Toshiba C55-C5243 Owner's Manual

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Getting Started

Recovering the Internal Storage Drive

Restoring from a recovery drive

The recovery process deletes information stored on the 
internal storage drive. Be sure to save your work to 
external media before executing the recovery (see 

).

During the recovery process your computer must be 
connected to an external power source via the AC 
adaptor.

If you have created a recovery drive for your system, you can 
restore your system from this drive, if necessary. For 
example, if your original internal storage drive fails, you can 
restore your system to a new internal storage drive from your 
recovery drive. For instructions on creating a recovery drive, 
see 

.

When you restore your system, only the operating 
system files and drivers originally shipped with the 
computer are restored. Any files that you created are not 
restored during this process. Be sure to separately save 
the files you have created to external media using 
Windows or another backup program. For more 
information, see 

To recover your internal storage drive from a recovery drive:

1

Make sure your computer is turned off.

2

Connect the recovery USB drive you created to your 
computer.

3

Turn on your computer while pressing the (

) key on 

your keyboard.

The Boot menu displays.

4

Select the 

USB Flash

 option and press the 

ENTER

 key.

5

Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the 
recovery process.

NOTE

NOTE