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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 internal storage drive recovery process it is strongly 
recommended that your computer be connected to an external power 
source via the AC adaptor.

If you have created recovery media for your system, you can restore 
your system from such media, 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 media. For 
instructions on creating recovery media, see 

With recovery media, you can:

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Recover to out-of-box state (recommended recovery method)

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Recovery of factory default software with user’s data

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Recover without changing the internal storage drive partitions

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Recover to a custom size partition

For more information on these options, see 

.

When you restore your system, only the operating system files, 
applications, 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

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 Backup or another backup program. 

For more information, see 

.

To recover your internal storage drive from recovery media:

Make sure your computer is turned off.

Do one of the following:

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If your recovery files are on DVDs, insert the first recovery 
DVD into your optional external writable optical disc 
drive. Consult the documentation that came with your 
optical disc drive to learn how to load the DVD while the 
computer is powered off.