Toshiba SATELLITE P500 User Manual

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During the internal storage drive recovery process it is strongly 
recommended that your computer be connected to an external 
power source via the AC adaptor.

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It is strongly recommended that you create recovery 
DVDs/media before using your system for the first time. For 
more information on creating recovery DVDs/media, see 

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The Toshiba Recovery Wizard also provides the option of erasing 
your internal storage drive, without restoring the information on 
the drive. See 

 for 

more information.

Recovering an internal storage drive to its out-of-box state deletes all 
partitions on the drive and all information stored in those partitions. 
Be sure to save your work to external media before executing the 
recovery.

During the recovery process it is strongly recommended that your 
computer be connected to an external power source via the AC 
adaptor.

You can recover the original factory image (returning the computer 
to its out-of-box state) using the utilities stored on your computer’s 
internal storage drive or using recovery DVDs/media, if you have 
created such media. To recover using the first method, follow the 
procedure below. To recover using the second method, see 

To recover the original factory image using the utilities on your 
computer’s internal storage drive:

Make sure the computer is turned off.

Press and hold the 0 (zero) key on your keyboard while 
powering on the computer.

If your system offers a choice of Windows

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 7 32-bit or 64-bit 

operating system, select one at this time. If not, skip to step 4.