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Getting Started
Recovering the Internal Storage Drive
A recovery image of your computer is stored on the internal
storage drive, and the image can be restored by running the
recovery utilities directly from your internal storage drive as
described in the sections below. However, it is strongly
recommended that you create recovery media. If the
recovery files on your internal storage drive become
corrupted or are deleted, you can restore your system from
your recovery media. Also, if your original internal storage
drive fails, you can restore your system to a new internal
storage drive from your recovery media. It is strongly
recommended that you create recovery media before using
your system for the first time. See “Creating recovery media”
on page 58 and “Restoring from recovery media” on
page 61.
❖ During the recovery process your computer must be
connected to an external power source via the AC
adaptor.
❖ When you restore your system, only the operating
system files 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
®
or another backup program.
For more information, see “Backing up your work” on
page 85.
Creating recovery media
It is strongly recommended that you create recovery media.
If the recovery files on your internal storage drive become
corrupted or are deleted, you can restore your system from
your recovery media. Also, if your original internal storage
drive fails, you can restore your system to a new internal
storage drive from your recovery media.
During the recovery process your computer must be
connected to an external power source via the AC
adaptor.
NOTE
NOTE