User's Guide

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Getting Started
Recovering the Internal Storage Drive
A recovery image of your device is stored on the internal
storage drive, and the image can be restored by running the
recovery utilities directly from your internal storage drive as
described in the sections below. However, it is strongly
recommended that you create recovery media. If the
recovery files on your internal storage drive become
corrupted or are deleted, you can restore your system from
your recovery media. Also, if your original internal storage
drive fails, you can restore your system to a new internal
storage drive from your recovery media. It is strongly
recommended that you create recovery media before using
your system for the first time. See “Creating a PBR (Push
Button Reset) USB Recovery” on page 43 and “Recovering
from a USB Recovery PBR (Push Button Reset)” on page 50.
❖ During the recovery process your device must first be
fully charged via the USB/AC adaptor.
❖ When you restore your system, only the operating
system files and drivers originally shipped with the
device are restored. Any files that you created are not
restored during this process. Be sure to separately
save the files you have created to external media
using Windows
®
or another backup program. For
more information, see “Backing up your work” on
page 63.
Creating recovery media
It is strongly recommended that you create recovery media.
If the recovery files on your internal storage drive become
corrupted or are deleted, you can restore your system from
your recovery media. Also, if your original internal storage
drive fails, you can restore your system to a new internal
storage drive from your recovery media.
Restoring from
recovery media
This option allows you to restore your system from
the recovery media you created. You can remove
all data from your system and reinstall Windows
®
.
See “Recovering from a USB Recovery PBR (Push
Button Reset)” on page 50.
Recovery option Description
NOTE