Panasonic FZ-Y1 series - Flash Memory Drive Recovery

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Useful Information
NOTE
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You can use the following buttons when the Setup Utility screen is displayed.
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■ Flash Memory Drive recovery
You can reinstall the OS that was pre-installed at the time of purchase.
If reinstallation using the method described in “Remove everything and reinstall Windows” is not
successful, follow the instructions below.
Preparation
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Remove all peripherals and SD memory card, etc.
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Connect the AC adaptor and do not remove it until reinstallation is complete.
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<Only for model with TPM> Connect the external keyboard.
1 Start the Setup Utility.
Display “Charm” and touch - [Change PC settings] - [Update and recovery] - [Recovery].
Touch [Restart now] under “Advanced startup”.
Touch [Troubleshoot] - [Advanced options] - [UEFI Firmware Settings] - [Restart].
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If the password is requested, enter the Supervisor Password.
2 Write down all of the contents of the Setup Utility and touch [Exit] and
double-touch [Load Default Values].
At the confirmation message, touch [Yes].
3 Check the [UEFI Boot] setting of the Setup Utility.
When reinstalling Windows 8.1: [Enabled]
4 Touch [Exit] and double-touch [Save Values and Reboot].
At the confirmation message, touch [Yes]. The computer will restart.
5 Press (Rotation lock) button while “Panasonic” boot screen is
displayed.
The Setup Utility starts up.
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If the password is requested, enter the Supervisor Password.
6 Touch [Exit] and double-touch [Recovery Partition].
7 Touch [Next] and touch [YES].
8 Touch [Yes, I agree to the provisions above and wish to continue!] and
touch [Next].
9 Touch [Next].
If the option is displayed, select the setting and touch [Next].
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[Initialize and reinstall Windows to the whole Disk]
Select this option when you want to reinstall Windows to the factory default. After
reinstallation, you can create a new partition. For how to create a new partition, refer to “To
change the partition structure” (è page 9).
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[Reinstall Windows to the OS related partitions.]
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Select this option when the flash memory drive has already been divided into several
partitions and you want to keep the partition structure. For how to create a new partition,
refer to “To change the partition structure” (è page 9).
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This does not appear if Windows cannot be reinstalled to the recovery partition and the area usable
by Windows.