Recovery discs - necessary?

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• Satellite L300-1AQ - how much of the necessary recovery discs?

  Dear all

  I would like to know how many drives recovery requires my laptop L300-1AQ (model number PSLB8E).

  I have a disc I made when I bought the computer but I can't start using up to this I make sure that only the disk is necessary (if more than one disk is needed and I begin the process of recovery, I believe that I have will make the computer unusable). I know that recent Toshibas are delivered with several DVDs so it certainly worth my checking before doing anything.

  Oh and the recovery partition is gone due to an 'aggressive' installation of linux, so this isn't an option for us (it's the new user is a windows user).

  I cannot find this information on the internet or in the manual, so I would be grateful if anyone out there has this information.

  Best wishes to all

  Hi DiodePrridge51b,

  Possibly 1 drive only Toshiba recovery disc creator, you need only 1 recovery disk to restore to factory settings.

  It s, always according to the model laptop and OS how many records you need, but if only 1 disc was required there s enough and begin the installation of recovery. :)

• Satellite P205D-S8804 - recovery disc for the necessary replacement

  Hello

  I bought in June 08 a Toshiba Satellite P205D-S8804 on Ebay Australia and I now need to format the system but can not find my recovery disks which have been equipped with a system.

  Where can I order the necessary recovery discs go in Australia? Is there a number I can ring for products are no longer under warranty?

  Hi Eagle,

  I put life t in Australia, so I know how it works exactly, but I recommend you to contact a service provider authorized in your country. Guys can order a new drive I think.

  Also if you have a Microsoft Windows disk, you can reinstall Windows with this disc. You can download all the drivers and tools on the Toshiba site.

• Ultra-Slim 8000 elite: necessary recovery discs

  I need to get a set of recovery discs for an HP 800 ultra-Slim elite. I can't find on the website. Can someone let me know how to get them? Windows 7 pro.

  Hello:

  You need to order recovery for HP business PC and laptop disks by phone.

  If you live in the USA/Canada, call HP at this number to order a set of recovery disks.

  1-800-334-5144

  Have the serial number of the PC handy to give to the customer service rep.

• Satellite A200-AH6 - necessary recovery discs

  Please contact me as soon as possible. you are looking for the two recovery disc as soon as possible

  I found this page of Toshiba Europe:
  https://backupmedia.Toshiba.EU/landing.aspx

  Here you can order the for European laptops computers Toshiba Recovery disk

• best2serve pile of crap recovery disc

  Hello

  Two weeks ago, I ordered a set of recovery disc for an HP Pavilion ms215uk all in a desktop pc.

  I paid £31.06 for drives that turn up. (7 days from order to receipt) - fair enough.

  However - they did not work. Disc 1 is OK, but on the insertion of disk 2, I got an error in Dutch (not English) that the system recovery discs would not work on this system.

  Great Stuff - Hp cannot even provide the correct disks.

  Good so I then sent their emails of support of shit and got a response indicating that they would send others.

  7 days later the disks turned up and guess what?

  Yes - they do not have work - same message - Dutch once again - and after inserting the disc 2 disc 5.

  It's 2 weeks - no recovery drive of work for my system - and 10 coasters.

  What the hell is happening with this crap company. No phone support (now I know why) and only contact by email - which they have not responded to and its now more than 24 hours.

  All brands on the site - even HP Hp can't help saying that I need to contact best2serve.

  Well I can't contact them because there is no way to contact them outside of the email.

  As far as I am concerned the disks are under warranty and that I should beable to call and ask why they do not work or have at least my money I can buy a copy of windows 7 and do a reinstall completely Virgin.

  2 weeks is not good enough - I'm just glad that the discs are not intended for a customers machine. Best2serve are crap - useless - and not very reliable from what I've read on this forum and the net in general.

  Oh - and discs are not manufactured or factory - basically, they are 1 x cd blank with green dye and 4 x dvd with purple dye. In other words discs burned and unprepared discs.

