How to install Win8 on Portege Z930

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• How to install XP on Portege Z930

  Hello

  I just bought Z930 with SDS 128 G and 6 G of RAM, i5 and win7 OS.
  For my older version of the software I have to install XP system to run. But I can't install it because mSATA.
  A friend told me to change the bios setting: sata AHCI-> compatible mode or IDE, but it is read-only. I can't change it.
  Is there a good kindly tell me hoe to do?
  Thank you very much!

  Dear Linali

  Please don t get me wrong, but until we start to chat about it please can you us why do you buy more recent model of laptop/netbook with material more recent and later designed and based on the most recent standards of software and now try to install the operating system of old age?

  Initially it is not supported by Toshiba so you will never be able to find drivers and utilities and tools specific to Toshiba, and second, Microsoft is out of the game too.

  Out of curiosity, but do you need WXP for your business or what?

• How to partition my new Portege Z930 HARD drive?

  Hi all

  I recently bought the Toshiba Portege Z930. I would like to create a new partition (for example D: /) on your hard drive, to store data, music, etc., and let the current C: / drive only for the use of the operating system.

  The problem is that I can't follow the normal procedure of partitioning my HD (via the Windows disc or by other software such as EaseUS Manager) because my Portege Z930 already has 4 primary partition created by default! Namely, these are:
  -1 1.46 GB recovery partition
  -1 8 GB hibernation partition
  -1 (hidden) 9.96 GB primary partition and finally
  -1 219 GB main partition

  As said, there are currently 4 primary partitions, which corresponds to the maximum number of primary partitions, I have. To create a new partition, one of these 4 must be transformed into a logical partition.

  I don't have to know if such a thing would be correct, or it would be the cause of the problems of the operating system etc. Also, I don't know which of the 4 above is more appropriate be transformed into a logical partition...
  I tried to contact Toshiba but the contact is very difficult with them.

  (1) does anyone have an opinion well informed about this?... happened... ?
  (2) I should I turn one of the 4 primary partitions above in a logic (and if so, where?)
  (3) what is the use of 4 partitions mentioned above?

  Thanks in advance for your comments,

  Hello
  Windows 7 is pre-installed on this laptop?
  Windows 7 needs the first (1.46 GB) partition to store files for the repair of the system.
  For example: in case something goes wrong with the Windows 7 system is able to automatically repair and this backup files on that partition. Don t touch!

  The primary partition (hidden) 9.96 GB seems to contain the image of Toshiba files.

  These image and music files is very important in the case where you want to create the Toshiba recovery disc (or USB) or you want to retrieve the laptop using Toshiba HDD recovery option. Don t touch if you haven't created the recovery disc!

  The main score of 219 GB seems to be the system partition. This partition contains the Win 7 OS.
  The 8 GB partition is not known to me but you wrote there seems to be a hibernation partition. Maybe its required for hibernation data.

  However, first I recommend you to create a recovery disk.
  It is an essential environment where you want to set the laptop back to factory settings.
  You can change the partitions on the HARD disk.

  In General, you can have 3 primary and 1 extended partition or 4 primary partitions.
  Extended partitions can contain logical partitions for example: private data.

• WIN8 on Portege Z930 upgrade

  Hello

  I just buyed a Z930 from Toshiba Portege with Win7 Pro installed and 2 DVDs with WIN8 upgrade.

  Perfect, until I tried to do the upgrade. I changed in the BIOS, UEFI and secure, put on the market STARTING the computer with the first DVD in the DVD drive and nothing happened.

  Then I started to look on the forum and find out that two other guys managed updating according to paper of Toshiba (change the BIOS and secure boot).

  What I can do because the principal does not work.

  Please give me an advice.
  It's 12Gmodel, Core i5 vPro

  Post edited by: Doru_1

  * Resolved the issue.*

  Simply make the changes in the BIOS.
  Reboot and wait until you got the message: restore the factory setting.

  Have chosen this option, put the external DVD1 with W8 from Toshiba in the STRANGE and follow the instructions on the screen. Alone will be, with the evolution of the DVD1 with each other.

  That's all. You have to W8.

• Will someone please tell me how to install drivers for Portege M100

  I have installed the toshiba M100_XP_common files

  1. I can't load the graphics drivers because they say that I do not have some files

  2. I can't load the audio drivers because they say that I need MS bus drivers

  Help please, what to do?

  I am running xp sp3, I would more XP KB

  Hey Buddy

  I guess you got the Win XP drivers for Portege M100 on the European driver Toshiba page.
  You will also find the installation instructions that shows you the right installation order!

  Yes, you must install drivers in the correct order.
  In addition, you will find the Intel and Intel Chip Set Utility display driver. These are the drivers required in your message!

• Portege Z930: How to install Win 7 after the installation of Win 8

  Hallo!

  There are a few weeks upgraded Toshiba Portege Z930 to Windows 8. Before the upgrade made the backup of Windows 7 on USB flash and it worked. Now recovering Win8 to Win7... Recovery starts fine - choose 'out of box' recovery and get ERROR 05-0172-0001.

  How to return to Windows 7?

