How to Create Restore Disks for a Toshiba

Laptop
By T.M. Wit, eHow Contributor

A recovery disk is an important part of backing up your system's files. A recovery disk has all
the basic information your computer needs to function. With more and more spyware and
viruses being found on the Internet, you will want the ability to wipe your computer clean
and start over. Recovery disks have your computer's operating system and all of the basic
drivers required for basic functionality. You can create format disks for your Toshiba laptop
with ease.

Other People Are Reading

 How to Restore a Toshiba Qosmio to Factory Default Settings

 How to Reboot a Disk for a Toshiba Laptop

Instructions
Things You'll Need

 Computer
 Blank CDs

1.
o 1

Turn on your computer then click on the "start" button at the bottom left hand
corner of your screen.

o 2

Select the "Accessories" folder and then click on the "System Tools" icon.

Sponsored Links

 Centera Data Migration

Secure, fast and efficient data transfer.

interlock-tech.com

o 3
 Double-click the "Backup" icon and select the "Advanced Mode" tab at the
top of the window.

o 4

Select the file titled "Automated Recovery Wizard" and open the program.

o 5

Enter a blank CD into the CD ROM tray and click the "Next" button to begin
the recovery disk creation process.

o 6

Insert blank CDs into your CD ROM until the process has completed then
click "Finish."

Sponsored Links

 Rob Cosgrovewww.remote-backup.com

Thanks For Searching For Me. Please Buy My Book.

 Toshiba Thrive 10.1 CaseSkinDigitalstore.com/Toshiba-Thrive

Leather cases covers, screen guards & more - Free shipping worldwide!

 Laptop Computerwww.hktdc.com

13-16 Apr at HKCEC. Pre-register to enjoy free admission!

 Data Recovery Toolswww.azuradisc.com

Worlds Fastest Disc Repair Machines Industrial Grade, Factory Direct

Tips & Warnings

 Make sure you label each CD after burning so you know in which order they were
burned. When attempting a system recovery, you will need to enter the disks in the
correct order.

Related Searches:

 PC Data Recovery
 Data Recovery Hard Drive
 Buy Toshiba Laptops
 HDD Data Recovery
 File Data Recovery
References
 In Windows XP, how do I create Automated System Recovery Disks?

More Like This

 How to Restore a Toshiba Qosmio to Factory Default

Settings

 How to Reboot a Disk for a Toshiba Laptop

 How to Restore a Toshiba to Factory

Comments
Related Ads

 Hard Disk Data Recovery

 Laptop Toshiba
 Data Recovery Software
 Data Recovery Hard Drive
 HDD Data Recovery

More Photos

Tech Know: Improve Your Digital Life With Tech Tips

You May Like

How to Restore a Toshiba to Factory

How to Create a System Restore Disk for a Toshiba M780

How to Restore a Disk for a Toshiba Laptop

How to Restore the Disk on a Satellite Toshiba

How to Make a System Back-Up Disk for Toshiba


 How to Make a Recovery Disk for a Toshiba

How to Restore the System on a Toshiba Satellite Laptop Computer

How to Make a Windows Vista Recovery Disk

Today in eHow

Balance Brights: Accessorizing in Pop Colors

 10 Spices to Always Have on Hand

 Are You a Collector ... or a Hoarder?

 8 Surprisingly Safe Sports for Kids

Follow Us
Twitter
Facebook

You May Also Like

 How to Make a Toshiba Laptop Recovery Disk for Windows 7

Toshiba laptops are shipped with a recovery partition on the hard drive that you can
use to recover your laptop in the...

 How to Create a Toshiba Vista Recovery Disc on CD

Like many other recent computer models, some Toshiba computers may not ship with
a recovery disk. Instead, all of the information needed...

 How to Create Recovery Discs for a Toshiba A100

Creating a recovery disc for your Toshiba A100 can save you from accidentally losing
data from the computer that is important to...

 How to Restore a Toshiba Without a Disk

Gone are the days when Toshiba shipped recovery disks with every PC. It's more cost
effective to simply create a partition on...

