Toshiba U600D User Manual

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User ’s Manual
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Getting Started
Create Optical Recovery Discs
A recovery image of your computer is stored on the hard disk. You may use this 
image to create DVD recovery discs using the following steps:
1.  Select DVD media.
2.  The application will allow you to choose a type of media to create recovery 
DVD including: DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R and DVD+RW.
Some media may not be compatible with the Optical Drive of your computer. 
Please verify your Optical Drive supports the blank media you choose.
3.  Turn on your computer to open Windows Vista.
4.  Insert the (first) blank media into the tray of the Optical Drive.
5.  Double-click the Recovery Disc Creator icon on the Windows Vista desktop, 
or select the application from Start menu.
6.  After TOSHIBA Recovery Disc Creator starts, select the type of media and the 
title you wish to copy to the media then click the Create button.
Restoring the preinstalled software from   
the Recovery HDD
Part of the space on the hard disk drive is reserved as recovery partition for 
restoring the pre-installed software from the hard disk drive.
When re-setting up your hard disk, do not change, delete or add partitions in a 
manner other than specified in the manual. Otherwise, space for software may be 
destroyed.
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.
1.  Turn off your computer.
2.  Hold down the 0 (zero) key on the keyboard and turn on your computer. When 
“TOSHIBA Leading Innovation >>>” appears, release the 0 (zero) key on the 
keyboard.
3.  A menu appears. Follow the on-screen instructions.
You can not use System Recovery Options if restoring the pre-installed 
software without System Recovery Options.
When you reinstall the Windows operating system, the hard disk will be 
reformatted and all data will be lost.