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Getting Started
Hard Drive Recovery Utilities
Using the HDD Recovery, you can:
❖ Create Hard Drive Recovery CDs or DVDs using a writable 
drive.
❖ Recover your hard disk drive to the factory-set default.
❖ Recover just your C: drive, leaving any other partitions you 
may have created intact, for example, a D: drive.
❖ Recover your hard disk drive to the factory-set default without 
the HDD Recovery partition.
❖ Delete your hard disk drive recovery partition without the risk 
of losing your data.
❖ Reinstall drivers and applications which were bundled with 
your computer.
Creating Recovery CDs/DVDs
Depending on your system configuration, you may be able to copy 
the Hard Drive Recovery Utilities to CD or DVD which gives you 
the ability to recover your hard disk drive and recover your system 
if the hard drive recovery partition has been deleted or the hard disk 
has been replaced on your computer.
The system will prompt you to insert the appropriate number of blank 
CDs or DVDs to copy the Hard Drive Recovery Utilities. If your optical 
disc drive is not writable, contact Toshiba Customer Support to obtain 
the Recovery media for your system.
The Toshiba Global Support Centre in the United States is 
(800) 457-7777, outside the United States it is (949) 859-4273.
To create recovery CDs/DVDs:
1 Double-click the Recovery Disc Creator icon on the 
Windows
®
 desktop. You can also launch the application by 
clicking Start, All Programs, and then Recovery Disc 
Creator.