Toshiba Tecra A8 User Manual

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Getting Started
Hard Drive Recovery Utilities
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Hard Disk Drive Recovery using the Recovery media
If you need to recover your computer to its default factory
state, you can rebuild the system using your Hard Drive
Recovery Utilities.
To recover your hard disk drive using the utilities burned to
CDs or DVDs (refer to “Creating Recovery CDs/DVDs” on
page 64):
1 Insert the first recovery CD or DVD into your CD/DVD
drive and power on the computer.
2 When the initial screen displays, press
F12.
The boot menu appears.
3 Using the arrow keys, select the CD/DVD option and
press
Enter.
(Sample Image) Toshiba HDD Recovery Utility screen

Toshiba Tecra A8 Specifications

General

Processor cache	2 MB
Processor family	Intel® Core™2 Duo
Processor frequency	1.66 GHz
Processor manufacturer	Intel
Processor front side bus	667 MHz
HDD speed	5400 RPM
Optical drive type	DVD Super Multi DL
Card reader integrated	Yes
Total storage capacity	80 GB
Display diagonal	15.4 \
Display resolution	1280 x 800 pixels
Internal memory	1 GB
Internal memory type	DDR2-SDRAM
Maximum internal memory	4 GB
Maximum graphics card memory	0.128 GB
CD-R read speed	24 x
DVD+R write speed	8 x
DVD-RW write speed	4 x
DVD+R Double Layer write speed	2.4 x
DVD-R Double Layer write speed	2 x
Front camera	No
Modem speed	56 Kbit/s
Operating system installed	Windows Vista Business
TV-out type	S-Video
Charging port type	DC-in jack
USB 2.0 ports quantity	3
Parallel ports quantity	0
CardBus PCMCIA slot type	Type II
Cable lock slot type	Kensington
Password protection type	BIOS
Pointing device	Touchpad

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	268 mm
Width	368 mm
Height	29.8 mm
Weight	3000 g