  And they are not scratched btw.

  So my question is what you do about best2serve or Hp?

  I have to go to the negotiation of standards?

  Or

  I have to create a website denouncing the best2web service and support - I could do a good job of it too.

  Your call.

  concerning

  peedoffbigtime

  Hi Paul,.

  As promised I have news on the situation.

  And here are my results.

  After many phone calls and e-mails to Hp and best2serve, I figured out that the Pc should be sent repair.

  That's why the recovery disks wouldn't work - pc necessary fixation. EVIL.

  The recovery discs would not work because I had installed a new hardrive.

  The recovery discs check the dmi information in bios or dmi on the "original hard drive" string that is automatically written in sector 8 hard drive at the factory.

  Replace the hard drive or the motherboard and your recovery disks do not work.

  BIOS updates can mess up too, the dmi information which was not the case with this pc.

  It's the original Bios HP 2009 - there isn't another available on Hp website.

  However for some reason any (nothing that I did at all)-

  Model number: MS215UK

  Serial number: 123456789

  Version identifier: 94WEv6PrA2

  The string Featurebyte: 333rd 2S2V and so on

  Part number: VG256AA

  The country Code: #ABU

  has all the missing since the information screen of the bios by pressing F10 to access the bios.

  It was like that for / to the plant.

  To solve this problem, I used an Hp dmi tool that is not accessible to the public, but a google search for cpc_dmi hp tool should get what you need. He made me.

  The 2010 version is the one you need.

  So, I used the Hp Dmi's tool and the cpc_dmi.exe of a bootbale disk file and published this information.

  Once I had done that and saved the settings of the chip rom all the correct information was shown on the system bios screen.

  Now armed, knowing this info has been tattooed in the rom chip system I proceeded with the recovery disk install again.

  I used the cd 'First use this disc' and then started the drive 1 0f 4

  This now gave me a good screen of Hp recovery option rather than the screen in Dutch say the recovery discs would not work on this system message.

  Disc 1 0f 4 installed perfectly and so the other 3.

  My system is now recovered and working as it did in 2009 when purchased new.

  Then

  I corrected the error of recovery disks don't work do not.

  I stuck two fingers up to the Hp support.

  I saved myself over £100 + by sending only not in Hp update bios dmi information. (FIX my donkey)

  That said it took me two days to get this working correctly through complete trial and error, but I'm a happy guy now.

  Oh - and don't will never buy Hp again. They suck.

  Thanks for the help

• Satellite L300 - recovery disc stops

  Hello

  I desperately need help, hope someone can help me here.
  On startup, computer laptop, one day, I got the dreaded ERROR LOADING OPERATING SYSTEM.

  So I bought a store media recovery disk for my laptop.

  Now, I tried all F8 stuff, but it does not work for some reason any on this laptop.

  Anyway, disk arrived and did exactly what it said on the back:
  Insert the disc and powerdown machine
  Press F12 at startup to the top, and then select the optical drive.

  Now when he turns back, download the FILES from LOADING of WINDOWS IS.
  Then, MICROSOFT CORPORATION (with the bar above it), once this happens a few seconds the CD/DVD drive stops and then get a black screen.

  It is not to go further than that.
  Tried to restart the laptop without a disc in and all that is to come, then is
  DISK-READ ERROR OCCURRED
  Press Ctrl + Alt + Delete to restart

  What should I do?
  Can I get in on the Media store and tell them that the disc does not work? If Yes, what is their email address?

  Thanks in advance.

  Hello!

  In my opinion it's really hard to say what the reason for this. It could also be a problem with the CD/DVD drive or HARD drive.
  So have you tested a Microsoft installation disc? You can try with a disc XP or Microsoft Vista. If you booted from it tries to format the HARD drive. Sometimes it of necessary to format the HARD drive before you can use the Toshiba recovery disc. On this way, you can also test if your CD/DVD drive does not work.

