Installation of Linux on Qosmio G20 - RAID refusing hard drive detection

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• Installation of linux on Qosmio G20

  Has anyone managed to do this? If for what flavor linux has been used or that drivers were used for hard drives?

  Hello nagimirza

  Please check the Linux operating system on this forum area. There are several topics on the same theme. Maybe you will find something interesting for you. ;)

  Good bye

• How can I boot from the Windows 7 Installation CD so that I can reformat the hard drive before reinstalling Windows 7?

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  On Friday, January 9, 2015 14:30:32 + 0000, BlueKodak wrote:

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  You must go into the BIOS and change the boot on CD order
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  motherboard/BIOS card that you have. In fact, you need access to the
  BIOS before Windows begins to start. A common method is to press
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• Installation of XP operating system in model of lab manager... No hard drive detected?

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• Qosmio G20 RAID installation problem

  Hello
  I decided to re - install WIndows Xp on my laptop one followed the instructions in the manual.
  I pushed F6 to load from my USB, RAID driver and was fine, Windows has detected
  the two hard drives and I chose one for a new installation. Windows will ask formatting
  (I chose NTFS quick) and then a screen will appear:
  __________________________________
  Insert the TOSHIBA RAID driver diskette into drive A:

  then press enter;
  __________________________________

  The USB key is still there, same disk that was read during the process of F6, and I just
  Press enter, but it does nothing. He does not even read the disc. As if expecting something?

  Any help will be appreciated...

  Thank you very much in advance,

  Mario.

  PS. : I pressed on (as despair grows) ALL keys on the keyboard (with the exception of the F3 that closes)
  and the same result. Nothing happened...

  Hello

  I don't have much experience with it, but maybe these documents from Toshiba can help you. Check it out!
  http://APS2.toshiba-tro.de/KB0/TSB5C00Y80007R01.htm
  http://APS2.toshiba-tro.de/KB0/TSB56012H0001R01.htm

  Please give us some information.

• Linux on Qosmio G20?

  Hey everybody.

  Is it possible to get Linux on a Qosmio G20? I read a littlebit in forum, but I couldn't find a solution anny on my problem. I have the same problem as many others. The problem is the RAID driver for my also... I tried Linux ubuntu 6.10 and 7.04 ubuntu linux... 6.10 was installing perfectly but 7.04 can't find my harddrives:S. an someone help me :)? I really want Linux on my computer... and sorry for my bad English...

  Hi mate,

  I love linux as you and 50% of the machines, I have ubuntu, gentoo and bsd running. But about the RAID drivers you should go on the ubuntu forums, since you won´t find here help States because not many users here have linux on their machine.

  I found here to whenever good solutions on my ubuntu related questions:

  http://www.UbuntuForums.org

  Good luck buddy

• Installation of Pinnacle on Qosmio G20

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  Hello

  This software is not a product of Toshiba and believe me; It's not easy to say why it of not possible to install this application. I can do only a suggestions, but I'll try to help you ;)
  Did you check if you have enough space on the HARD drive?
  I put t don't know if this helps but try to defragment the HARD disk, and then try again to install this software.

  Good bye

• How to install linux on Qosmio G20-120

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  Thanks in advance.

  Hello

  It's always a problem with Linux as the OS is not supported by Toshiba. In this case, you're on your own.

• Qosmio G20 raid and SUSE 10.2

  Hello, I plan the installation of SUSE 10.2 and currently have my HD 2 in raid 0 mode and I was wondering if they would consider Linux as a HD or 2 I want to dual boot with XP.

  Any advice on this would be very happy.

  I just tried to install Linux and it only recognizes as separate readers 2 those so it seems I need a raid driver, does one exist if so where is it.

  Concerning
  Barry

  Post edited by: manickbarry

  Hello

  I googled around and some sites provide drivers for Linux RAID.

  But in my opinion if you want to use the dual OS you cannot use RAID.
  If you use RAID everything is mirrored and the second HDD provide the same content as the first HARD drive.
  To my knowledge if you want to run Windows and Linux together, you must disable the RAID

• Qosmio G20-108: RAID-> new HARD drive replacement - he does not want to mirror

  I have a laptop G20-108. The raid was quite happilly mirroring then Hdd2 failed. I removed the disk dirve and replaced by a new one [seagate 100 GB sata 150], but he does not want to mirror?

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  I tried pressing the raid button turn off but it wouldn't let me!

