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NOTE: Windows 7 screens are shown below, once in the recovery media creator, the process is the same Windows 8 is very similar.

To open the Toshiba Recovery Media Creator click on the Start button in the lower left hand portion of the screen.

DVDs provide much larger storage capacity thus requiring fewer disks to make up the set. NOTE: Not all machines offer both CD and DVD options.

For additional information about recovery options and creating recovery media on laptops with Windows 8, go to How To: Understanding System Restore, Refresh, Reset, and, Recovery options in Windows 8 + Video knowledge base article.

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This article includes videos showing how to create USB and DVD recovery media.

For additional information about recovery options and creating recovery media on laptops with Windows 7 and earlier, go to How To: Understanding System Recovery Options + Creating / Purchasing Recovery Media - Windows 7 knowledge base article.

You can make as many 'sets' of recovery media as you like (please note that the media is specific to YOUR machine and cannot be used to ' recover' other computers.) Toshiba recommends you keep at least one set of media to use in case of an emergency. A hi-capacity USB flash drive can also be used and is required on machines that do not have a DVD drive.

You can make recovery disks, with blank CD or DVD disks that you provide, using the Toshiba Recovery Media Creator utility. One method is to use CD or DVD** disks or USB flash drive media created especially for this purpose. There are several ways to perform the recovery process. The down side of this process is that you will LOSE ALL DATA and programs that were not preinstalled at the factory.

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This 'start over' (or 'Recovery') will restore the software on your computer back to its original factory condition. I hope you found this Toshiba backup ‘how to’ guide useful.There may come a time when you would either need or simply want to 'start over' with the software image on your computer.

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Step 8 – Create your ‘System Repair Disc’ iso image. Step 7 – Configure the virtual DVD image for your ‘Toshiba System Repair Disc’. Step 6 – Run KernSafe TotalMounter and create a new ‘Virtual CD/DVD-RW’ to mount. Step 4 – Select the hard drive to store your backup image. Step 1 – Hook up an external hard drive with plenty of free space. How to use ‘Backup and Restore’ without a CD/DVD writer

The backup solution I’ve used is not foolproof as I am relying on a monster backup image (I’m worried about corruption on such a large backup), and at some stage I will use Toshiba’s ‘Create Recovery Media’ to create two DVDs to provide a second backup option.

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Then if the Toshiba’s hard drive fails, I will burn the iso image using another computer’s DVD writer, hook up a DVD drive to the Toshiba laptop and restore the full backup image from the external drive to a new hard drive. The Toshiba laptop being used is a Toshiba Satellite T130 with Mictosoft Windows 7 installed. After solving the problem both a full hard drive backup and the ‘System Repair Disc’ iso image are stored on an external hard drive. I needed to create a ‘System Repair Disc’ without a DVD writer! I’ve been meaning to blog about a Toshiba backup problem I ran into last year, on a Toshiba laptop without a DVD drive. Alas the ‘Create Recovery Media’ software doesn’t work with the method used below. A large backup image could suffer corruption, and you should also use ‘Create Recovery Media’ to create another form of backup. Warning: I have not yet tested if this method works! Please do not rely on the below method as your only means of reinstalling Microsoft Windows onto your Toshiba laptop. This blog post informs you how to create a Toshiba Backup and Restore system repair disc image without a CD/DVD writer.

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