  If the Microsoft disk does not work also, could be a problem with the HARD drive. You can check the HARD drive with a Drive Fitness Test as a diagnostic tool. Google is your friend to find ;)

  Good luck and if you have any other questions, please let us know!

  Good bye

• create the VISTA recovery disc

  A friend set more than his HP Pavilion dv6226us running VISTA laptop.  The hard drive was full and the machine could not be used for anything else.  Keep wiping the dirve and start over, but there's a VISTA disk recovery for the machine.  The D: partition where HP backup files has been deleted from disk Recovery manager is not an option.  Check the HP support site and there is no the recovery disc for HP for this laptop model with VISTA, at least when I entered all the information on the site it does not list anything.

  Is there anything that can be done by copying the correct files in the WINDOWS directory on drive C.

  Thanks for any help in advance.

  There is a third party site that sells necessary recovery kits. You can try to order a Web site:

  http://www.computersurgeons.com/

• How to install Windows without recovery disc - Satellite A660 with new HARD drive

  Hey,.

  Portable 500 GB HDD of my friend Toshiba Satellite A660 seems to have died.
  I tied him to my laptop on a sata dock and runs a data recovery program because nothing has been saved. The recovery takes forever, however, and she really needs his computer to work.

  Because the hard disk may be damaged in any case, I am considering buying a new hard drive and install in the Toshiba.

  How can I do this without a recovery disk, though?
  The old drive was a partition recovery on it, I think, but this seems useless with a new drive.
  Operating system is Windows 7 64 bit home edition.

  The product key is on the bottom of the laptop.
  I live in Turkey and so I don't think there is a Toshiba store is close.
  There are individual computer stores, so I'm confident, I can buy a new internal hard drive (I could find the sata dock here), but he must know what to do to install the software, etc.

  Thank you!
  Chris

  > How can I do this without a recovery disk, though?

  You either have the recovery disk or you are going to install the system using the Microsoft Windows disk.
  The necessary drivers are in internet on Toshiba UE page.

  The recovery disc can also be ordered here:
  http://backupmedia.Toshiba.EU/landing.aspx

• HP dv5 first recovery disc loaded, but never asked for the second

  HP Pavilion dv5t-1000, p/n KQ574AV Windows Vista 32-bit, I have a set of recovery disks that I made before I started using the machine.

  Yesterday, my laptop froze during the download of reader photos.  System rebooted to a black screen with cursor flashing at the top left.  Removed the battery & power cord; power button down for 15 seconds; restarted the computer to another black screen.  Repeated several times.

  A disk failure hard while slot guaranteed 2 years, including fixed hp.  On the keyboard Panel, the three before white lights: power light, lightening bolt not away and hard drive/array turned on & strong flashing.

  The recovering of the disks and rebooted the computer.  "Windows is loading files...". ' First disc ends, but computer never asks for the second recovery disk.  Screen changes from black to blue.

  New message: PC it is not supported by the system recovery discs.

  You will not be able to continue to recover this system with disks.

  Can someone help me please!

  Hello

  Ok.

  If you get a disc error, then it would seem more likely to be a hard drive failure.

  View the results you get on the test drive.  If your drive is failed then try to restore or recover simply will not work. A replacement hard drive will be necessary.

  You may be able to recover your data on the disk by putting it in an external enclosure and connect to another Windows PC.

• Satellite L350 - Question about recovery disc creation

  Help, please.

  I read in the manual for my new lap top before setting up and feel rather nervous.

  The seller said that he had to open automatically when I start it, and all I had to do to install the printer and my word m/s (for example) program and I would be in place and running.

  But it seems that I should first do some recovery disks.
  How many disks is necessary? DVD no doubt - or D/L.?
  The recovery discs are possible after other programs installed?

  Secondly, he mentioned the manual online. Where can I find it?
  I have a scanner and a Seagate external hard drive, but these can be added later.
  I use the laptop as a desktop replacement for my old Mesh PC of five years.

