Cannot install Win 8 - Satellite Pro C660 does not detect HARD drive

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• Satellite Pro A10 does not start (HARD drive seems to be missing)

  Hello, I hope someone can give me some advice on this problem: I have a 2 years Satellite Pro A10. Recently, it starts not at all and I noticed that if I look at directories on the C: drive using the command prompt, it said "file not found". Cannot start Windows at all, not even in Safe Mode.
  Using the recovery disks is I help spread messages as no such fixed disc and 'Extraction impossible '.
  is - that say I have:
  1 a hard drive damaged
  2. defective connections on the HARD drive? -If Yes, how I fix that?

  the system didn't crash before it happened, she doesn't have to load up when I started it.
  Would appreciate any help.

  Thank you
  SCL

  Hello

  Well, it could be a hardware malfunction of HARD drive. Yes, it is possible. But I don t think that there is a bad connection. You used this HARD over the last two years and you n t change the settings of connections on this HARD drive. Is this good?
  If it possible s so I suggest you of to completely format the HARD drive.
  Then try to start the recovery procedure.

  However if the HARD drive has a functioning default (ie. crushing of the head), so the only way is to replace this device.

• Satellite Pro M70 does not see HARD drive sometimes

  Help me!

  My computer does not see my hard drive but see Installer and another computer.
  My hard drive is working and I put the new drive hard but computer does not see.
  And when I install XP on the computer I can see HDD format during the installation.
  And when prawns my computer I do not see the HARD disk again.

  Help me please

  Hello

  I think that it s a HDD issue naturally it s really strange that the HARD drive is different sometimes and sometimes it s is not visible, but I doubt that it could be software related issue. That's why I think that it s a drive HARD and in my opinion, you should check if other HDD SATA runs correctly.

  Good bye

• Satellite Pro C660 does not illuminate

  Satellite Pro C660 does not illuminate. no noise, no light just fill out the dead.

  any suggestions?

  Hello

  On this virtual path, it is not possible to provide an accurate diagnosis. All you can do is to unplug the power plug, remove the battery and leave it for a while. Then press the power button and hold it for 15 or 20 seconds.
  After doing this connect the power running and try to start again.

  What happens when you do this?

• Satellite Pro c660 does not connect to another wireless after format

  Hey all,.

  I have a Satellite Pro c660 and bought a copy of windows 64 bit with him - the laptop come with many software from toshiba on what I wanted really, I therefore installed windows 64 bit (fitness in the process).

  After the Installation I had some problems connecting to my wireless home (he was missing drivers, but have now install) but finally got it works.

  After having taken it round my friends last night, I could not connect to its wireless - the password has been good and I could see the network, but he just kept constantly defect - its network was on it, because his cell phone he was performing. -The only difference between its network and the spirit (that I can see), it's that she was using the TKIP encryption to connect, while I was using AES (my network card is Atheros). -Even when I tried to configure a network profile and have it automatically connect (using the same information she used, including the TKIP encryption) - it was always not.

  The ideas people? More missing drivers?

  PS - I really don't want all that toshiba nanny software on the laptop.

  Thanks in advance!

  > Any ideas people? More missing drivers?

  If you can see the Wlan network then it means that the WiFi adapter driver is correctly installed and the problem is between the router configuration problems WiFi and wireless network card.

  Are you abele to connect to other networks wireless at home?

  Please disable encryption settings in the Wlan router and try to connect to the Wlan that is unprotected.
  But note; This must be done only for testing purposes!

  You should also check if the MAC address filtering is disabled in the settings of the router.

• Satellite Pro C660 does not start, no screen

  Hi guys I was wonder if anyone could help please.

  I have a Toshiba laptop Satellite Pro C660 - 2 DR who seems to be defective (just out of warranty).
  Everything worked fine until we came to a morning market and found that the screen remains off (black screen). There are no output through the VGA as I tested it on an external monitor.

  The CPU fan turns for a few seconds and then turns off.
  There is no noise from the hard drive read/write either. The power light stays on. I removed the hard drive to access data on another system that worked Fortunately

  . I also removed the RAM, battery and optical drive, but there is still no output to the screen.

