Panasonic U500D user manual Create Optical Recovery Discs

Getting Started

Create Optical Recovery Discs

A recovery image of your computer is stored on the hard disk. You may use this image to create DVD recovery discs using the following steps:

1.Select DVD media.

2.The application will allow you to choose a type of media to create recovery DVD including: DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R and DVD+RW.

Some media may not be compatible with the Optical Drive of your computer. Please verify your Optical Drive supports the blank media you choose.

3.Turn on your computer to open Windows Vista.

4.Insert the (first) blank media into the tray of the Optical Drive.

5.Double-click the Recovery Disc Creator icon on the Windows Vista desktop, or select the application from Start menu.

6.After TOSHIBA Recovery Disc Creator starts, select the type of media and the title you wish to copy to the media then click the Create button.

Restoring the preinstalled software from the Recovery HDD

Part of the space on the hard disk drive is reserved as recovery partition for restoring the pre-installed software from the hard disk drive.

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.Hold down the 0 (zero) key on the keyboard and turn on your computer. When “TOSHIBA Leading Innovation >>>” appears, release the 0 (zero) key on the keyboard.

3.A menu appears. Follow the on-screen instructions.

You can not use System Recovery Options if restoring the pre-installed software without System Recovery Options.

When you reinstall the Windows operating system, the hard disk will be reformatted and all data will be lost.

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