Recovery on Portege M200?

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• System restore using the recovery on Portege M200 CD

  Hi, I want to restore my M200 using the provided restore DVD. I have a Toshiba PA345U-1DV2 external USB DVD came with a CD that contains drivers for DOS. The Readme in the back driver's record is in Japanese! I created a boot SD card using the util of Toshiba and added the back drivers in the config.sys file.

  No matter what I try, I can't get the DVD USB boot DOS and so read the restore DVD. I admit that it is driving me crazy. I tried all the options I can find on the net and still no luck. Can anyone help?

  It seems to me that as the DVD drive is Toshiba and has drivers back it should work.

  As far as I know, you need a reader taken supported and compatible to recover form the USB.
  Not every player is compatible! :
  Please check this announcement on compatible drives:
  http://forums.computers.Toshiba-Europe.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=9291&MessageID=32642

  In this ad, you will find instruction how to recover the operating system on the M200 protected without using the external drive:
  http://forums.computers.Toshiba-Europe.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=11393&MessageID=41104

  And this announcement provides more interesting information on the recovery of the M200 procedure:
  http://forums.computers.Toshiba-Europe.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=2798&MessageID=8348

  I hope I could help

• Need CD of Russian recovery for Portege M200

  Hello

  can someone help me get a recovery for a Toshiba Portege (Win XP) CD in Russian?
  Or, do you know where I can order this CD or DVD? Thank you!!

  Hello

  I can imagine you can get one approved in Russia service partner. Call them and ask. You'll be lucky!

• Cannot start the installation of recovery for Portege M200

  Hello

  I've used the DVD of recovery a long time ago, but now he won early t. Instructions tell you to:
  1 insert the disc
  2nd turn the pc on while keeping the key C pressed
  3. follow the instructions that appear on the screen

  I tried as indicated but nothing happens and windows starts normally. I also tried to open the DVD when the pc is on and I can see the files but can t start the process.

  Can someone help me solve this problem?

  Hello

  have you tried to boot from the DVD? Of course, you can see the files on the DVD, but perhaps you need to change the boot order so it starts on the DVD instead. To do this, restart the computer, and then press F2 when you see the Toshiba logo on the screen during startup (F2 or which key it tells you to press to enter setup).

  Move to the boot order in the BIOS setup and exchange the CD/DVD with the HARD drive so that the CD/DVD is top of the list. Go into the menu of the BIOS Exit Saving Changes and the computer will reboot. I hope that the recovery DVDs should start now, if it works and the completion of all facilities to return to the menu of the BIOS and follow the same instructions to change the CD/DVD in the second and put the HARD drive to the top of the list.

  I hope that answers your question.

• Portege M200 - unable to access the recovery console

  Hello

  Yesterday my software anti-virus let me know that a virus was trying to access my computer, had quarantined it and claimed a reboot of my Portege M200 to remove it completely. Restart, the laptop is not actually restart and just hung. It gets past the Toshiba window and crashes. I tried to start in safe mode but nothing helped. It starts to load files and crashes to a particular system file that is obviously now corrupt. I tried to enter my recovery console using Windows XP Recovery discs, but was unable to do so. The discussions on this forum have been useful, however I still have not solved the problem.

  I have my product recovery DVD-ROM, but I'm afraid to use it as the next warning with her said that reformatting will lose all my work and I do not know if it will automatically reformat my hard drive (which I have no back ups of my work) or I will give a choice? Also, I see BONES of your forums, that it will correct not actually of corrupted files. I've also seen queues to make an image ghost on a floppy drive but I don't have a floppy drive on my Portege M200.

  Can someone please provide me with the steps to solve this problem, as I am of 11 hours trying to solve this problem, but nothing helps!
  Thank you

  You are right about image recovery. Recovery image is designed to clean BONES only and there is no option for the repair of the BONE. What you can try is to get the disc of Microsoft WXP installation and Startup Repair option.

  I hope this will help you and you will be able to boot OS preinstalled. If it will work on the first back up all your important data.

