Toshiba X500-S1801 User Guide

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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 

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.

Recover without 
changing the internal 
storage drive partitions

This option recovers just your C: drive, leaving any other 
partitions you may have created (for example, a D: drive) 
intact.

Restore from recovery 
DVDs/media

If you have created recovery DVDs/media (strongly 
recommended), you can recover your system even if the 
recovery utilities have been deleted from your internal 
storage drive or if you have replaced your computer’s 
internal storage drive. 

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