  Thank you for your help.

  Hello

  Yes, it is very important to create the recovery disk before you change anything on your HARD drive laptops.
  When you have completed the installation of Vista, you must start the application called recovery Toshiba disc Creator.
  This application will help you create the recovery disk.

  As I m not wrong not you would need a DVD. I recommend using a DVD-R.

  Notes; in some cases, you might get an error burning the recovery DVDs. This may happen because not all drives are fully compatible. So if you get this error please check different DVD from different manufacturers

  Good bye

• using recovery discs

  I have a compaq S3100AN computer that I got from a friend. I formatted the hard drive and I want to use the recovery discs, he did to restore the system.  When I get to the second disc, it stops at APP\i386\APP31322.exe and runs over and over again trying to get the file. After a few minutes it will say abandoned or stop or something similar.

  I did once and managad to continue with other drives up to the arrival, but when I tried to restart the computer, it says it could not find the operating system and would not start.  I tried again with the same result but this time I can't go beyond disk 2 and it works for a while before getting an abortion without continuing on request. When he finally to have an abortion, it has two options, yes or no.  Which one should I click to bypass this file and continue on?

  Then towards the end of disk 5 or 6 it says error2: \preload\windows w32 missing and later, it says error 2:\C:\windows\cache\mbr.dll missing.  Maybe that's why it wouldn't start when it ended.  These are on CD - R discs, so I can't change all the files or change them, do you have any idea what I can do about it.

  I just install windows home edition from a cd of windows but it does not install the compaq drivers and, even if it starts successfully, if I restart it will lose all the necessary drivers for the video card and network etc, so that it operated on 16 colors and does not connect to the internet.

  Any help would be appreciated, thank you, Allan

  Allen,

  Just follow what Paul said of the to do and everything should be OK.

  If you still want to try the recovery disks, make sure that they are free of scratches, grease and finger prints. Who can help solve the difficulties of the disc to these problem spots. (Not recommended, but I found that using a very soft automotive polishing compound that is approved for use on plastic/plexiglas works well to clean a CD or DVD)

  Frank

• Factory.wim file in the recovery disc

  There is a 4 GB file on my recovery disk named factory.wim, which I cannot open.  I also get error messages stating that my recovery disk is almost full.  What is this file, it belongs there, and if not, where should I put it?  In addition, a nearly full recovery disc cause my computer to slow down?  I have a Dell Inspiron 1525 with Windows Vista Home Premium, aged for only 4 months.  Thanks for any information anyone can provide.

  Jillcee,
  Just to add to the excellent advice of Michael to keep your D: partition as it came from the factory - it is for recovery in case your system never breaks down and needs to be completely rebuilt from scratch.  To answer your question, the file named Factory.wim is the recovery file main that came on your computer and contains information necessary to rebuild your PC if necessary.  Do not delete it under any circumstances.  You can delete all the files that you have saved on the D: partition because they shouldn't be there.  You should back up your data to an external hard drive, a second hard drive internal physically separate, CD, DVD, or USB key.

  Let us know if we can be of further assistance.

  Thank you
  Gloria
  Microsoft Answers Support Engineer
  Visit our Microsoft answers feedback Forum and let us know what you think.

• Recovery discs and product keys?

  My laptop came with no recovery disc and began to play up if I want to erase everything and leave. The disks of backup that have been made are only records do not and do not let me recover the system. Can I use a disc of recovery from another PC, but enter the product key for the laptop? My two machines running Vista Home premium. The disc of recovery for a Dell desk top and my laptop is a Sony. Is it still possible to interchange the recovery discs? I have to download different drivers for the laptop before you erase the hard drive? Any other advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for your time. Gary.

  Hello

  Sorry, but you cannot use a recovery disk on a Sony Dell.

  This applies to all of the different brands.

