System Recovery

There is a hidden partition allocated on the Hard Disk Drive for the System Recovery Options in the event of a problem.

You can also create recovery media and restore the system. The following items will be described in this section:

Creating Recovery Media

Restoring the pre-installed software from your created Recovery Media

Restoring the pre-installed software from the Recovery Hard Disk Drive

Creating Recovery Media

This section describes how to create Recovery Media.

Be sure to connect the AC adaptor when you create Recovery Media.

Be sure to close all other software programs except the Recovery Media Creator.

Do not run software such as screen savers which can put a heavy load on the CPU.

Operate the computer at full power. Do not use power-saving features.

Do not write to the media when the virus check software is running. Wait for it to finish, then disable virus detection programs including any software that checks files automatically in the background.

Do not use utilities, including those intended to enhance Hard Disk Drive access speed. They may cause unstable operation and damage data.

Do not shut down/log off or Sleep/Hibernate while writing or rewriting the media.

Set the computer on a level surface and avoid places subjected to vibrations such as airplanes, trains, or cars.

Do not use on an unstable surface such as a stand.

A recovery image of the software on your computer is stored on the Hard Disk Drive, and can be copied to either disc media or USB Flash Memory by using the following steps:

1.Select either blank disc or USB Flash Memory.

The application will allow you to choose from a variety of different media onto which the recovery image can be copied including disc media and USB Flash Memory.

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