Satellite A30: Cannot install OS after HARD drive crash

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  Yes, you can reinstall Windows 7 using the same product key, you may have to reactivate if by phone.

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• Can satellite A30 - I install a larger HARD drive?

  I thought I had taken care with boards and pieces of kit. but after the reconstruction of my A30 (having the replaced DC Jack), he comes up with the following messages:

  * SMART failure provided on hard disk 0: TOSHIBA MK4018GAS (PM) *.
  * WARNING: Immediately back up your data and replace your hard drive. A failure may be imminent.*
  * Press F1 to continue. *

  I tried winding connector to HARD drive decision-making, which seems OK.

  So start thinking I killed this disk somehow. If Yes, can I install a larger drive, say 80 or even 160 GB and should I look for a magic word MK4018GAS, or is it SATA or IDE, I'm looking.

  Thank you. Robin

  Hello!

  If you delete the old HDD, you can see if an IDE or SATA HDD but the Satellite A30 is equipped with an IDE HDD.

  You can use a larger HARD drive. This should not be a problem, but as far as I know this laptop has a limitation of LBA 28 bits. This means that the disc size limit is 128GB and so you can use a 120 GB HARD drive.
  If you want to learn more about this read the article on Wikipedia or here: http://www.48bitlba.com

  So, you can buy a 120 GB HARD drive or an 80 GB HARD drive as you suggest. I have good experiences with Hitachi and Seagate hard drives.

  In any case, I think that it s a good idea to exchange the HARD drive. SMART error message appears as if there is something wrong with the HARD drive to back up your data as quickly as possible. ;)

  Good bye

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  In desperation, I contacted HP support and was informed that I had to pay for technical support. I must say that I was really disappointed by HP and HP «each incident» support I spent $59 and 3 hours talk with some idiots in the new Delhli, who accompanied me through a few tests of BIOS of base no matter what 3-year-old could have understood, I sent them a picture of the BSOD and error code, and they arrived at their 'solution' to send me my laptop to HP for them to install a new hard drive and reinstall the operating system for the pittance of $200 and 7 to 9 days!

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  Craig

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  There is no Vista free download legal available.

  Contact your computer manufacturer and ask them to send a recovery disk/s Vista set.

  Normally, they do this for a cost of $ small.

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  Or borrow a good Microsoft Vista DVD (not Dell, HP, etc).
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  There are 2 disks of Vista: one for 32-bit operating system, and one for 64-bit operating system.

  If install a cleaning is required with a good DVD of Vista (not HP, Dell recovery disks):

  Go to your Bios/Setup, or the Boot Menu at startup and change the Boot order to make the DVD/CD drive 1st in the boot order, then reboot with the disk in the drive.

  At the startup/power on you should see at the bottom of the screen either F2 or DELETE, go to Setup/Bios or F12 for the Boot Menu

  http://support.Microsoft.com/default.aspx/KB/918884

  MS advice on the conduct of clean install.

  http://www.theeldergeekvista.com/vista_clean_installation.htm

  A tutorial on the use of a clean install

  http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/winvista_install_03.asp

  Super Guide Windows Vista Installation

  After installation > go to the website of the manufacturer of your computer/notebook > drivers and downloads Section > key in your model number > get latest Vista drivers for it > download/install them.

  See you soon.

  Mick Murphy - Microsoft partner

• Retrieve the profile Favorites after hard drive crash

  I had a hard drive crash and he had replaced. I managed to save most of my data from my old hard drive, but I don't think trying to save my Firefox bookmarks. I don't have a sync account until the accident occurred.

  Is it possible at all to recover Favorites from before the crash?

  Note: I use an iMac 2009 with a brand new hard drive and running OS X Mavericks.

  Firefox always takes a backup of bookmarks.

  Try these links

  • https://support.Mozilla.org/en-us/KB/recovering%20important%20data%20from%20an%20old%20Profile#w_bookmarks-and-browsing-history
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  Hello friends,

  I have the Satellite A 100. I was using dual OS - windows vista home edition and Ubuntu. Now I wanted to remove Ubuntu and so I did the stupidest thing - directly delete the partition with Ubuntu which had the GRUB files. Then to the laptop computer restart of course the Grub bootloader wasn't there and if the computer is not started or load any OS. Then I thought that I will reinstall Vista with product recovery CD but the progress reached at 2% and then I keep getting error 1117 a failure to read. I tried so many times without success. I even tried to install XP, but it says Intel boot agent cannot make connection. And it also fails.

