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• Satellite P20 - formatting drive HARD and the installation of Windows XP Sp2

  Hello world

  Beforehand, I want to thank you for taking the time to help me with my questions.

  Due to system problems I'm trying to re - install Windows XP SP2.

  Based on the installation process, I have two questions:

  1. when I start the PC, the operating system Windows XP installation CD in the CD drive, I am unable to run it directly. Instead the old operating system (which I want to remove) starts. Is there a specific key in the Toshiba P20 notebook that runs the CD automatically? I understand that when the Windows XP installation CD to run it gives me the option to format the HARD drive.

  2. If I want to format the HARD disk directly, what is the best way to do this?

  Once again, thank you very much for the help

  Best regards

  Q.

  Hello

  I assume that you have the original CD of Microsoft Windows XP.
  To install a new OS, you must start on this CD.

  Insert the CD and after laptop starting immediately press the F12 key.
  This will enable the Startup menu, and then you may choose the CD/DVD drive as the boot source.

  As to question 2;
  During the installation of XP Setup will ask you the HARD drive formatting. Simply to choose this option and the HARD drive will be formatted.

  Good bye

• HP Pavilion dm1 Notebook: after formatting drive HARD Windows Activation failed

  My laptop (HP Pavilion dm1z-3000) comes with Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit. My system was full of junk it was not usable. I tried to use the feature of HP recovery, several times but it still fails. So I decided to format and reinstall Windows.

  I got a copy of Windows 7 Home Premium 64 - bit OEM I bought for a desktop computer. Before formatting, I used a software key finder to get the Windows key from the original Windows 7 installed on my laptop, so I could use it to validate the other copy of Windows 7, but I found that I get an error 0xC004F063 code, the computer BIOS missing licence reqd

  Help, please.

  MrN1ce9uy wrote:
  

  My laptop (HP Pavilion dm1z-3000) comes with Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit. My system was full of junk it was not usable. I tried to use the feature of HP recovery, several times but it still fails. So I decided to format and reinstall Windows.

  I got a copy of Windows 7 Home Premium 64 - bit OEM I bought for a desktop computer. Before formatting, I used a software key finder to get the Windows key from the original Windows 7 installed on my laptop, so I could use it to validate the other copy of Windows 7, but I found that I get an error 0xC004F063 code, the computer BIOS missing licence reqd

  Help, please.

  Well, this would mean that you have to order the official HP recovery media to restore factory.

  http://support.HP.com/us-en/mediaorder/HP-Pavilion-DM1-entertainment-notebook-PC-series/5032670/model/5051914/softwareitem/646869-001/STEP1

• Request to format the hard drive

  What a good application to format a hard drive that would be sold to someone else?

  I m usually a larger capacity hard drives and hard disk which has been the main drive, even if it is formatted through disk utility change, it offers a way to completely erase the data, so it cannot be retrieved by another user of the doesn´t. So I m just wondering if West another application that would allow me to do exactly that. I m running Mac OS X Lion mountain.

  Thanks for the tips

  Use the option erase secure in disk utility, or throw the files which have data sensitive in the Finder and many empty the trash before you format it.

  Files that are coded can simply be deleted.

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• Have formatted the hard drive how do I retriev my FAVORITES

  I format the hard drive from my pc, but I want to keep my favorites. How can I save them in order to keep everything for later use?

  The profile is a file that store your personal information in a safe place

  • https://support.Mozilla.com/en-us/KB/profiles
  • here explain how to make a backup of https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Backing%20up%20your%20information profile
  • here explain how to restore

  https://support.Mozilla.com/en-us/KB/recovering%20important%20data%20from%20an%20old%20Profile

• Satellite P30: How to format the HARD drive and install a new OS?

  I have a satellite P30 laptop with Windows XP. I plug myself a new OS (namely because I can't find my old recovery CD CD and OS) that I want to do a re-shape full of my system. Reason is that my system has been painfully slower and slower over the last year. I even updated my RAM to 512 MB standard supplied with the machine to 2 GB, but it seems to have had little or no effect. So my questions are:-

  1] where can I get my hands on the restore CD that has all the drivers on this subject, and any recovery CD to reformat my HARD drive?
  [2] in the order in which I will make this reformatting?
  How can [3] after having bought an external HARD drive to keep files that I don't want to lose, I transfer those of before my re - format?