• Where can I find the drivers for my Portege M200 - I lost my recovery CD

  Where can I find the drivers for my Portege M200? Because there is none on the download page. The only drivers that you might find there are drivers for bluetooth, wlan and I think it is. Have no drivers for my sound card, my network card and all the other stuff.

  I need to download because I really really need to do a fresh install and my recovery disk is lost since the last time I moved.

  Naturally, I called Toshiba and asked if I could get a new one, or if I could download it some how, the response I got was "I'm sorry, neither we nor any of our partners have a.

  And because the windows license is only valid for the Windows XP Tablet edition with SP1 preistalled "Toshiba" and the only way I could get if I had such a drive.

  So the advice gave me support was to buy a new license windows and if I wanted to all work I must review the Windows XP Tablet edition 2005 or something like that.

  But since I already have XP pro license, I decided to install it because I almost never use the tablet properties more. And now when I did just that I can't find almost all the drivers my computer cannot function properly.

  Hello

  > Where can I find the drivers for my Portege M200? Because on the download page, there is no

  What page of the driver Toshiba have you checked?
  I visited the page of European driver of Toshiba and found all the necessary drivers

  Please follow this path and you should get the European driver from Toshiba site:
  http://EU.computers.Toshiba-Europe.com/-> support the Dowloads & -> support home page-> download Driver

• Portege M200 recovery process does not work

  I want to re format my old M200 of 4 years using the original recovery disks (4).
  The recovery.txt file that is stored on the first disc advise me of a process for this, but also States that "this utility does not if the drive has been formatted or converted to NTFS.

  My C drive is NTFS, and the recovery process does not work.
  I'm unable to find any other documents or files on the drives to advise me what to do help.

  I would be greatfull for anyone who has experience with this issue who can advise me on the correct process to run my recovery on a drive formatted as disks

  NTFS.

  May I ask what laptop do you have: is it a M200 Satellite or Portege M200?

  How have you tried to recover the laptop?
  Have you tried to boot from the CD?

• Portege M200 will not install product recovery.

  Hello.

  I have a laptop Toshiba Portege M200 (model No.: PPM20A-00LG4). Three years ago, that I ran the recovery of products and records program to get a new install of XP Pro. Then I loaded all service packs of the internet. Very well, everything worked fine and the perfermed the laptop.

  Recently, the laptop was quite slow, so I decided to do it again.

  I booted the laptop on the program of recovery on the external CD-ROM drive. He reformatted the HARD drive, etc. I then installed the product recovery CD four amount requested by the installation on screen menu and the laptop seemed to accept them. Then, when invited to "Remove the disk from the drive and press a key" the laptop restarts but does is display a white blinking cursor against a black screen, for hours. Nothing happens.

  After pressing a button to restart, the Toshiba flash appears with different sources of boot, the HARD drive is first, then just the blinking cursor. I tried to re - start the laptop but get the same routine and then the blinking cursor.

  I'd appreciate really no clue to the diagnosis.

  Thanks in advance for any help.

  Hey,.

  The blinking cursor means that the operating system can t be started. To me it sounds like that, something was wrong during the installation of Windows.

  I recommend reinstalling Windows if more boot of the Toshiba Recovery disk and follow the instructions on the screen. In other words, do the same steps that you have already done and check what happens.

  Such things as installation doesn t work properly can occur without any particular reason. So, don t you worry and just test it again. ;)

• Portege M200 - where to get a recovery disk?

  Hello!!!

  I bought this laptop on e - bay, but I did get a recovery disk. How can I get?

  Thank you!!!

  Hello

  I think you can not order the recovery disk because the Portege M200 is a former model of laptop.
  This service is only available for new models of portable computers which are not delivered with the recovery disk, but with the option of HARD drive recovery.

  I'm not very well if you want to be able to order this disc for the M200 m.
  But maybe you are a lucky man and ASP in your country might help.

  Contact the authorized service partner and ask if it would be possible to get this disc.
  If this isn't the case, then you must install the OS using the disc of Microsoft. The final Toshiba drivers are placed on the page of Toshiba Europe.

