Panasonic CF-73 Series Laptop User Manual


 
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Appendix
1
Turn off the computer and insert the CD/DVD drive into the multimedia pocket. (
“Multimedia Pocket”)
2
Turn on the computer, and press F2 while [Panasonic] boot screen is displayed.
The Setup Utility will start up.
If the password has been set, enter the Supervisor Password.
3
Select [Boot] menu, then select [IDE MP: xxxxxxxxxx] and press F6 until [IDE MP:
xxxxxxxxxx] is at the top of the [Boot] menu.
4
Place the Product Recovery DVD-ROM into the CD/DVD drive.
5
Press F10 .
At the confirmation message, select [Yes] and press Enter .
The computer will restart.
This screen should appear.
Regarding backup area
• Requires availability of at least half of the entire hard disk. Without sufficient space
available, the backup area cannot be created.
• When the backup area is created, the usable hard disk capacity will be reduced to less
than half.
• The backup area cannot be accessed from Windows. For this reason, backed up data
cannot be copied to CD-R or other removable disk media.
• When the hard disk backup function is executed, data in the backup area will be over-
written. If newly created or edited data is backed up later, data stored previously
in the backup area will be lost.
NOTE
Create a Backup Area
The usable hard disk area
[At the time of purchase]
[After the backup area is created]
The backup area
Cannot be accessed
from Windows.
Can be accessed from
Windows (One partition).
When dividing the hard disk into partitions
Do not execute [1. [Recovery]] to divide the hard disk into partitions. The hard disk backup
function cannot be enabled after the hard disk has been partitioned. Use procedure
8
to
divide the hard disk.
CAUTION
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Select a number
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1. [ Recovery ] Reinstall Windows.
2. [ Erase HDD ] Erase the whole data on HDD for security.
3. [ Backup ] Enable the Backup function.
0. [ Cancel ] Cancel.
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7
At the confirmation message, press Y .
8
Select how to divide the hard disk from the menu.
<To create a backup area and enable the backup function without dividing the hard disk>
Select [1].
6
Press 3 to execute [3. [Backup]].