  Is it sounds like a faulty motherboard?
  The laptop seems to be in excellent condition.

  Is there something else I can try please? I would be very grateful for any advice.

  Rich

  Yes, it looks like the faulty motherboard or a part of the motherboard as RAM or CPU.
  You said that you have already removed the RAM, but have you used a good RAM module tested?

  Theoretically, it could be just a problem of RAM but in the worst case, you will need to replace the motherboard and I think it would be really expensive repair.

• Tecra S1 - Bios does not detect HARD drive

  Hi, first time poster, long drive date.

  I have a friends laptop with me an old S1, its hard drive has failed. (Even tried it on my USB adapter to diagnose).

  I had another IDE HDD which works like a dream.
  I can even install Windows up to a point with the exception of when the computer wants to do the first restart of the second phase of the installation. (Not on CD).

  In the bios the HARD drive is not detected a 0 MB for the read command.
  I tested the USB HARD drive. So works perfectly. will try another hard drive there tomorrow see what is happening.

  I tried the recovery CD aswell. But she also can not detect the hard drive.
  Finally, I even reflashed the Bios even if it was the last version 2.50.
  Still did not change.

  If I'm just at a loss here. Tomorrow I'll do the following.

  Try a 3rd HDD IDE into the machine.

  Opening of the case and see if I can find the CMOS battery to replace or remove for a minute or 2 to see what is happening.
  Is obviously a problem of bios of the HARD drive is detected. Has anyone ever encountered this before?

  Windows / ERD Commander / Partition Magic 8 all finding the end hard drive.
  Thanks for listening to my dribble that I feel like I'm banging my head against a wall being close.

  Kind regards

  Dave

  What drive did you use and what size it it?
  I think that not all HARD drive would be compatible because of the 28-bit LBA.

  The 28-bit LBA supports hard disks up to 128GB and if the IDE controller supports only 28-bit LBA then it may happen that more large drives would not be recognized by the BIOS.

• Satellite Pro 4260DVD does not detect WLAN CardBus

  Hello

  I had a problem with my Satellite Pro 4200 PCMCIA, which worked very well with 2 cards different Ethernet but when I tried to use the WLAN, it could recognize only a SMC EZ Connect 2.4 GHz 11 Mbps Wireless Cardbus Adapter (SMC2635W). I'm now running on XP Service Pack 2 and the big question mark is that XP didn't detect all other cards except the SMC a WLAN.

  I tried the Linksys Wireless-B 2.4 GHz 802. 11B (WPC11 ver.4) and the generic IEEE802.11b WLAN CardBus card 2.4 GHz/11 Mbps but XP has not yet detected the card. The power of the map light was off and blinked only one time that when I plug. Both cards worked great on my old friend laptop IBM, which is finally older than my laptop. I bought this laptop 6 years ago and never had any problems with the front PCMCIA.

  I have worked on this issue with my friend for about a week and we have no idea if this is a hardware or software problem. I first thought that it might be the PCMCIA 16 bits problem but I think that the SMC card is also not the 16 a bit. I did update the BIOS but I don't think it will make all the differences, if I did. Please help me solve this problem that I'm dying to know what really happened. Thank you!

  See you soon,.
  TR

  Hello

  Well, the 4200 Pro Satellite does not for me but I found something on the Sat Pro 4220. This laptop supports PC - Card16 - bit PCMCIA and CardBus 32-bit (2 x PCMCIA type II) or 1 x PCMCIA type III
  In this case I don't think that it? s a matter of 16 bits.

  What you can do is to try to change the settings in the BIOS.
  In the "configuration" box, you can set the configuration of the device to "devices".
  In addition, in the "PC card" box, you can change the mode of the controller "CCIP compatible" or ' cardbus/16-bit' or 'automatic selection '.

  Try all the settings. Maybe one of them will be working.