  Help how to leave the raid console know it is a new drive and should rebuild Hdd1?

  Hello
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  Try this, and you will have no problems:
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  Francisco

• Windows 8 Installation, no HARD drive detected

  Hi guys,.

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  Thank you

  Delvallée

  Don't bother trying to reinstall Windows 8, it is now obsolete. Since you already had put Windows upgraded to Windows 10. Your systems hardware profile is saved with a Microsoft Product Activation Server and considered a Device 10 Windows , this means that you can reinstall clean Windows 10 directly. See here for more information about getting support for Installation of Windows 10:

  http://dellwindowsreinstallationguide.com/download-Microsoft-Windows-and-Office/Download-Microsoft-Windows/download-Windows-10-OEM-and-retail-ISO/

  You must use the right support to Installation of Windows 10 and not a Windows 10 disk recovery you have a system with several hard drives. Make sure that you select the correct edition. Skip the product three times in the course of installation and Windows 10 key it will activate automatically.

  You should not need to prepare and load the SATA drivers for Installation of Windows 10 support, but if you make them instructions are here:

  http://dellwindowsreinstallationguide.com/a-clean-install-of-Windows/downloading-preparing-and-loading-SATA-drivers/

• Re-installation of Windows XP doesn't recognize any hard drive - help

  Hello

  I have model X60s: 17044JU

  I installed XP of origin.

  My computer is very slow and I am trying to reinstall XP from my CD (and the HD format so I have everything clean).

  When the blue screen Windows installations appears and loads the drivers etc then it tells me that it doesn't recognize any HDD.

  I thought that I might need the SCSI or RAID drivers, but since I don't have floppy drive I can not load their.

  How to install new XP any help would be appreciated.

  Thank you

  Miron

  Moderator edit: number masked to prevent improper use.

  go to the bios hard drive mode menu switch from ACHI to compatibility.

• Qosmio F750-129 - change HARD drive

  Hi all

  For my QOSMIO F750-129, currenlty it works with native hard drive Hitachi HTS547575A9E384 (5400 RTM)

  I would change this hard drive for a faster:

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  Is it possible for you (power, temperature, SATA interface...)?

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  To increase the performance of the laptop HARD drive change is recommended. I recommend exchanging it with SSD. You will see the difference. Computer laptop will start and runs much faster than before.

  Toshiba also offers SSD so if you need some info visit http://storage.toshiba.eu/cms/en/index.html

• Qosmio G40 - 10F - extra hard drive

  Hello

  I have recently purchase a G40 thinking it was x 2 of physical drives, it appears in this model there is only a single physical HD

  I read in many places, there is room for the G40-10 for a reader to additional disk placed inside the machine but this model seems to have simply a fixed cover but the space for the reader to be mounted

  Nobody knows of the back plate is removed and an additional hard drive caddy to store additional drive - it should be relatively simple with a heat dissipation and other I think all that is needed is the replacement carriage and connector cable SATA - x motherboard 2 recognisies readers

  All I really want to know is

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  (2) is - someone doing it
  (3) toshiba reference numbers for the caddy and for a G40 - 10F sata cables

  Hello

  I have a Qosmio G30, but I saw G40 and if I remember, although in the lower corner, that there are two HARD drives covers. Two of them are placed close to the battery, and they have one, how to say, plastic circle. AFAIK the G40 is offered with one or two hard drives. The first HARD disk is placed inside fixed with a screw. One extra is placed under the second HARD drive cover fixed with two screws.

  I don't really know if your G40 is extensible, but you can contact the service provider authorized in your country. They have access to the database of Toshiba and they can check it for you. Part number is usually internal case and it is not easy to find number of exact part for these additional parts like the drive bracket HARD or cables.

  Make a call and pick up information on the possibility of upgrade HARD drive.
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• Qosmio G10-133 need HARD drive model number

  Hi, did anyone know how I can get the model not the original toshiba drive comes with my qosmio? (it was replaced due to failure)
  If it can help my laptop is a G10 133 - PQG10E-02E00EEN no.25013825h series
  I tried a technical support without success...
  Or does anyone have a G10 133 that has his drive hard 80gig of origin in what they could tell me what is the model number... Please!

  Reason being, I have the original tray and I need to buy an identical car to try to recover data

  Thanks in advance

  Hello

  You n don't need to buy an original Toshiba HDD each different manufacturing HDD will work if it will be compatible with the standard of substantive law.
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