PORTÉGÉ M780

System Recovery Options and Restoring the preinstalled software

About 1.5GB hidden partition is allocated on the hard drive for the System Recovery Options.

The System Recovery Options feature will be unusable if this partition is deleted.

System Recovery Options

The System Recovery Options feature is installed on the hard disk when shipped from the factory. The System Recovery Options menu includes some tools to repair startup problems, run diagnostics or restore the system.

You can see the more information about “Startup Repair” in “Windows Help and Support” content.

The System Recovery Options can also be run manually to repair problems.

The procedure is as follows. Follow the on-screen instructions.

1.Turn off the computer.

2.While holding the F8 key, turn the computer on. The Advanced Boot Options menu will be displayed.

3.Use the arrow keys to select Repair Your Computer and press Enter.

4.Follow the on-screen instructions.

The Windows Complete PC Backup feature can be used on all Windows® 7 editions.

Restoring the pre-installed Software

Depending on the model you purchased, different ways for restoring the pre-installed software are offered:

Creating optical Recovery Discs and restoring the pre-installed software from them

Restoring the pre-installed software from the Recovery hard disk drive

Ordering Recovery Discs from TOSHIBA and restoring the pre-installed software from them*

* Please note that this service is not free-of-charge.

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