Creating recovery DVDs/media. Toshiba R830-S8310

16 Creating recovery DVDs/media

Creating recovery DVDs/media

Your system may not have an optical disc drive. To purchase an optional external writable optical disc drive or a USB Flash drive, visit the Toshiba Web site at accessories.toshiba.com.

It is strongly recommended that you create recovery DVDs/media.

This will enable you to return your system to its out-of-box state, if necessary.

When you create recovery DVDs/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

DVDs/media. You will need to separately back up the files that you created; for more information, see the "Backing up your work" section in the electronic User's Guide preinstalled on your computer.

To create recovery media, you may need an optional external writable optical disc drive and blank writable DVDs or USB Flash drives. Follow the procedure below to determine how much space you will need for storing your system's recovery files.

To create recovery DVDs/media:

1 Click Start , All Programs , My Toshiba , and then Recovery

Media Creator .

The TOSHIBA Recovery Media Creator dialog box displays.

2 Select DVD or USB Flash from the drop-down lists next to

“System Recovery Media” and “Application Discs,” depending on the type of external media you want to use.

You cannot store your system’s applications on the same drive or disc/disc set where the rest of the system recovery files are stored.

For example, you will need to store the applications on one USB flash drive and the system recovery files on another USB flash drive.

Or, store the applications on DVD and the system recovery files on a

USB flash drive, or vice versa.

3 Check the Information area of the dialog box to determine the number of DVDs you will need and/or the minimum amount of storage space required for copying your system’s recovery files to USB flash drive(s).

4 Do one of the following:

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If you are copying files to DVD, insert a blank DVD into the optical disc drive.

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