchase]			[After the backup area is created]
	The usable hard disk area				The backup area
		Can be accessed from
				Cannot be accessed
	Windows (One partition).				from Windows.

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