Toshiba portege m400 User Manual
User’s Manual
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Getting Started
Restoring the pre-installed software from the Recovery hard
disk drive
A portion of the total hard disk drive space is configured as a hidden
recovery partition. This partition stores files which can be used to restore
pre-installed software in the event of a problem.
recovery partition. This partition stores files which can be used to restore
pre-installed software in the event of a problem.
If you subsequently set up your hard disk drive again, do not change,
delete or add partitions in a manner other than specified in the manual,
otherwise you may find that space for the required software is not available.
delete or add partitions in a manner other than specified in the manual,
otherwise you may find that space for the required software is not available.
In addition, if you use a third-party partitioning program to reconfigure the
partitions on your hard disk drive, you may find that it becomes impossible
to setup your computer.
partitions on your hard disk drive, you may find that it becomes impossible
to setup your computer.
1. Turn off your computer.
2. While holding down 0 (zero) key on the keyboard, turn on your
computer.
3. A menu will be displayed from which you should follow the on-screen
instructions.
Restoring the pre-installed software from your created
Recovery Discs
If the pre-installed files are damaged, you are able to either use the
Recovery Discs you have created or the hard disk drive recovery process
to restore the computer to the state it was in when you originally received it.
To perform this restoration, follow the steps below:
Recovery Discs you have created or the hard disk drive recovery process
to restore the computer to the state it was in when you originally received it.
To perform this restoration, follow the steps below:
If your optical disc drive can only write to CD's, select 'CD' as the 'Type'
within the Recovery Disc Creator application otherwise, if your optical disc
drive can write either CD's or DVD's, select the appropriate format based
around the type of media you wish to create.
within the Recovery Disc Creator application otherwise, if your optical disc
drive can write either CD's or DVD's, select the appropriate format based
around the type of media you wish to create.
When the sound mute feature has been activated by pressing the Fn +
Esc key, be sure to disable this to allow sounds to be heard before starting
the restore process. Please refer to Chapter 5,
Esc key, be sure to disable this to allow sounds to be heard before starting
the restore process. Please refer to Chapter 5,
, for further
details.
You can not use System Recovery Options if restoring the pre-installed
software without System Recovery Options.
software without System Recovery Options.
When the sound mute feature has been activated by pressing the Fn +
Esc key, be sure to disable this to allow sounds to be heard before starting
the restore process. Please refer to Chapter 5,
Esc key, be sure to disable this to allow sounds to be heard before starting
the restore process. Please refer to Chapter 5,
, for further
details.
You can not use System Recovery Options if restoring the pre-installed
software without System Recovery Options.
software without System Recovery Options.
When you reinstall the Windows operating system, the hard disk will be
reformatted and all data will be lost.
reformatted and all data will be lost.