Toshiba Satellite A210 Laptop User Manual


 
User’s Manual 3-11
Getting Started
G
ETTING
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TARTED
In addition, if you use a third-party partitioning program to reconfigure partitions
on your hard disk, it may become impossible to re-setup your computer.
You can not use System Recovery Options if restoring the pre-installed software
without System Recovery Options.
1. Turn off your computer.
2. While holding down 0 (zero) key on the keyboard, turn on your computer.
3. A menu appears. Follow the on-screen instructions.
Restoring the preinstalled software
from your creating Recovery Media
For HDD Recovery model
If preinstalled files are damaged, use the your creating Recovery Media or using
HDD Recovery to restore them. To restore the operating system and all prein-
stalled software, follow the steps below.
You can not use System Recovery Options if restoring the pre-installed software
without System Recovery Options.
1. Load the Recovery Media in the optional optical disc drive and turn off the
computer's power.
2. Hold down the F12 key and turn on the power. When In Touch with
Tomorrow TOSHIBA appears, release the F12 key.
When you reinstall the Windows operating system, the hard disk
will be reformatted and all data will be lost.
For 2HDDs model,
If HDD1 is first, go to the (3.) step.
If HDD1 is not first, do as follows.
a. Select <Enter Setup>
b. Press the F9 key to set to default settings, and select the [Yes].
c. Press the F10 key to save the changes, and select the [Yes].
d. When the "In Touch with Tomorrow TOSHIBA" prompt
appears,
press the F12 key to display the Boot menu.
Go to the (3.)step.