Creating Recovery Media - Toshiba Satellite E40-A User Manual

NOTE

Creating recovery media

It is strongly recommended that you create recovery media.
If the recovery files on your internal storage drive become
corrupted or are deleted, you can restore your system from
your recovery media. Also, if your original internal storage
drive fails, you can restore your system to a new internal
storage drive from your recovery media.
NOTE
NOTE
When you create recovery media, the system will prompt you
to insert several blank DVDs or connect one or more USB
flash drives of a certain minimum capacity to your computer.
The amount of space required for storing the recovery files
varies by computer model. Follow the procedure below to
determine how much space you will need for storing your
system's recovery files.
Recovering the Internal Storage Drive
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During the recovery process your computer must be
connected to an external power source via the AC
adaptor.
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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
program. For more information, see
work" on page
During the recovery process your computer must be
connected to an external power source via the AC
adaptor.
When you create recovery media, only the operating
system files, applications, and drivers originally shipped
with the computer are backed up to the external media
and can be restored from this media. Any files that you
created are not backed up on the recovery media. You
will need to separately back up the files you created; for
more information, see
page 72.
Getting Started
72.
"Backing up your work" on
®
or another backup
"Backing up your
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