  Hello

  I guess that your BIOS contains the option to switch between the UEFI and BIOS of the CSM.
  It must therefore return to the CSM BIOS and must disable secure boot if it has been previously activated.

  Then you can reinstall Win 7

• Portege Z930 - Win8 Upgrade offer fails

  Hello!

  31.Oct.2012 we bought Portege Z930 - G1S (PT234R) - quite an expensive laptop with Win7 Home Premium OS.

  We have reduced by thinking, we are entitled to Win8 upgrade, but as we walked into our data on the Microsoft site - they told us we are not allowed.

  We have tried to achieve the support of Toshiba in Russia - http://ru.computers.toshiba-europe.com/innovation/contact_toshiba.jsp
  Several times a month.

  But all mails are back with the error "invalid recipient address.

  How is it possible that support Toshiba official site is an invalid address blacklisted?
  How is it possible that Toshiba laptop recent and rather expensive subject program of upgrade of Windows 8?

  Thank you.

  Hello

  Please check this page how to upgrade to Win 7 to 8 Win:
  http://EU.computers.Toshiba-Europe.com/innovation/generic/Windows8-upgrade-stepbystep

  The point is that you must order Windows 8 from Microsoft and install it.
  If it fails, contact Microsoft why the order to win 8 failed.

  Of my knowledge Toshiba provides a Win 8 drivers. You can get this driver TOSHIBA Upgrade Wizard, but you can do this after the installation of Win 8!

  I found this page Toshiba win 8 Win 8 upgrade information
  http://EU.computers.Toshiba-Europe.com/innovation/generic/Windows8-message

• Audio choppy and distorted on Portege Z930 after update of Win7 for Win8 64

  I just wanted to share a tip with you that cost me some time to work, about the sound reproduction of a Portege Z930.

  When I got my new Z930 - 14L, he was running Win7.
  I tried everything like you do when you get a new machine and it worked fine - including the audio playback.

  When I updated for Win8-64 since the CD that came with the computer, everything still seemed to work very well and I had not changed any driver or Setup.

  However, after a few minutes, the linenn of audio playback. It choppy, distorted, interrupted, stuttering and I was shocked.

  Oddly enough, as soon as I turned my attention to the computer again, reading was OK again - but no screen saver came and no power saving mode has come in so little time. I knew that this was no hardware problem (because it worked in Win7), it was not a driver problem (because the first 5 minutes, the sound was pristine), he was not a ground loop, (as many have suggested) because it sounds differently.

  Thanks to another forum, I discovered that it is actually the combination of Windows Defender, Win8-64 Pro and the audio driver that causes this. If the device is idle for a few minutes, the Defender thinks it's a good idea to use idle time to scan the SSD - causing interference with audio playback. Of course, you cannot simply disable or stop the central antivirus process, that would ruin some the whole point. :-)

  _So I installed Kaspersky suite on the machine (which automatically disables the Windows Defender) and the problem disappeared! _ it's probably the only time where the installation of an antivirus suite SOLVES a problem. :-)

  BTW, this is not probably limited to this antivirus product, simply play a bit with the Defender.

  Best, Yuppie

  > Then I installed Kaspersky suite on the machine (which automatically disables the Windows Defender) and the problem disappeared! It's probably the only time where the installation of an antivirus suite SOLVES a problem.

  Thank you much for sharing this details here in the community.
  I guess that the information could be useful for others who have these problems of his fellow men.

• Portege Z930 and clean to Windows 8 install

  Hello
  I Z930 - 13 X and have upgraded in this 128 to 256 GB SSD. Unfortunately after having done that, I placed 128 GB SSD on my PC and did erase everything on it. Linux is my first but I paid for Windows 8, which comes with the laptop so I thought that I would give him a try. But Toshiba does not add any DVD / USB drive / DVD recovery with laptop so now I have no source that I can install Windows 8.

  Question where can I get Windows 8 ISO so I can install it on Z930?

  Concerning

  Since long Toshiba doesn t offer portable computers equipped with this media and recovery media must be created by the owner of the laptop.
  Problem is that you don't l l create a support of recovery before you start to do anything. S user guides document will describe how to do this.

  Now, your only way to get the factory settings is to order the new recovery disk and use it for installing Win8. You can order it on https://backupmedia.toshiba.eu/landing.aspx

  Download image Recovery is not possible.

• Portege Z930 - new Windows 7 and installing the driver

  I have a Toshiba Portege Z930 Ultrabook.

  I don't use it for a while because he was very very slow when navigating or attempt to perform other tasks. I scanned the system with several antivirus (now I have Avast and Fixila, but I also used Kaspersky and Norton) and nothing came.

  Now, I decided to reinstall Windows.
  So, I received a kit of Windows 7 Pro (it's the license granted with the laptop) and I'm fighting for a week to make it work properly.

  Now seems as graphics card does not work, I have most of the hard disk full some old files of windows, etc, etc.

  1. How is the right way to install a new version of windows on this laptop (without the old installation files) and use the accessories available on the laptop (graphics card, fingerprints... tool)

  And YES, I tried all THE drivers available on the Toshiba support successfully section only for the wireless card.

