Toshiba m3 User Guide
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Connecting Other External Devices
Hard Drive Recovery Utilities
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Hard Disk Drive Recovery using the recovery partition
You have the options of recovering your system using the
Hard Drive Recovery partition to the factory-set default, or
recovering just your C: drive and leaving other partitions (for
example, a D: drive) intact, or changing the size of your C:
drive and then recovering it.
Hard Drive Recovery partition to the factory-set default, or
recovering just your C: drive and leaving other partitions (for
example, a D: drive) intact, or changing the size of your C:
drive and then recovering it.
To recover your hard disk drive using the utilities stored on
your computer’s HDD:
your computer’s HDD:
1
Make sure the computer is turned off.
2
Press and hold the 0 (zero) key on your keyboard while
powering on the computer. When the computer powers
on, the TOSHIBA HDD Recovery Utility screen
displays.
powering on the computer. When the computer powers
on, the TOSHIBA HDD Recovery Utility screen
displays.
Sample TOSHIBA HDD Recovery Utility screen
Recovering the original factory image
(recommended)
(recommended)
Recovering a hard disk drive to its factory default setting
deletes all partitions on the hard disk drive and your
information will be lost. Be sure to save your work on external
media before proceeding.
deletes all partitions on the hard disk drive and your
information will be lost. Be sure to save your work on external
media before proceeding.