What exactly the "recovery disc" does?

I'm about to reinstall everything on my laptop but would like to know what exactly the "recovery disc" does....
I presume that it formats the HDD with a clean install of the OS and that all the toshiba apps like disc recorder, VAP etc... are NOT installed and have to be installed afterwards??

> {quote:title=Jayjay wrote:}{quote}
> Well, the recovery CD contains a Toshiba image. The Toshiba image is a package and is contains a Windows OS, Toshiba drivers, tools and additional software.
> Simply said it contains everything what you could find preinstalled on the Toshiba notebook.
>
> And Yes; the recovery CD formats the whole HDD (also the partitions) and installs everything again.
> It sets the notebook back to the factory settings
so its just the OS packed with toshiba software and drivers - guess i wont have to download all of the toshiba applicaitions just yet then :)

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