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    R205 recovery partition help

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by ym1, Jan 25, 2009.

  1. ym1

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    Guys I have a R205 yes I know old school but moving on. I need to restore back to factory defaults. I can see there's a almost 4gig part there but I can't access it. Even holding down 0 doesn't work. Anyone have ideas how to go about this?

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    control panel> backup and restore center?
     
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    66 Getting Started
    Hard Disk Drive (HDD) Recovery Utilities
    Hard Disk Drive (HDD) Recovery Utilities
    HDD Recovery is available for the Portégé R200 only.
    Your computer has been configured with a hard disk partition
    to allow you to recover your hard disk drive or reinstall
    selected applications and software features or utilities.
    It is strongly recommended that you create recovery CDs/
    DVDs before using your system. For more information on
    creating Recovery media, see “Creating Recovery CDs/DVDs”
    on page 67.
    Using the HDD Recovery Utilities, you can:
    ❖ Create HDD Recovery CDs or DVDs using an optional
    external 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 HDD Recovery partition without the risk of
    losing your data
    ❖ Reinstall drivers and applications which were bundled
    with your computer
    NOTE
    NOTE
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    Hard Disk Drive (HDD) Recovery Utilities
    Creating Recovery CDs/DVDs
    Copying the HDD Recovery Utilities to CD or DVD gives
    you the ability to recover your hard disk drive and reclaim
    additional hard disk space used to store the HDD Recovery
    Utilities on your computer.
    A writable external optical media (CD or DVD) drive that is
    compatible with the computer is required to create Recovery
    discs. The external optical media drive must be purchased
    separately. You can purchase an optical media drive from
    Toshiba’s Web site at accessories.toshiba.com.
    The system will prompt you to insert the appropriate number
    of CDs or DVDs to copy the HDD Recovery Utilities.
    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, then Hard Disk Recovery Utilities.
    2 Select CD, DVD, or All Files (to create Recovery media
    on both CDs and DVDs).
    NOTE
    NOTE
     
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