Fujitsu lifebook e746 - WINDOWS 7 RECOVER YOUR SYSTEM WHEN THE HARD DRIVE IS STILL ACCESSIBLE

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It is also important that you create a copy of essential software to external writable
media or an external drive. Follow the instructions in the "“Creating a B acku p of the
System-Specific Software Drivers”"section to create the copy.
Creating a Backup of Bootable
Disc and Recovery
Image for Windows 7
When you purchased your new syste m, a copy of the recovery image was loaded into a
hidden partition on your hard disk drive. Having a copy of the r ecove ry image available to
you means that in the event of system failure, you will be able to restore it.
To make a copy of the recovery image to DVD discs, you will need three or four blank
discs to create the copy. After creating the copy, be sure to label the discs and keep
them in a safe place to ensure they do not get damag ed.
Note: If your system does not have an internal writable DVD drive, connect your system
to an external drive* before beginning the following steps.
* DEPENDING UPON YOUR OPTICAL DRIVE AND MEDIA FORMAT USED, SOME MEDIA
TYPES MAY BE INCOMPATIBLE FOR CREATING IMAGE BACKUPS.
1. Launch System Restore and Recovery from the desktop icon. It will allow you to create
the Bootable Disc and the Recovery Image Disc Set.
2. On Step 1: Select th e Bo o table Di sc from the list:
a. Select a media type.
b. Notice the number of discs that are need ed for the set.
c. Click Next to proceed .
3. On Step 2 : C onfirm your Recovery Disc,clickNext.
4. On Step 3: follow the on-screen instructions to make the disc or disc set, then click Start.
It takes ap p rox imately 20 m inutes to make one disc.
5. On Step 4, when the disc creation is completed, a message appears.
Click Finishto ex it the program .
6. Repeat Step 1: Select Recovery Disc from the list and repeat the above
steps 2(a), 2(b), 2(c), 3, 4 and 5.
Creating a backup of the System-Specific Software Drivers
We recommend you to create a backup of the content of the C:\Drivers on your system
to writable media or an external drive. System-Specific Software Drivers are also
available for download through the Fujitsu support site.
WINDOW
S 7 RECOVER YOUR SYSTEM WHEN THE
HARD DRIVE IS STILL ACCESSIBLE
Using the Recovery and Utility Tools
The Recovery and Utility tools consist of a variety of tools that will help you recover your
recovery image and system images, and delete the data from your hard drive.
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