  See you soon

• New hard drive installed on Portege M200 but does not start

  I upgraded the hard drive in my Portege M200 from 4 GB to 80 GB using Parted Magic to clone the original disc. Cloning complete successfully, but instead of starting with the new drive, the M200 simply display a blinking cursor when turned on. Any help is very appreciated.

  TIA, update

  Hello

  Maybe you can try one of the below to solve your problem:

  BUT! ALWAYS keep a backup!

  Boot the system with a flexible BACK (with fdisk.exe inside) to restore the MBR by typing

  FDISK/MBR

  This works even on a SATA drive. Start alternative all Win2k or XP installation CD, go to the console command and issure of recovery

  FIXMBR

  See you soon

  Tom

• Re: Portege M200: need to start Win XP boot disk

  Hi all

  I'm looking for a boot floppy to boot XP tablet edition disc 2005 on my Portege M200.
  If someone could point me in the right direction that would be great.

  Hello

  You must initialize disc?
  I wonder why you need this disc?

  I think you don t know a fact. The diskette of starting in not necessary but you need a compatible CD/DVD player if you want to start from the CD or DVD.

  The Portege M200 supports the recovery through the BIOS (by pressing 'C') with the USB 2.0 card and PCMCIA (16-bit and Cardbus).

  _Following and controllers (USB, PCMCIA) can be used: _
  one) Toshiba, PA3352E-SCD2, CD-RW/DVD-Rom USB 2.0 drive
  (b) Toshiba, PA3402E-1DV2 USB 2.0 DVD Super Multi Drive, SN: 5362870112
  (c) Toshiba, PX1055E-1NST SN: 3431490096 with a PC card (16 bit), cable, PCMCIA Card, Rev.043.242, SN: 18496 043 3999 0343 01093
  (d) Toshiba, PX1055E-1NST SN: 3431490096 with CardBus, cable II, CARDBUS, Rev.136, SN: 16693 136 3999 0149 06122

  The setting of 'PC Card Controller Mode' in the BIOS should be 'Automatic Selection '.
  This means that you have nothing to change in the BIOS, because it is the default value.

• Portege M200 - bought on Ebay and frustration comes

  Hello

  I m new here and I want to ask for a warm welcome. I purchased a M200 on Ebay and he received two days before. The M200 hasn t had a DVD player and I have no recovery CD or software for my Toshiba. I have a Toshiba external slimline PCMIA CD-ROM, but more of him later.

  I found a lot of information based on this topic, but really nothing has worked for me, that article why I ask my questions here. So far, I'll tell you what I tried...

  I bought VISTA Home Premium and want to install on my M200.

  On my M200 FreeDOS short.

  I tried:

  1. use my USB drive as a floppy using a HP tool that simulates a USB drive as a disc of floppy (FDD). I ve a copy all the contents of the Vista DVD for my USB. Then I ran the BIOS on the M200, select FDD as first boot option, but nothing happens, it still start FreeDOS.

  What I'm doing wrong, Boot USB (diskette) works on the M200?

  2. as there is an external Toshiba CD Player included in my M200, I thought the first installation of a Windows XP disk. In the first period the player seems to not work, but after some time, it worked and I put my Windows XP on it. He loaded the disc, and the typical blue screen for the start-up of the plant came. But after a few seconds he stopped and said "could not read the data xxxxxx.xx, error 7. I tried two more times and same error appeared, only that it was another file that could not be read, and another error number.

  I read and I don't know if it's true:

  I have red somewhere that I can only install Windows XP which was used on the recovery CD from Toshiba (that the CD was not included in my M200). So I can't use for OS install the recovery CD and any other normal XP CD?

  Or is there an error with my external CD drive? Currently, it doesn't work again...

  3.

  I have red the following link to install Vista on M200 by a PXE server:

  http://flimflan.com/blog/InstallingVistaOnYourToshibaM200.aspx

  and this one

  http://home.allegiance.TV/~joem298/

  The first link says I can go point 13 of the second link:

  Umbrella and that's what bothers me. They tell me. Turn on your Toshiba M200 and press F2 to select the network. I press F2, but nothing happens, I see the Toshiba logo but nothing happens... If I press on enter, then come back to FreeDOS...

