Getting Started

Restoring the pre-installed software

An external optical disc drive that is sold separately and compatible to the computer is required to create the Recovery Discs. It can be purchased from TOSHIBA dealers.

■This machine supports the following optical disc drives for restoring the pre-installed software:

External DVD Super Multi Drive PA3454U External CD-RW/DVD-ROM Drive PA3438U

If pre-installed files are damaged, use the Product Recovery DVD-ROM to restore them. To perform this restoration, follow the steps below:

When the sound mute feature has been activated by pressing the

Fn + Esc key, be sure to disable this to allow sounds to be heard before starting the restore process. Please refer to Chapter 5, The Keyboard, for further details.

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

1.Load the Recovery Discs into the optical disc drive and turn off the computer’s power.

2.While holding down the F12 key on the keyboard, turn on your computer - when the In Touch with Tomorrow TOSHIBA logo screen appears, release the F12 key.

3.Use the left and right cursors key to select the optical disc drive icon from the menu. Please refer to the Boot Priority section in Chapter 7, HW Setup & BIOS Setup, for further information.

4.A menu will be displayed from which you should follow the on-screen instructions.

5.If your computer came with additional software installed, this software can not be recovered from the Product Recovery DVD-ROM. Re-install these applications (e.g. Works Suite, Games, etc.) separately from other media.

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