Toshiba protege pt334u Manuel D’Utilisation

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Erasing the internal storage drive will delete all data on the drive, 
including the partitions. Be sure to create recovery media and back 
up your data to external media before erasing the internal storage 
drive.

If you want to restore the internal storage drive, use one of the 
recovery options instead of erasing the drive. For more information, 
see 

.

To delete all data and partitions from the internal storage drive:

Access the Toshiba Recovery Wizard on your internal storage 
drive or on your recovery media.

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To access the Recovery Wizard on your internal 
storage drive: Press and hold the 0 (zero) key while 
powering on the computer. Read the Warning screen that 
displays and then click Yes to continue.

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To access the Recovery Wizard on your recovery 
media: Turn off your computer. Insert the first recovery 
DVD into your optical disc drive or connect the USB flash 
drive containing your recovery files to your computer, and 
then power on the computer. When the initial screen 
displays, press 

F12

. Using the arrow keys, select the DVD 

or USB Flash option on the boot menu, depending on 
which type of media you are using, and then press 

Enter

. 

Select Toshiba Recovery Wizard, and then click Next.

Select Erase the hard disk and then click Next.

Choose one of the following options on the Erase the hard disk 
screen:

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Delete all data and partitions from the hard disk—This 
option deletes all of the data on the internal storage drive 
without overwriting the drive.

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Delete all partitions and overwrite all sectors on the 
hard disk—This option deletes all data and then 
overwrites the entire internal storage drive for security 
purposes. This process may take several hours, depending 
on the size of your internal storage drive.