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It is also important that you create a copy of the software that is essential for your system to access the
internet (hereafter called “essential access s oftw are”) to external writable media or an external drive.
To do so, follow the instructions in the “Creating a Backup of the System-Specific Software Drivers”.
Creating a Backup of Bootable
Disk and Recovery Image
When you purchased you r new system, a copy of the recovery image was loaded into a
hidden partition on your hard disk drive. Having a copy of the recovery image available to
you means that in the event of system failure, you will be able to restore it and re-install
the essential access softwar e using Fujitsu Software Auto In staller.
To make a copy of the recovery image to DVD disks, you will need three or four blank
disks to create the copy. After creating the copy, be s ure to label the disks and keep
them in a safe place to ensure they do not get damaged.
Note: If your system does not have an internal writable DVD drive, connect your
system to an external d rive* before beginning the following step s.
1. Launch System Restore and Recovery from the desktop icon. It will allow you to create
the Bootable Disk and the Recovery Image Disk Set.
2. On “Step 1: Select the Bootable Disk from the list”:
a. Select a media t ype.
b. Not ice the number of disks that are needed for the set.
c. Click Next to proceed.
3. On “Step 2: Confirm your Recovery Disk”, click Next.
4. On “Step 3:” follow the on-screen instructions to make the disk or disk se t, then click
Start. It takes approximately 20 minutes to make one disk.
5. On “Step 4”, when the disk creation is completed, a message a ppears.
Click Finish to exit the program.
6. Repeat Step 1: Select Recovery Disk fro m the list and re peat the abo ve
steps 2(a), 2(b), 2(c), 3, 4 and 5.
* DEPENDING UPON YOUR OPTICAL DRIVE AND MEDIA FORMAT USED, S OM E MEDIA
TYPES MAY BE INCOMPAT IBLE FOR CREATING IMAGE BACKU PS.
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