Recovery / Restore instructions for your Panasonic Toughbook:
1 - Download the image from the link that we sent you (or go to step 3 if you purchased the physical disc)
2 - Burn the image onto CD or DVD media disc using your own software or download CLONE CD
Once you have your recovery disk, make sure CD drive is set as the first boot device in the boot menu
3 - Setting the Toughbook to boot from a CD drive:
4 - To run the recovery disk:
Note: For a complete walk-through of this procedure, please see the operating instructions for your specific Toughbook model these are included with the Toughbook and are available for download from MANUALS
1 - Download the image from the link that we sent you (or go to step 3 if you purchased the physical disc)
2 - Burn the image onto CD or DVD media disc using your own software or download CLONE CD
Once you have your recovery disk, make sure CD drive is set as the first boot device in the boot menu
3 - Setting the Toughbook to boot from a CD drive:
- Turn on unit, press F2 key at Panasonic boot screen. May be necessary to press the F2 key more than once.
- If a password is requested, enter the Supervisor Password.
- Write down all of the contents of the Setup Utility and press F9.
- At the confirmation message, select Yes and press Enter.
- Select the Main menu, then select DVD Drive Power and press Enter.
- Select On and press Enter.
- Select the Boot menu, select Optical Drive and press F6 until Optical Drive is at the top of Boot priority order.
- Press F10. At the confirmation message, select Yes and press Enter. The computer will restart.
4 - To run the recovery disk:
- After setting the Toughbook to boot from the CD Drive (see above), reboot the Toughbook with the Panasonic recovery disk in the CD drive.
- Press 1 to execute Recovery. The License Agreement screen appears.
- Press 1 to select "Yes, I agree to the provisions above and wish to continue."
- Select the installation settings.
- At the confirmation message, press Y. Reinstallation starts automatically.
- Remove the Product Recovery DVD-ROM and press any key to turn off the laptop.
- Power on the laptop.
- Perform the first-time operation configuration as outline in the operations manual.
Note: For a complete walk-through of this procedure, please see the operating instructions for your specific Toughbook model these are included with the Toughbook and are available for download from MANUALS
Restore Recovery DVD CD discs disks media for
Panasonic Toughook CF-18, CF-19, CF-29, CF-30, CF-31, CF-52, CF-52, CF-53, CF-73, CF-74