• Cannot install XP on Satellite P200 - 17 c lack of HARD drive

  Hello
  I want to install Win XP on my laptop but at the beginning of the instalation stops because the error that says:
  windonws installation software cannot find a hard disk of your computer. Please connect your hard drive to the computer or turn it on.

  but as you now the hard drive is connected to my computer.
  What should I do?

  Please check this thread:
  http://forums.computers.Toshiba-Europe.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=27190&TSTART=0

  It s on the same theme.
  The solution is the installation of the Intel matrix Storage Manager.
  It must be installed before you'll perform XP installation procedure

  Good luck

• Satellite Pro A10 does not recognize the drive WEIRD AD - 7540A model

  Hi all.

  I just bought a new model slimline DVD rewritable AD - 7540A, brand Sony NEC Optiarc. When it is plugged into the computer laptop and for the POST, it appears the 'IDE #1 error' message after the operating system starts, I am unable to open the drawer and no CD/DVD can be read.

  I checked this drive on another laptop from another brand, and it works fine, so the problem is not in the drive itself. Could someone help me?

  Thanks in advance.

  The problem is simple.
  Your phone does support not all readers of CD/DVD slimline because different or bad master/slave/c-salt settings.

  The IDE #1 error message indicates that the BIOS cannot recognize the device connected to the #1 IDE controller.

  In your case, the solution is simple; you need to buy a compatible CD/DVD player and supported

  Mayen a user manual would provide details on the management of records.
  If not, then contact the ASP in your country and ask some compatible devices!

  At soon buddy

• Recovery on satellite Pro C660 - 2KM with new HARD drive with the restored recovery partition

  Hey people,
  I had a problem with a virus on this sat pro, so I decided to completely erase the hard drive to get rid of this virus. Before I did, I saved everything partiton D including the recovery path and after clearing course, I copied everything returns to a place (second partition).
  Now, try to recover and do not know how to do it. F11, F10 and F8 seems to not work. Do I need the recovery media created with recovery media creator or can I still use the recovery on the new partition D: path?
  Thanks for your help in advance,
  Stefan

  Unfortunately, recovery doesn't work on this path.
  What you need now is the recovery disk.
  In general the recovery image on the second partition is useless and you will not be able to start.

• Satellite A205-S5880 (PSAE3U) downgrade Vista to XP - does not detect HARD drive

  Hi all
  I got this hair loss situation, I had a satellite A205 - S5880 (PSAE3U) and decided to downgrade to XP, I got all ready drivers for XP (I have the EMEA support site and the wireless from a Czech website), I have my windows XP SP2 g CD and I get after loading everything Since the CD that my HD is not detected or not recognized and it tells me to make sure I have connected (I know I do).

  After doing a search of loong on the web, I discovered I have need the drivers (or something like that) to my HD which is a Hitachi HTS542520K9SA00 ATA Device (200 GB, 5400 RPM, SATA). My bios won't let me put my SATA to IDE (or something like that) also to update and nothing, please I need my Windows XP CD to read my HARD drive, and I can take care of the rest (at least I think so, otherwise I'll ask again: D).

  I also found that I can watch my motherboard chipset for motherboard for my HD controller, it ' s (i think) a toshiba ILHAM v1.00 or Intel Crestline - GM GM965.
  Maybe this info also works: Intel ICH8M

  I would totally be apreciate all the help, thanks in advance. I am able to give any other information you want
  in any case here is a summary of my pc with everest
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  SUMMARY OF EVEREST
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  Computer
  Computer Type ACPI (Mobile) 86 x PC
  Operating system Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium
  OS Service Pack Service Pack 1
  Internet Explorer 7.0.6001.18000
  DirectX DirectX 10.0
  Computer name USER-PC
  Name of the user
  Domain logon user-PC
  Date / time 2009-05-02 / 21:37

