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Getting Started
Recovering the Internal Storage Drive
Restoring from recovery DVDs/media
The recovery process deletes information stored on the internal
storage drive. Be sure to save your work to external media before
executing the recovery (see “Backing up your work” on page 109).
During the internal storage drive recovery process it is strongly
recommended that your computer be connected to an external power
source via the AC adaptor.
If you have created recovery DVDs/media for your system, you can
restore your system from such media, if necessary. For example, if
your original internal storage drive fails, you can restore your
system to a new internal storage drive from your recovery
DVDs/media. For instructions on creating recovery DVDs/media,
see “Creating recovery DVDs/media” on page70.
With recovery media, you can:
❖Recover to out-of-box state (recommended recovery method)
❖Recover without changing the internal storage drive partitions
❖Recover to a custom size partition
For more information on these options, see “Recovering the
Internal Storage Drive” on page 61.
When you restore your system, only the operating system files,
applications, and drivers originally shipped with the computer are
restored. Any files that you created are not restored during this
process. Be sure to separately save the files you have created to
external media using Windows® Backup or another backup program.
For more information, see “Backing up your work” on page 109.
To recover your internal storage drive from recovery DVDs/media:
1Shut down and turn off your computer.
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