Fujitsu T4410 - LifeBook Tablet PC Recovery Manual

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1Thank you for purchasing a Fujitsu computer. Fujitsu is committed to bringing you the best computing experience with your newsystem.This disc contains four utilities:• The Recovery utility allows you to do one of the following:a. Restore the original contents of the C: drive*, or,b. Restore the original state of the Hard Disk to its original factory configuration* with any partitions created outside of the C:drive (and any data within them) being destroyed. The C: drive will be formatted, and most of the original operating systemsand application files* will be copied to the C: drive.• The Hard Disk Data Delete utility on this disc is used to delete all data on your hard disk and prevent it from being reused. Donot use the Hard Disk Data Delete utility unless you are absolutely certain that you want to erase your entire hard disk, includ-ing all partitions.• The Partition Creation utility allows you to create a new D: partition or resize existing partitions on your hard disk. NOTE:Creating or resizing partitions with this utility will cause all data on the hard disk to be completely erased.• The Diagnostics utility allows the IT professional to determine device status/condition by executing diagnostics tests onselected system components.* With the exception of certain applications that must be loaded separately.Methods for accessing the utilitiesCertain LifeBook models have the Recovery and Utility applets pre-installed on a hidden drive. Other systems require that theRecovery and Utility disc be used (or in the event the hard disk has been reformatted). In order to determine the method foraccessing the Recovery and Utility applet, perform the following procedures in order.Determining whether Recovery and Utility is pre-loaded1. Turn on or reboot your system. When the Fujitsu logo appears, press the [F12] key.2. From the Boot Menu that appears, check whether the option is present. If it is not present, it meansthat the utility must be used from the disc. Proceed to “Running Recovery and Utility from Disc” if isunavailable.Running Recovery and Utility from hard disk1. Cursor down to and press the [Enter] key.2. While the files are being loaded from the disc, a progress bar will appear at the bottom of the screen.3. When the System Recovery Options dialog opens, select a new keyboard layout, if necessary, then click [Next].4. When the Operating System dialog appears, click [Next].5. If necessary, enter your password, then click [OK].6. When System Recovery Options window appears, click on Recovery and Utility.7. The Recovery and Utility screen appears on the screen with three tabs: Diagnostics, Recovery and Utility. Please note that Diag-nostics tab is not supported on certain LifeBook/Stylistic models when running Recovery and Utility from the hard disk. Inorder to restore the C: partition or hard disk, please insert the "Recovery and Utility" disc in the CD/DVD drive and use theStart Recovery function under the Recovery tab. For more information about the tabs, go to “Recovery and Utility tabs” onpage 2 .Running Recovery and Utility from the discNOTES• The use of the Recovery and Utility disc requires that you have a device capable of reading DVDs attached to your system. If youdo not have a built-in DVD player, you will need to attach an external player. For more information on available externaldevices, visit our Web site at: www.shopfujitsu.com.• This disc can only be used with the system with which it was purchased.Before changing the hard drive partition size or recovering your system, it is very important that you dis-connect any external storage devices, including - but not limited to - external hard disk drives, USB flashmemory (“thumb”) drives, or user-installed memory cards (such as PCMCIA, SD, and Memory Stick).Failure to disconnect such devices could result in data on the external storage being deleted during therecovery process.NOTE: For systems supporting hard drive based recovery (i.e., MyRecovery icon is on Windows desktop):If you are restoring the system from a backup system image on an external hard drive (or memory stick),you should boot the system without the external hard drive (or memory stick) and then connect the harddrive (or memory stick) when prompted to select the location of the backup image.Using the Recovery and Utility Discfor Windows Vista ®