  And if you have problems with the backup disks you made, read this information toreinstall Vista:

  There are several methods to reinstall Vista.

  There is no Windows Vista downloads available from Microsoft.

  You can contact your computer manufacturer and ask them to send you a set of recovery disks.

  They should do this for a small fee.

  To reinstall Vista using their recovery disk/s, you start from the 1st recovery disk they provide and follow the manufacturer's instructions to reinstall:

  You need to change the Boot order to make the DVD/CD drive 1st in the boot order:

  How to change the Boot order in BIOS:

  http://pcsupport.about.com/od/fixtheproblem/SS/bootorderchange.htm

  "How to replace Microsoft software or hardware, order service packs and replace product manuals.

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/326246

  And if you have never received a recovery disk when you bought your computer, there should be a recovery Partition on the hard drive to reinstall Vista on how you purchased your computer.

  The recovery process can be started by pressing a particular combination of the key or keys at startup. (Power on / start)

  Maybe it's F10, F11, Alt + F10, etc., depending on the manufacturer.

  Ask them to the proper key sequence.

  Some manufacturers have more available Vista recovery disks.

  If this happens, you may need to try this instead:

  You can also borrow and use a Microsoft Vista DVD, which contains the files for the different editions of Vista (Home Basic, Home Premium, Business and Ultimate) must be installed. The product key on your computer / Laptop box determines what Edition is installed.

  Other manufacturers recovery DVDs are should not be used for this purpose.

  And you need to know the version of 'bit' for Vista, as 32-bit and 64-bit editions come on different DVDs

  Here's how to do a clean install of Vista using a DVD of Vista from Microsoft:

  "How to do a clean install and configure with a full Version of Vista '

  http://www.Vistax64.com/tutorials/117366-clean-install-full-version-Vista.html

  And once the operating system is installed, go to your computer manufacturer's website and get the latest drivers for your particular model or laptop computer.

  And phone Activation may be necessary when you use the above installation method.

  "How to activate Vista normally and by Activation of the phone '

  http://www.Vistax64.com/tutorials/84488-activate-Vista-phone.html

  See you soon.

• Means of hard drive failure cannot use the recovery partition. Alas! recovery discs will not read!

  Hard drive decided to throw a wobbly and abandon me. I can't access the drive at all so decided to but a new and use the recovery at least discs bring the machine to its status as an out-of-box.

  That's the problem... It will not read the recovery disc. I know there is some stuff about it because I read in another machine. Until you tell me to change the DVD hardware... it reads very well all the other disks. I loaded Arcronis, as well as other system repair stuff, using the DVD Player/Recorder.

  I have a pukka Product Code for the software, Vista Home Basic. Can I get a Vista Home Basic disc and then use my key to sting?  I'm happy to pay a price, but do not want to buy at the price high. After all, I already paid for it once!

  Any help/suggestions will be much appreciated.

  Mr. Blue Screen.

  Hello

  Some manufacturers have more available Vista recovery disks.

  If this happens, you may need to try this instead:

  You can also borrow and use a Microsoft Vista DVD, which contains the files for the different editions of Vista (Home Basic, Home Premium, Business and Ultimate) must be installed. The product key on your computer / Laptop box determines what Edition is installed.

  Other manufacturers recovery DVDs are should not be used for this purpose.

  And you need to know the version of 'bit' for Vista, as 32-bit and 64-bit editions come on different DVDs

  Here's how to do a clean install of Vista using a DVD of Vista from Microsoft:

  "How to do a clean install and configure with a full Version of Vista '

  http://www.Vistax64.com/tutorials/117366-clean-install-full-version-Vista.html

  And once the operating system is installed, go to your computer manufacturer's website and get the latest drivers for your particular model or laptop computer.

  And phone Activation may be necessary when you use the above installation method.

  "How to activate Vista normally and by Activation of the phone '

  http://www.Vistax64.com/tutorials/84488-activate-Vista-phone.html

  See you soon.