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Recovering the Internal Storage Drive

 

 

 

Recovering to out-of-box state (recommended recovery method)

Recovering an internal storage drive to its out-of-box state deletes all partitions on the drive and all information stored in those partitions. Be sure to save your work to external media before executing the recovery. For more information, see “Backing up your work” on page 106.

NOTE During the recovery process it is strongly recommended that your computer be connected to an external power source via the AC adaptor.

You can recover the original factory image (returning the computer to its out-of-box state) using the utilities stored on your computer’s internal storage drive or using recovery DVDs/media, if you have created such media. To recover using the first method, follow the procedure below. To recover using the second method, see “Restoring from recovery DVDs/media” on page 71.

To recover the original factory image using the utilities on your computer’s internal storage drive:

1Make sure the computer is turned off.

2Press and hold the 0 (zero) key on your keyboard while powering on the computer.

3If your system offers a choice of Windows® 7 32-bit or 64-bit operating system, select one at this time. If not, skip to step 4.

4A warning screen appears, stating that when the recovery is executed all data will be deleted and rewritten. Click Yes to continue.

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Toshiba L650, L640 manual Recovering to out-of-box state recommended recovery method