  Motherboard
  CPU type Mobile DualCore Intel Pentium, 1866 MHz (14 x 133)
  Card mother name Toshiba Satellite A205
  Motherboard chipset Intel Crestline - GM GM965
  Memory system 3061 MB (DDR2 - 667 DDR2 SDRAM)
  DIMM1: Micron Tech 16HTF25664HY-667E1 2 GB DDR2 - 667 DDR2 SDRAM (5-5-5-15 @ 333 MHz) (4-4-4-12 @ 266 MHz) (3-3-3-9 @ 200 MHz)
  DIMM3: Hynix HYMP112S64CP6-Y5 1 GB DDR2-667 DDR2 SDRAM (5-5-5-15 @ 333 MHz) (4-4-4-12 @ 266 MHz) (3-3-3-9 @ 200 MHz)
  Type of Phoenix BIOS (15/05/08)

  Display
  Video card Mobile Intel (r) 965 Express Chipset Family (448 MB)
  Video card Mobile Intel (r) 965 Express Chipset Family (448 MB)
  Accelerator 3D Intel GMA X 3100
  Monitor monitor generic PnP [NoDB]

  Multimedia
  Audio adapter Realtek ALC268 @ Intel 82801HBM ICH8M - High Definition Audio Controller

  Storage
  Controller IDE controller Intel(r) ICH8M SATA AHCI - 2829
  Controller IDE Intel(r) ICH8M Ultra ATA Storage Controllers - 2850
  IDE controller Texas Instruments PCIxx12 Integrated FlashMedia Controller
  Storage controller Microsoft iSCSI Initiator
  Hard drive Hitachi HTS542520K9SA00 ATA Device (200 GB, 5400 RPM, SATA)
  Optical drive MAST * a DVD-RAM UJ-850 s ATA Device (DVD + R9: 4 x, DVD - R9:4 x, DVD + RW: 8 x / 8 x, DVD - RW:8 x / 6 x, DVD - RAM: 5 x, DVD - ROM: 8 x, CD:24 x / 16 x / 24 x DVD + RW/DVD-RW/DVD-RAM)
  Hard disks SMART Status OK

  Partitions
  C: (NTFS) 125915 MB (102380 MB free)
  D: (NTFS) 64863 MB (12885 MB free)
  Total size 186,3 (112.6 free go-go)

  Entry
  Standard PS/2 keyboard keyboard
  Alps Pointing-device mouse

  Network
  Main IP 192.168.0.199
  00-1B-9E-FB-8B-DF main MAC address
  Atheros AR5007EG network (192.168.0.199) adapter wireless network card
  Realtek RTL8101E Family PCI - E Fast Ethernet NIC (NDIS 6.0) network card
  TOSHIBA Software Modem modem

  Devices
  Printer Microsoft XPS Document Writer
  Printer send to OneNote 2007
  Controller FireWire Texas Instruments OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller (PHY: TI TSB41AB1/2)
  USB1 Controller Intel 82801HBM ICH8M - USB universal host controller
  USB1 Controller Intel 82801HBM ICH8M - USB universal host controller
  USB1 Controller Intel 82801HBM ICH8M - USB universal host controller
  USB1 Controller Intel 82801HBM ICH8M - USB universal host controller
  USB1 Controller Intel 82801HBM ICH8M - USB universal host controller
  USB2 Controller Intel 82801HBM ICH8M - USB2 Enhanced Host Controller
  USB2 Controller Intel 82801HBM ICH8M - USB2 Enhanced Host Controller
  USB camera Chicony USB 2.0 Camera
  USB device USB Composite device
  Battery Microsoft AC adapt
  Battery Microsoft ACPI battery compatible control method

  DMI
  Provider DMI BIOS TOSHIBA
  DMI BIOS Version V5.60
  TOSHIBA DMI system manufacturer
  DMI system product Satellite A205
  DMI system Version PSAE3U-08C023
  DMI 68221541 K-system serial number
  DMI system UUID EA88852C-3BD111DD-968C001E-EC3CB59A
  DMI Motherboard manufacturer TOSHIBA
  DMI Motherboard product ILHAM
  DMI Motherboard Version 1.00
  DMI Motherboard Serial number 0123456789AB
  TOSHIBA DMI chassis manufacturer
  DMI chassis Version n/a
  DMI chassis serial number, no
  DMI chassis asset tag *.
  DMI chassis Type Notebook

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  Hello!