  Also on the second link, I tried to start from the point 1. But in point 5, the word:

  Unzip the contents of "BFD package full v1.0.7.zip" in a temporary directory. Open a command prompt and navigate to the temporary folder. Run the command "bfd msnet" in order to create the startup disk.

  I don't have a floppy drive. They tell me to run bfd.msnet from the command. Cmd.exe command is? If Yes, what should I type in to get bfd.msnet run?
  ---------------

  I knew that installation would be very difficult and I kindly ask for personal assistance. If you can speak German, it would be nice to answer in German.

  Up to now
  Ahmed

  :/

  Hello

  As you can see in this thread, you can install Vista on the Portege m200 and it works fine:
  http://forums.computers.Toshiba-Europe.com/forums/thread.jspa?MessageID=73510𑼦

  The point is you need a PCMCIA compatible CD/DVD drive to boot from the Vista DVD.

  This thread will show you how to install OS without using the external CD/DVD drive:
  http://forums.computers.Toshiba-Europe.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=19232

  It describes the procedure for Portege R100, but it should also works on an M200

  Good luck

• Can not install Windows on Portege M200

  Hello
  I bought a Portege M200 opportunity. I discovered that the HARD drive was broken, so I bought a new one, plus a (160 GB)
  I know the problems Porteges can do when triing to install the OS on them, so I used this tutorial for installation of the network:
  [http://blog.ryantadams.com/2008/02/01/how-to-boot-from-the-network-pxe-boot-with-tftp-and-windows-pe/ | http://blog.ryantadams.com/2008/02/01/how-to-boot-from-the-network-pxe-boot-with-tftp-and-windows-pe/]

  everything worked well. then, my xp installation 'button' was grey, so I went with this tutorial:
  http://blog.ryantadams.com/2008/07/30/option-to-install-Windows-is-grayed-out-when-running-network-install/

  that worked well, too. The installer kopies some files and the desire to do a restart. So he brought me to Windows PE, I typed 'wpeutil reboot' as described in the second tutorial. My PC has started again and then nothing happens.
  I chossed "boot from HDD" and all I can see is a black screen with a small flashing underscore white top.

  IT IS REALLY FRUSTRATING. I also tried another method, for example the back of things (like I got [my R100 to work | http://forums.computers.toshiba-europe.com/forums/thread.jspa?messageID=120473]), with the same result.

  Thanks a lot for your help!

  You have a smaller HARD drive you can try?

  The M200 may be limited to 120 GB HDD due to the LBA48 137 GB limit. More info here: http://www.48bitlba.com/

  Ultimately, you must use the original Toshiba Portege M200 recovery disk to reinstall Windows. You can order from Toshiba https://backupmedia.toshiba.eu/landing.aspx

• Portege M200 does not start

  I have a Toshiba Portege M200 with Microsoft Windows XP Tablet Edition. When I turn on the computer, I get the following message is displayed:

  PXE - E61: Media test failure, check cable of
  PXE - MOF: Exit Intel Boot Agent
  Insert system disk in drive.
  Press a key when you are ready.

  When I insert the recovery and Applications/drivers DVD Portege M200 Series, the same message will reappear.

  What is my next step?

  Thank you.

  This message appears only if the safe portable couldn t of the other sources and tries to boot from LAN.

  The question is; Why the Portege M200 doesn't boot from the HARD drive?
  In my opinion, there are two possibilities; There is no OS on the HARD drive or the HARD drive died.

  I think that this should be checked first

• How to recover the Portege M200 without optical drive or a floppy drive

  Hi guys,.

  Is it possible to perform a recovery of my M200 without using an opitcal drive or a floppy disk?

  All the solutions I have so far is based on having an optical drive of a kind or a floppy disk.
  The only solution seems to be doing through a network boot disk, but all the info regarding this option is only available for full XP not disc not the recovery disc, so I can't get that of not work either!

  Can someone tell me if there is a way to do a cover of the SD card without needing an optical drive or a floppy disk?

  Thank you

  As much I know SD card will not help at all. If you have the original recovery CD you the optical disk drive. If I remember well the docking station for this Portege should have one.

  Sorry, but I see no alternative here.