 How Do I Download a Recovery Disc for My Toshiba Laptop?

A recovery disc is a CD provided by a computer manufacturer that will assist the

owner in reinstalling Windows and system device...

 How to Make a Recovery Disk for a Toshiba

Creating a recovery disk for your Toshiba computer will allow you to restore system
files and revert your computer to a previous...

 How to Use a Toshiba Laptop Recovery Disk

If your Toshiba computer has taken a turn for the worse, you can always use the
Toshiba Laptop Recovery Disk. Provided to...

 How to Make a Recovery Disk on My Laptop

Creating a recovery disk on your laptop computer is a good idea if you have
information or files you would like to...

 How to Find a Copy of the Recovery Disk for My Toshiba Laptop

Toshiba is a popular name in the world of technology, and the printers, servers,
desktops and notebooks the company makes are widely...
  How to Find the Toshiba Recovery Drivers for My Laptop

Drivers are essential to you being able to use your Toshiba laptop. If drivers become
corrupted or missing, the devices they interact...




 Print this article

Slideshows

More Photos
15 Quick Ways to Save $1,000 on Utility Bills

More Photos
The World's Top 7 Billionaires

More Photos
New Career: Jobs in Growth Industries

Others Also Viewed

 How to Create a Rescue Disk for an Acer Laptop

 How to Make Recovery Disks in Windows XP
 How to Create a 2nd HP Recovery Disk
 How to Format a Windows Vista Laptop
 How to Clean, Repair & Wipe a Hard Drive
ehow.com

About eHow
 How to by Topic
 How to Videos
 Sitemap

Copyright © 1999-2012 Demand Media, Inc.

Use of this web site constitutes acceptance of the eHow Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
Ad Choices en-US

Read more: How to Create Restore Disks for a Toshiba Laptop | eHow.com
http://www.ehow.com/how_5845266_create-restore-disks-toshiba-
laptop.html#ixzz1oGm3hWTS

Food
 Home
 Style
 Money
 Family
 Health
 Shift
 More

This Season:
Tech Know
Tax Time
Go Mobile
Sign In or Join

1. Home
2. Computers
3. Computer Backup & Restore
4. Recovery Discs
5. How to Make a Recovery Disk for a Toshiba
How to Make a Recovery Disk for a
Toshiba
By William Nagel, eHow Contributor | updated January 16, 2012

Creating a recovery disk for your Toshiba computer will allow you to restore system files and
revert your computer to a previous state in the event your computer crashes. Toshiba
computers come with an application that will burn a recovery disk to a blank CD or DVD.

Other People Are Reading

 How to Make a Toshiba Laptop Recovery Disk for Windows 7

 How to Make a System Back-Up Disk for Toshiba

Instructions
Things You'll Need

 Blank CD or DVD discs

1.
o 1
 Open the Recovery Disc Creator. Select “All Programs” from the “Start”
menu and click on the “Recovery Disc Creator” entry to start the application.

o 2

Choose “CD” if you will be using blank CDs to create your recovery disc.
Choose “DVD” if you will be using blank DVDs to create your recovery disc.
The application will tell you how many blank discs you will need to have
ready during the creation process.

Sponsored Links

 The Latest on HTML5

Get the latest articles now at: The HTML5 Development Center

www.htmlgoodies.com/html5/

o 3

Select which recovery items you want to copy to the recovery disc. The
Recovery Disc Creator will present you with a list of recovery options that can
be included on the recovery disc; choosing certain options will increase the
number of blank discs you need, but will also widen the scope of which files
will be recovered.

o 4

Click the “Burn” button to begin the creation process.

o 5

Insert new blank discs when the computer prompts you to swap discs. Follow
any on-screen directions while the burn process is active.

o 6

Click “Finish” when the disc creation process is complete to close the
Recovery Disc Creator.

Sponsored Links

 Fix any Sort Of Discswww.DvdRepairMachine.com

Remove Scratch CD DVD Video Game Blu Ray Disc Repair Machine

 Exepronwww.exepron.com

The Project Execution Tool. Free 30 Day Trial.