  2. have you had problems with the speed?

  Thank you
  Victor

  Hello

  > Now looks like graphics card does not.

  Does that mean exactly? Graphics card is recognized correctly in the Device Manager?
  In case it is, the driver is installed and works of the GPU.

  What Portege Z930-xxx are you?
  The exact part number might be useful to check the specs of the laptop.

  By the way: the driver / software installation is not very difficult.
  Forget the other Toshiba software if you n t want to install it
  Pick up the pilots only...

  However, some parts of the software as a value-added Package must be installed because this package installs a range of important public services.

• Portege 4000 - how to install the display driver for XP?

  Hi-

  I did a clean install of XP Portege 4000. The system has been previously default 98SE.

  Noticed that there is a yellow exclamation point in other devices about the video controller (VGA compatible). I downloaded the display on the Toshiba site driver (if it is the right thing?), but can't seem to install. There is no setup.exe to help me.

  My XP screen covers only 3/4 or more of the screen total, so that something is wrong somewhere...

  Hello

  No, Toshiba don't support Linux or Ubuntu on the Portege 4000 and you can t find drivers for it on the Toshiba page. Only Windows drivers are available.

  I m not an expert in Linux, but as far as I know you don t need additional graphic driver for Ubuntu. You should only change the resolution of the screen or something in the settings of the screen. I had the same problem on the first time I used Linux and I could solve it without additional driver but I put t know how I did it :(

  Good bye

• Portege M300 - how to install driver LAN

  Hello

  I got a new hard drive put in my Portege M300 and managed to get the drivers all released on except the lan and a modem.
  I found the drivers here and make them, but which file do I use to install the application? ...
  I have one that says "PRO network driver uninstaller connections" but nothing obvious for amd installation... no files for directions...

  Any help appreciated.

  Thank you

  How to install the LAN driver?
  It is very easy, you can install it in the Device Manager.

  First of all, you need the correct LAN driver.
  You can find the Portege M300 on the Toshiba drivers European page driver-> * Archives *.

  After the LAN driver has been downloaded, you must unzip this package.
  Then go to Device Manager, select the unknown device (NIC) in the network adapters, select install or update the driver and follow the instructions on the screen.

  Welcome them

• Portege Z930 cannot start with installed RAM module

  My laptop Toshiba Portege Z930-108 has stopped booting with any module of RAM installed in the support.

  If I remove RAM module, laptop computer starts and works fine, but if I install any module of RAM (4 GB 1600 original or a new 4 1600 CL9 or 1600 8 CL11) the computer cannot start.

  The screen stays black and power led flashing two green and two orange and a few seconds later, 3G indicator also on blue.

  This is the only problem I have with this computer, but it's strange.

  I updated the BIOS to the latest version and the problem is not resolved.

  I tried to reset the hardware (http://aps2.toshiba-tro.de/kb0/TSB3B03J90000R01.htm), also I tried to reset the equipment with power button 30 seconds without battery but button without success.

  Any idea on this problem of strage?

  Kind regards
  Lito.

  I guess you used bad RAM or not fully compatible modules.
  It's the only plausible explanation.

  I recommend you to order the RAM modules recommended by Toshiba that are:

  4 GB DDR3 - 1600 PA5037U-1M4G

  2 GB DDR3 - 1600 PA5037U-1M2G

• Portege Z930: How to keep the battery alive as long as possible?

  Hello

  Got a Portege Z930 recently, I do not know how to manage the recharge of the battery in order to maintain 'live' as long as possible.

  I'm mainly using computer at home, to leave the battery and then recharge, but I'm not sure it's a good idea. I had an A-200 before satellite, also use it at home and keep connected all the time; After a few years, the battery capacity decreases

  Thanks in advance.

  Hello

  > after a few years, the battery capacity decreases

  It's nothing unusual after a few years of any battery would start to lose performance.
  Generally speaking after 500 times charge cycles the battery begins to lose clean performance.

  Of course you can remove the battery and could use the laptop only connected to the power adapter, but in this case, the laptop would shut down when making connection interrupted.

  To extend the battery work, you will need to calibrate the battery from time to time.
  To calibrate the battery, you must discharge the battery until it is completely empty. Then connect the power adapter and charge the battery up to full charge. Repeat this procedure two or three times in the line.

  Greetings.

• Portege Z930 - how to check if the BT is turned on?

  I have my Bluetooth jambox added as a device but when I play music on Portege Z930, sound comes from speakers portable jambox not.

  Icon in the system tray, checked the settings but can't tell if bluetooth is actually on. Can anyone help?
  Thank you

  BT Manager (application) runs in the background. There is small BT symbol in the taskbar. Where BT is the symbol is bluish and when BT is OFF then the color changes to red and blue. This happen when you have Win7.

  On my machine with Win8 by using the key combination FN + F12 is symbol of BT he or she is gone where BT is DISABLED.

  JamBox is unknown to me but check it please manuals and make sure that you can switch to ands matching on your usage of portable option in BT Manager add a device. It shouldn't be so complicated.