How to Run the Recovery Disks on a Toshiba Satellite 205
- 1). Save the folders and files that you want to keep to a USB memory drive or another memory device. Place the Toshiba recovery CD into the Satellite 205 and power off the laptop.
- 2). Turn the Satellite 205 back on and tap the "F12" key when the Toshiba logo appears. Select the "Recovery of Factory Default" option and click "Next."
- 3). Click the "Recover to out of box state" option and choose "Next." Click "Yes" to verify you want to completely erase the 205's hard drive and recover the operating system.
- 4). Click "Next" and wait for the Satellite 205's hard drive to format. Tap any key to restart the laptop.
- 5). Follow the installation prompts that appear on the screen to set the user name, time zone and network settings for the new installation of the Windows operating system.
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