  Indium Softwarewww.indiumsoft.com

Enhancing Software Quality Offshore QA/Testing Services

 Toshiba Thrive 10.1 CaseSkinDigitalstore.com/Toshiba-Thrive

Leather cases covers, screen guards & more - Free shipping worldwide!

Tips & Warnings

 If you need to use more than one blank disc during the creation process, label each
disc in numerical order to avoid confusion.

Related Searches:

 HDD Data Recovery

 File Data Recovery
 Disc Recovery
 Data Recovery Files
 Hard Drive Data Recovery

References
 Toshiba Support: Recovery Information for your Toshiba Computer

 Photo Credit DVD image by dinostock from Fotolia.com

More Like This

 How to Make a Toshiba Laptop Recovery Disk for

Windows 7

 How to Make a System Back-Up Disk for Toshiba

 How to Find a Copy of the Recovery Disk for My Toshiba

Laptop
Comments
Related Ads

 Hard Disk Data Recovery

 Data Recovery Software
 Data Recovery Hard Drive
 File Data Recovery
 Data Recovery Files

More Photos

Tech Know: Improve Your Digital Life With Tech Tips

You May Like

How to Find a Copy of the Recovery Disk for My Toshiba Laptop

How to Restore a Toshiba Qosmio to Factory Default Settings


 How to Restore a System Hard Drive on a Toshiba

How to Use a Toshiba Laptop Recovery Disk

How to Format a Toshiba Laptop in XP

How to Restore the System on a Toshiba Satellite Laptop Computer

How to Create Recovery CDs for an HP Computer


 How to Make a Windows Vista Recovery Disk

Today in eHow

Balance Brights: Accessorizing in Pop Colors

 10 Spices to Always Have on Hand

 Are You a Collector ... or a Hoarder?

 8 Surprisingly Safe Sports for Kids

Follow Us
Twitter
Facebook

You May Also Like

 How to Create a Toshiba Vista Recovery Disc on CD

Like many other recent computer models, some Toshiba computers may not ship with
a recovery disk. Instead, all of the information needed...

 How to Make a Toshiba Laptop Recovery Disk for Windows 7

Toshiba laptops are shipped with a recovery partition on the hard drive that you can
use to recover your laptop in the...

 How to Create Restore Disks for a Toshiba Laptop

A recovery disk is an important part of backing up your system's files. A recovery

disk has all the basic information your...

 How to Make an XP Recovery Disk

 If you've lost the XP recovery disk that came with your computer, you can make your
own. A self-made XP recovery disk...

 How to Burn a Windows XP Recovery Disc

Being able to recover from a major operating system crash is important, since it saves
you both the time of having to...

 How to Burn a CD on a Toshiba Laptop

Toshiba laptop computers are Windows-based systems, most of which come with a
built in CD/DVD burner. When using a Toshiba laptop computer,...

 Recovery Disc Instructions

A recovery disc contains all the files and information needed to restore a computer to
the original factory state. The original manufacturers...

 How to Use Toshiba Recovery Disc Creator

It's always a good idea to have recovery discs on hand to restore your computer to its
original factory settings in case...

 How to Reboot a Disk for a Toshiba Laptop

Creating a boot, or reboot, disk for your Toshiba laptop computer allows you to start
your laptop directly into DOS, bypassing your...

 How to Make a Recovery Disc on XP

Windows XP comes with full recovery features that let users create reinstallation
(recovery) disks. These disks are used to fully restore the...




 Print this article

Slideshows

More Photos
15 Quick Ways to Save $1,000 on Utility Bills
 More Photos
The World's Top 7 Billionaires

More Photos
New Career: Jobs in Growth Industries

Others Also Viewed

 How to Make a Windows Vista Premium Recovery DVD

 How Can I Make a Recovery CD?
 Instructions for Emergency Recovery Disk 2005
 How to Create a Restore CD
 How to Make a Laptop Recovery CD

ehow.com

About eHow
 How to by Topic
 How to Videos
 Sitemap

Copyright © 1999-2012 Demand Media, Inc.