  Any help will be greatly appreciated

  :-)

  Hello

  You received with the laptop Toshiba Recovery CD! Am I wrong?
  So what s the problem?

  Simply insert the CD and try to boot from this CD.
  The restore CD contains all Toshiba drivers, tools and utilities Windows OS + additional software like Win DVD for example.
  The installation will set the laptop to factory settings, but will also format the HARD drive!

  Up to now, we come to the point 3; --> How do I save the data
  If you have purchased a second HDD and connect it to the USB port and transfer all the necessary files on the second HDD
  If you have purchased only the HARD drive, then you will need a USB HDD 2.5 case.

  Best regards

• Qosmio G20: How to format the HARD drive?

  Hello!

  I bought Qosmio G20 last week and now I want to install Windows XP MCE (not recovery, but a CD in Windows XP CD) on this subject but I have a problem formatting of hard drives. There are two hard disks, and when I try to put in the form of Win 98 it is said as "formatting is not supported on C:" or "formatting is not supported on D:". I want to do before installing new windows because I want to create multiple partitions, but to do that I need to format the disc first.

  Can someone tell me what I need to do to format discs in this way?

  Hello

  You cannot format the HARD C drive because the operating system is running on this HARD drive.
  What you can do is to use the 3rd party software that creates the partitions on the HARD disk on the system running. I use partition Magic 8 to create and manage partitions.

• Cannot format second HARD on a Satellite P200-13 s PSPBGE drive

  Nice day

  I have a s system of Satellite P200-13 friends in front of me who was reinstalled using the recovery CD.
  It took me some time to update the operating system (Vista Home Premium SP1) after that and so on.
  I've also renewed the BIOS. The system seems stable, everything is on a green status but I have a problem.

  This system has got 2 hard drives, C:\ on which runs the operating system and programs are installed and there is therefore a 2nd HARD drive D:\.
  Now, if I look in the hardware Manager or disk management tool, I can see this disc and it says that it is functional and ready but the disc needs to be formatted before using it, which seems logical, of course.

  When I try to format the formatting begins, but after a few seconds, I get a message that there have been a failure and it cannot be formatted. The State of the disk is still no failures.

  What is a defect in the disc itself? He was untouched and has worked before.
  Thanks for any help or idea.
  Dany

  Hello

  How have you tried to format this HARD drive?
  You can describe it in the steps of the view?

  The HARD drives are usually already formatted and you don't need to format it again...
  Check if you can access the second HDD and save files on it!

• Satellite Pro A40: Is it possible to format the HARD drive without disk

  I am passing on a Satellite Pro A40 to a brother. It is in very good condition, but has slowed down over the years. I want to get rid of my data (I have on a new machine) and speed up the system by formatting the hard drive.

  The machine didn't come with a disc for Windows XP, or a recovery CD (just a CD "tools and utilities"). I'm sure the drive HARD will be partitioned, and I can format the drive without such a disc.

  If this is true, how should I do?
  Thank you.

  Hello

  I can't believe that you do not have recovery media.
  The laptop must be supplied with recovery CD, Tools & Utilities CD, and WinDVD.

  But back to your question;
  If you insert a new HARD disk, you will need to use the Toshiba Recovery CD or the original CD of Microsoft Windows to install the operating system.
  The new drive is not partitioned HARD and doesn't have any OS pre-installed!

  If you n t have the original CD of Microsoft OS you can contact the service provider allowed in your country and you can order it.

  I hope I could help

  Good bye

• Satellite M40: Question on formatting the HARD drive

  Dear Toshiba

  I have laptop satellite M40 and want to format that my HARD drive is it certain that the software used for Toshiba HDD format

  Help, please

  Hello

  What HARD drive you want to format?
  If you want to format the HARD disk where the operating system works you can do if you are recovering your operating system with the recovery CD. However, you can boot into DOS mode and there you can try to use the format command. Note: You will lose all your files!
  Also if you want to format an external HARD drive or a second partition, please right click on this drive, then format

  You can also use a magic of Partitions if you want to create partitions, change the size or format hard drives.

  Good bye

• Can I format the HARD drive without losing data?

  Hi all
  I used the restore CD to solve a problem on my system (blue screen) and everything was formatted... including the partition where I had music etc...

  Is it possible to format my hard drive without losing the data on the partition?

  Hi guys

  To my knowledge it s any recovery procedure, you would use; in both cases the drive HARD will be formatted!
  Using the disc using the Toshiba HDD recovery procedure and recovery HARD drive will be formatted and you will lose the data on the second partition too.