  You will find hundreds of discussions here in the forum about this, if you install Windows XP and Vista from a Microsoft disc and the HARD drive can't be detected... So he s strange to read these questions again and again.

  However, to install Windows, you need the SATA drivers or let's say the Intel Storage Manager package. It contains the driver you need. You can then create a new installation using nLite [www.nliteos.com]
  Or look you at this Toshiba document: http://aps2.toshiba-tro.de/kb0/HTD9401AN0000R01.htm

  Good bye

• 15 - f039wm: BIOS does not detect hard drives until it performs a diagnostic search

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  Then I tried to re - install Windows 8.1 with the laptop provided with Bing, but when it came time to select the hard disk in the Windows Installer screen, no disks have been detected. I tried to load the drivers for the drive recognized, but nothing has worked. I then tried to start other diskettes of Windows (7 & 10) and the same problem arose, no drive detected. For fun, I loaded Hiren's Boot Disk and tried to see what I could do, and oddly enough the drive detected several times.

  Then, I decided to go back to the integrated diagnostic tools (F2 at startup) and see what would happen. Hard drive has been detected and passed the Quick Test. I have a Windows install CD in and after that I left the screen he ended up launching the installation disc. I decided to try just a new set of drivers to see if the disc could be detected, but that the disc was already detected and just sitting there, ready for the installation of the software.

  I have installed 8.1 on it and did the upgrade of Windows 10 to the owner and I noticed something serious.  Whenever I restarted (key here being a full reboot), the drive was not detected and I would get an error in DEVICE of START-UP INACCESSIBLE when he tried to load Windows. I ended up to play with the drive and launch the troubleshooting menus command prompt.

  I tried to run diskpart, and when I typed "list disk" inside diskpart and he told me that there are no drives found. Large.

  I took once more apart from the laptop and reinstall the drive again and the same problem happens again. This is where it gets a little weird. I ran Diagnostics on the hard drive again and just canceled check out out and Quick Test and let it boot. It starts very well.

  I thought so at this stage it is a bug in the BIOS or something and decided to flash F.25 Rev.A to see if that would help. No, the problem persists after BIOS update flash. I decided to just go ahead and order a new cable to see if the cable is the issue. Is there anything else I can try? Anyone have this problem, it is rather strange to me, and I saw a lot of machines to act strangely.

  So, to summarize:

  Hard drive is not detected at least that I force diagnostic analysis of any type on the hard drive and come out and let it boot.

  What I tried:

  New hard drive

  Reconnect the hard drive

  BIOS settings - boot order, security keys allowed Secure Boot on / off, Legacy Boot on / off, (there no option of detection or ahci in the BIOS).

   

  Many windows install environments, non-windows - disk environments is ever detected by the BIOS, I guess

   

  Flashed the BIOS updated

  Reinstall Windows (back to 8.1 with Bing and question persists, persists on Windows 10 institutions)

   

  DiskPart on Windows Installer (shift + f10 - prompt "diskpart" command, then in diskpart: 'list disk' which wouldn't say no disk).

   

  Ordered a new cable (pending on this one)

  What gets me, is that it works whenever I have diagnostic scan before starting. Every time. It fails on a restart cold without doing so. I looked on the Board for the damage of physical strength and the liquid, but do not see anything to really. I'm guessing that it was abandoned. Any ideas on what else to try? I'm running out of ideas on this one.

  Try the new cable, but I think you look a very bad mother board it.

• Windows 8 Setup does not detect hard drive Vmware

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  What can I do about it?

  It's the Windows 8.1...

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  André

• The product key on my Satellite Pro P300 does not work

  The product key on my Satellite Pro P300 does not work.
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  Hello

  Why use this product key?

  Firstly the Toshiba recovery image is already enabled and you don t need this key more activations.

  Second, it's an OEM key and it will not work with other versions of Vista!

  Cheers mate