Use of this web site constitutes acceptance of the eHow Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
Ad Choices en-US
Read more: How to Make a Recovery Disk for a Toshiba | eHow.com
http://www.ehow.com/how_6281254_make-recovery-disk-toshiba.html#ixzz1oGmysdDl

TOSHIBA How To Document HTD7C02140000R01

How to use the Toshiba HDD Recovery Utility

Document details:

- Operating System: Windows Vista 32 Bit, Windows XP

more details...

Resolution:

Some Toshiba notebook computer models have a Toshiba HDD Recovery Utility, which is
stored in a special partition on the hard disk drive, along with the system files used for the
'recovery' of the hard disk drive to its original just-from-the-factory default state (contents).
"HDD" in the name of this utility stands for hard disk drive. This on-disk utility is
alternative to the Recovery CD or DVD included with many other Toshiba notebook
models. The following instructions describe how to use this utility.

NOTE:
Toshiba strongly recommends that you create recovery CDs / DVDs after
installing your computer.

The HDD Recovery Utility allows you to:

 Create Hard Drive Recovery CDs or DVDs.

 Restore your hard disk drive to the original factory default state.
 Restore just your "C:" drive, leaving any other drive volumes or partitions you may
have created intact.
 Restore your hard disk drive to the original factory default state, but without the
recovery partition.
 Delete your hard disk drive recovery partition without losing the data on your C:
drive.
 Reinstall drivers and applications which were bundled with your computer.

Creating Recovery CDs/DVDs

Copying the Toshiba HDD Recovery Utility and the needed system files to a CD or a DVD
improves the chance of being able to restore the original factory default state of your hard
disk drive in case of failure. It allows you to use the space occupied by the special recovery
partition used to store the Toshiba HDD Recovery Utility on the computers hard disk
drive.

1. Double-click the "Recovery Disc Creator" icon on the Windows desktop.

This utility may also be launched by clicking Start --> All Programs --> Hard
Disk Recovery Utilities.
2. Select CD, DVD, or All Files (to create Recovery media on both CDs and DVDs).

Sample Recovery Disc Creator screen

3. Select the items you want to copy by clicking the checkbox next to an item's name -
recovery files, applications (original bundled drivers and applications), or both the
recovery files and applications.
4. Click "Burn".
5. Insert a CD or a DVD into your computer's CD/DVD writable drive, when the
utility prompts for it.
The utility will prompt for as many CDs or DVDs required to contain the selected
 files. If your CD or DVD drive does not support writing, contact Toshiba Customer
Support to obtain Recovery CDs or DVDs for your computer.
6. Follow the on-screen prompts to complete the copy process.

For instructions on using the Recovery CDs/DVDs, see the section below titled "Hard Disk
Drive Recovery using Recovery CDs or DVDs".

Using Toshiba HDD Recovery Utility from the recovery partition

In case of a hard disk drive failure, you may be able to restore the drive to the factory
default state using the on-disk Toshiba HDD Recovery Utility (in a special partition on the
hard disk drive).
You can select restoring the entire hard disk drive to the factory default state, or restoring
only the C: drive -- without affecting other partitions (for example, a D: drive) --
or changing the size allocated to your C: drive, and then restore it.
To recover your hard disk drive from a system failure using the utilities stored on your
computers HDD, follow these steps:

1. If the computer is running, shut it down -- by clicking Start, Shut Down, and
again Shut Down.

2. Press and hold the 0 (zero) key on your keyboard and then press the computers
power switch. When the computer turns on, the Toshiba HDD Recovery Utility
screen will appear, presenting three options:

Sample TOSHIBA HDD Recovery Utility screen

Restore Original Factory Image (Recommended)

CAUTION:
Restoring a hard disk drive to its factory default state deletes all partitions on the
 hard disk drive and all data stored on those partitions. All of your files and
information will be lost! Be sure to back up all important files first.
1. Press 1 to restore your hard disk drive to its original factory default state. A
confirmation message will appear, indicating that all data will be overwritten and
lost during the restore process. Be sure to back up all important files before
proceeding.