  As far as I know both put the laptop and HARD drive on the same State as on the first day of purchase!

• Can not format or partition the drive HARD on Satellite M30

  I have a Toshiba Satellite model No. PSM30E
  And the system is unable to access the HARD disk.
  When I check the Bios setup it can detect the HARD drive.

  When I run windows setup to boot from the CD he sees the HARD disk with the correct size, but it cannot create partitions on it or if it can format the HARD drive. I tried the HARD disk partitioning using another system and I was able to partition and format. But when I plug in the laptop he sees just the whole HARD disk in unpartitioned space and also does not format them or partitioning it.

  Y at - it shaped a locking mechanism that prevents access to the disk partitioning or setting?
  My other question is, perhaps, the problem of the IDE connector?

  Any suggestions or help?

  Hello

  I don t think there is something wrong with the IDE controller. Fact is that the BIOS do not show simple partitions but only whole HARD disk size.
  I put t know how you tried to format the HARD disk or to create partitions on this disk HARD but in fact different OS uses the standards of different format and this may the reason for your problems!

  I think you should try to boot from the original Windows XP CD. Let's launch the setup and format the whole HARD drive and erase all partitions!
  I noticed that Toshiba recovery CD couldn t runs correctly on wrong formatted HDD!

• HDD Recovery format all the drive HARD Equium P200-178

  Hello

  I need to reinstall Vista on my laptop.
  The question is: is the recovery of a partition option erases all partitions of data?
  Both with bones and the other with the data?

  I've been trying to find out on the forum.
  Some say the recovery cd to clean all partitions, but drive HARD recovery has the option to format only partition C

  Hello

  Well, as far as I know the HARD drive recovery procedure is the same procedure as the use of the Recovery DVD.
  In both cases the laptop will be set to factory settings which means that you will get the same data on the HARD drive as on the first day of purchase
  So it need to format the HARD drive and should restore again uses the image of Toshiba.

  But if you want to know if the second partition will be deleted and then created again and then store a small file on the second partition and then perform the procedure of HARD drive recovery.

  After installing the OS has finished go to the second partition and check if the same file that is always present on the second partition.

• How to format external hard drive Toshiba PX1266E - 1 25 (250 GB)?

  Hi all

  I'm hard to re-formatting my Toshiba drive HARD from FAT32 to NTFS. I read instruction manual, troubleshooting and FAQ too: I've disabled my antivirus and connected my HARD drive without expansion card. The result is the same: the message "Unable to complete the format".
  You know that when you connect the HARD drive, a virtual CD called "password" begins. Is it possible that it is causing the problem? Can I remove it?
  With partition magic, the drive is signed as BAD. He asks me if I want to format the HARD disk to restart the computer, but when he starts an error occurs. I also tried with dban, but it does not work.

  So, what can I do?
  A big thanks to all the world. (Sorry for my English, I hope that my problem is clear).

  Hi Ivan_2,

  activation/deactivation has no influence until the password is not removed.
  When a password encrypted partition/disk needs to be formatted, you will need to remove the password.
  I think there is a tool to reformat the drive, but you will lose all files...

  AutoPlay is a feature of your operating system > activate in the device properties...

  hardware stores the password and governs what is written on the drive - no disc operation is allowed also formatting is not possible.

  to recover your files:
  mount the drive and turn on the password and delete before writing to disk
  After that, you should be able to access all of your files.

  the virtual drive you can see might be the operating system that manages the 'password-thing ".

  reset the password should do the job too, but you lose all the files on this disc.
  refer to the manual and make sure that the options are possible.

• Windows xp Setup cannot format the hard drive

  Original title: windows xp installation

  I had to change hard drives, I went to load my copy of microsoft windows xp and it tells me it cannot format the HDD how many times can we use the xp disc? Or whats wrong?

  Hi Joshua6495,

  What is the full error message that you receive?

  See the article below, which deals with a similar question

  During installation, you are unable to format a Partition with a file Allocation Table Format

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/301340/

  You can use the Windows XP installation disc as many times as you want on the same computer

  Note: All programs on the computer and the data will be lost if you format the hard drive. It is recommended to make a backup of your data before performing any Installation of Windows.

  Thanks and greetings

  Ajay K

  Microsoft Answers Support Engineer

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