Satellite A200: Error recovery - file Preinst.swm error: F3-F000-0008

Hello.

I'm really not good at computers and things, but I'll try my best to describe the error in my laptop:

I have a Satellite A200 (with Vista), I bought about 4 months ago here in Australia. There a virus last week, so I made the recovery disc on 2 new blank DVDs using the recovery disk creator and creation process went smoothly without glitches.

All right then, I ran the recovery disc in what, in my view, is called the start menu? Anyway, after a few minutes I kept getting an error message that has something to do with 'Preinst.swm file. After a couple of times of clicking 'continue' and see this same error message by clicking 'ignore' and running the 2nd DVD, an error message "error: F3-F000-0008". "»

Now I assume that the error preinst.swm is due probably to a scratch in the recovery disc, or some fault in the DVD that I used and not with the portable reality itself. I just need confirmation you guys on this subject.

I guess the best way to go is just to have an another Vista recovery disk (from the store, I bought the laptop from) then? Or y at - it another way to solve this problem I can do before I leave to the experts? I use this laptop for work so really - no laptop, no work!

Thanks in advance.

Really not easy to say why the restore procedure does not work.
But for me, one thing is clear.
If you have 2 recovery DVDs, you must always start the first!
If you start bad DVD, you will always get an error message.

To my knowledge the laptops computers Toshiba for the European market are delivered with all necessary CDs/DVDs and the recovery media is still in the package.
I put t know why Toshiba Australian didn't send the DVD of recovery as well as the laptop. Perhaps the recovery DVDs are simply available, and they offer only an option for the creation of a collection. Who knows...

However, it is s try to contact the service provider allowed in your country and ask if you can order a new CD from recovery for you laptop.

Good luck and best regards

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