2. Click Yes to begin the recovery. A message will appear once the operation is
finished, indicating the HDD has been restored.

3. Press any key to restart the computer.

Restore Partition C: of HDD without changing current partition size

CAUTION:
Restoring the C: drive to its factory default state formats your drive. Your
information on the drive will be overwritten, and lost. Be sure to back up all
important files first. If you have created other partitions (for example, a D: drive)
those partitions and any information on them will not be affected and will remain
intact.
To restore only the C: drive:

1. Press 2 to restore only the "C:" drive (the letter C is traditionally used to
designate the first volume on the hard disk drive) on your computer. A confirmation
message will appear, indicating that all information on the drive will be lost during
the recovery process. Be sure to back up all important files before proceeding.

2. Click Yes to begin the recovery. A message will appear once the operation is
finished, indicating that the HDD has been restored.

3. Press any key to restart the computer.

Restore Image to C: Partition with user specified size

CAUTION:
Resizing and restoring your C: drive to its factory default state formats all
partitions on the HDD (for example, if you created a D: drive, it will be deleted
during the recovery process) your information will be overwritten, and lost. Be
sure to back up all important files first.
To resize and restore your C: drive:

1. Press 3 at the Toshiba HDD Recovery Utility screen. A confirmation message will
appear, indicating that all partitions will be reformatted and all information will be
lost during the recovery process. Be sure to back up all important files before
proceeding.
 2. Click "Yes" to begin the recovery and to specify the size of the C: drive.
o Press the Left/Right Arrow keys to increase/decrease the C: drive size by 1
GB increments.
o Press the Up/Down Arrow keys to increase/decrease the C: drive size by 5
GB increments.

NOTE:
The size of the C: drive will be displayed on the progress bar as you make
your selections.
3. Click "Enter" to begin the recovery. A message will appear once the operation is
finished, indicating that the HDD has been restored.
4. Press any key to restart the computer.

Hard Disk Drive Recovery using Recovery CDs or DVDs

In case of a hard disk drive failure, you may wish to to run the Toshiba HDD Recovery
Utility from Recovery CDs or DVDs (created per the instructions in the section above titled
Creating Recovery CDs/DVDs).
You can select to restore the entire hard disk drive to the factory default state, or to restore
only the C: drive -- without affecting other partitions (for example, a "D:" drive) -- or to
change the size allocated to your C: drive, and then recover it.

 Insert the first Recovery CD or DVD into your CD/DVD drive, and turn on the
computer. Once the computer is running, the TOSHIBA HDD Recovery Utility
screen will appear, presenting three options:

Sample TOSHIBA HDD Recovery Utility screen

Restore Original Factory Image (Recommended)

CAUTION:
 Restoring a hard disk drive to its factory default state deletes all partitions on the
hard disk drive and all data stored in this partitions. All of your files and
information will be overwritten, and lost. Be sure to back up all important files
first.

1. Press 1 to restore your hard disk drive to its original factory default state. A
confirmation message will appear, indicating that all data will be lost during the
restore process. Be sure to back up all important files before proceeding.
2. Click Yes to begin the restoration. A message will appear once the operation is
finished, indicating that the HDD has been restored.
3. Press any key to restart the computer.

Restore Partition C: of HDD only

CAUTION: Restoring the C: drive to its factory default state reformats your
drive and your information on the restored drive will be overwritten, and lost. be
sure to back up all important files first. If you have created other partitions (for
example, a D: drive) those partitions and any information on them will not be
affected and will remain intact.
To restore only your C: drive:

1. Press 2 to restore only the "C:" drive on your computer. A confirmation message
will appear, indicating that all information on the drive will be lost during the
restore process. Be sure to back up all important files before proceeding.

2. Click Yes to begin the restoration. A message will appear once the operation is
finished, indicating that the HDD has been restored.

3. Press any key to restart the computer.

Restore Image of entire HDD without HDD Recovery Area

This option restores your C: drive without creating the HDD Recovery Utilities partition.
This gives you the option of increasing the size of your C: drive.