  Please help to reinstall Vista or XP. I'm really stuck and I learned a lesson not to tinker in mobile when it isn't those of Cup of tea!
  Any help is greatly appreciated.
  Thank you!

  Perkins

  > Now if I download EasyBCD how would I be able to run it or how should I use it?
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• Satellite A200-193 - installing an extra HARD drive

  Hello

  I have a Satellite A200-193 and I would like to install one additional go 160 HARD drive into the free location.
  The problem is that there is no SATA connector to this place (switch on the motherboard, not more).
  I know there are computer A200 laptop with a second HDD and my question is "if I go into an official TOSHIBA Service Center, it is possible to install a SATA connector in this free site, this is to allow the installation of additional HARD drive?

  If someone could help me on this point, it would be great.

  Thank you.

  Hi Mathieu

  I see that you are a bit confused ;)
  As you known t n, there are probably different Satellite A200 series a series helps the second HARD drive upgrade and some A200 series cannot be upgraded
  But the A200 series was equipped with the same laptop covers

  This means that you will find the second drive HARD on all mobile A200 Bay but the drive HARD (SATA) connectors don t exist on each series.
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  I hope I can clarify this confusing question ;)

  Good bye

• Satellite C660D - cannot install Wireless Lan / WiFi driver

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• Satellite A300 - cannot read the second HARD drive

  Greetings from the Spain,

  I got 1 month there is a serious problem with my laptop (which is 5 months old), associated with crcdisk.sys.

  I gave up after several hours studying, and send the computer serving techniques. (Vista was does not load and no recovery was possible)
  Technical services changed 1 hard drive and the motherboard (don't ask me why)
  This computer cams with 2 HD (these 2 devices)

  The first has a recovery partition.
  The problem now is that I see the second HD (D :) but I can't read or access it.)
  However, McAfee, it can scan and I can see the names of files (they were there before sending it to T.Service) during the scan.

  The only solution I have Toshiba is "send it back", but with the previous experience I've had with this guy, maybe now they put a new keyboard and wait another month...

  Any ideas?

  Thank you

  _Update_

  Now I can read the second disc of Internet expolrer..., i.e. D:\documents... I read a few videos, I got there and seems to work.
  However, I cannot read with ordinary windows Explorer or cannot write files from any program.

  BTW. I can access from the Explorer, but just the files, i.e. d:\documents\letters, but not to the root?

  You have installed the laptop with the recovery disk? Try this!

  What operating system do you use? If you are using Vista control this information from Toshiba:
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  Ok
  complete failure of the hard drive, no recovery cd was created, reloaded windows 7, looked up and downloaded the drivers from Toshiba, BUT there are only two video drivers listed, amd and Intel, both marked "for model only supported" its an Intel machine so I tried the Intel driver but it doesn't install, it just closes which I believe if the corresponding material is not found is the default action for these drivers.

  But I'm stuck with 'standard VGA graphics adapt' all other drivers loaded perfectly, (I installed the driver from chipset Intel first and rebooted, so it should be ok but it s not)

  Any ideas?

  Rgds
  SYB

  What Satellite L500 you exactly (L500-xxx)?
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• Satellite P105 - cannot install the nVidia display driver

  I tried to complete the download several times for the nVidia Display Driver 9.7.5.4.

  First where installation is not complete citing «that this computer doesn't have the correct material...» ', then the Windows message came and said that "If this configuration is not completely successful click blabla" and I did.
  Now when I run the installation it always stops in the same place. But now it is said that * "Setup cannot be performed because this driver only works on Windows Vista, and is not Windows Vista. But the thing is I have Windows Vista! *

  Current display driver: Mobile Intel (r) Express ChipSet Family 945GM

  Laptop model: Satellite P105-S6177

  Operating system: Windows Vista 32-bit

  Hello

  > Current display driver: Mobile Intel (r) Express ChipSet Family 945GM
  And then you want to install a nVidia display driver?
  LOL :D

  I think that you can not install a nVidia display driver because your laptop is equipped with an Intel chipset and graphics card.
  You will never be able to install nVidia display driver and thus make the message that you do not have the correct material.

  Intel and nVidia graphics cards graphics cards are different things, so don't mix do not!
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