Toshiba M405 Laptop User Manual


 
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Getting Started
Hard Drive Recovery Utilities
5.375 x 8.375 ver 2.3
To recover only your C: drive:
1 Select Recovery of Factory Default Software, then
click Next.
2 Select Recover without the hard drive partitions, then
click Next.
A confirmation message appears, reminding you that all
information on the C: drive will be lost during the
recovery process. Be sure you have saved your work to
external media before proceeding.
3 Click Next to begin the restoration.
Once complete, a message displays that the HDD has
been recovered.
4 Press any key on your keyboard to restart the computer.
Recovering the entire HDD without the HDD
Recovery Area
This option recovers your C: drive without creating the HDD
Recovery Utilities partition. This will increase the size of
your C: drive
Recovering your C: drive to its factory default state without the
recovery partition reformats all partitions on the HDD (for
example, if you created a D: drive, it will be deleted during the
recovery process) and your information will be lost. Be sure to
save your work to external media first.
To recover your C: drive without the recovery partition:
1 Select Recovery of Factory Default Software, then
click Next.
2 Select Recover using all HDD space (no HDD recovery
partition). Click Next.