CAUTION: Restoring your C: drive to its factory default state without the
recovery partition formats all partitions on the hard disk drive (for example, if
you created a D: drive, it will be deleted during the restore process) and your
information will be overwritten, and lost. Be sure to back up all important files
first.

To restore your C: drive without the recovery partition:

 1. Press 3. A confirmation message will appear, indicating that all partitions will be
formatted and all data will be lost during the recovery process. Be sure to back
up all important files before proceeding.

2. Click Yes to begin the recovery. A message will appear once the operation is
finished, indicating that the
hard disk drive has been restored to the original factory default state.

3. Press any key to restart the computer.

Checking the HDD Operating Status

After restoring your hard disk drive, you can check its status as follows:

1. Click "Start", and then click "Control Panel".

2. Double-click the "Administrative Tools" icon.

3. Double-click the "Computer Management" icon.

4. Click "Disk Management".

5. Highlight the hard disk drive in the Volume list to display its status in the lower
portion of the screen.

Delete Hard Disk Recovery Utility

You can delete the hard disk drive recovery partition without losing the data stored on your
C: drive.

1. Click Start --> All Programs --> Hard Disk Recovery Utilities --> Delete Hard
Disk Recovery Partition. When the computer powers on, the Delete Hard Disk
Recovery Utility warning screen displays.
 Sample Delete Hard Disk Recovery Utility screen

2. Click "OK" to continue.

3. When the following warning screen displays, click OK to confirm.

Sample Delete Hard Disk Recovery Utility confirmation screen

Installing Drivers and Applications

The TOSHIBA Application Installer allows you to reinstall the drivers and applications that
were originally bundled with your computer.

To reinstall drivers and applications:

1. Double-click the "Toshiba Application Installer" icon on the Windows

desktop. This utility may also be launched by clicking Start --> All Programs -->
Hard Disk Recovery Utilities.
 2. Click "Next".
3. Click the item(s) you wish to install. To select multiple items, hold down the Ctrl
key as you click your selections.

4. Click "Install".

5. Follow the on-screen prompts to complete the installation process.

Disclaimer:

Toshiba provides this information "as is" without warranty of any kind, either expressed or
implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness
for a particular purpose. Toshiba shall not be responsible for the topicality, correctness,
completeness or quality of the information or software provided. Toshiba is not liable for
any damage caused by the use of any information or software provided, including
information that is incomplete or incorrect.

Survey:

Copyright © Toshiba Corporation. All rights reserved.

STEP 2 - Burn disk, using NERO

 start Nero
 (create a new project)
 [Close Wizard] if necessary, we need the tabbed view
 in the top left, select CD or DVD
 in the lower left, scroll down to CD-ROM [boot] or DVD-ROM [boot]
 click the [boot] tab
 select (*) bootable logical drive or (*) image file, depending on the boot medium from
above
 enable expert settings
 make sure ' kind of emulation' is set to Floppy Emulation 1,44 MB
 click [NEW]
 add image files to the CD/DVD; they will be visible on drive W: when booted from
CD
  burn
 done

STEP 3 - reboot and test if CD boots

Better now then in an emergency ;)

Home Download Buy Now Tutorials Contact US

Make Bootable CD / DVD Disc

You are here: Tutorials > Make Bootable CD / DVD Disc

 Run PowerISO.
 Click on the "New" button on toolbar or choose the "File > New > Data CD / DVD Image"
menu.
 Click on the "Add" button on toolbar to add files and folders. You can also directly drag files and
folders from Windows Explorer to the PowerISO window.
 Choose the menu "Action > New Folder" to create a new folder.
 Choose the menu "Action > Change Label" to change the default label.
 Choose the menu "File > Properties" to set the iso file properties.
 Click on the "Save" button on toolbar, or click on the "File > Save As..." menu.
 Choose the menu "Action > Boot > Add Boot Information" to load a bootable image file.
 Save the iso file to "Standard ISO Images (*.iso)" format.
 To make bootable CD, please burn the iso file to a blank CD / DVD disc.

Copyright 2004-2012 Power Software Ltd. All rights reserved.