Satellite A300-1BZ - C: drive failure - c:\$secure is corrupted

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• Satellite A300-1BZ - 2nd location on hard disk?

  Hi friends

  I'm new to this forum so forgive me if I don't post under the good discussion!

  First of all, I wanted to know if a 2nd HARD drive can be added to my Satellite A300-1BZ (PSAJ4E-03L016KS)?

  If this is not possible, no one knows what is the largest (gigabytes) compatible HARD drive that can be installed on this laptop?

  Finally if one of the above options is available to what type of disc HARD would I have to install (size) & I would be limited to the use of a mark of toshiba HDD?

  Any comments would be appreciated!

  AFAIK the A300 supports SATA HDD and usually there is no limit!

  Theoretically, you can use all the available 2.5 SATA hard drives.

  Concerning

• Battery not detected on Satellite A300-1BZ

  I JUST REPLACED THE BATTERY IN MY SATELLITE A300-1BZ WITH A GENUINE NEW
  NOW I GET AN ERROR MESSAGE SAYING (NO BATTERY DETECTED)
  I WOULD BE GREATFULL FOR ANY ADVICE.

  SANDDANCER.

  Hello

  Have you bought an original recommended by Toshiba battery?

  Are you sure that the battery is OK?

  Do you have the same message using the old battery?

  For me, it seems that the new battery is not fully supported...

• Satellite A300-1BZ: %1 is not a valid win32 application after change of themes

  Having had my Satellite A300-1BZ for a couple of years now, I found myself suddenly bored standard vista themes and started playing with change them. (I was after a ultimate black watch with change start menu and buttons etc.)

  In any case cut to the Chase, I went wrong somewhere with VistaGlazz through to replace something like shell32.dll
  As it said in the readme file I changed it to shell32.dll.bak

  My computer has continued to run fine until I ran a reboot. After that, I got after the log on screen was a blue screen with a mouse.

  http://i69.Photobucket.com/albums/i53/eazynowrudeboy/IMG000030.jpg

  Luckilly I have an iphone so managed to get on internet forums and find a solution which was to use a command in cmd.exe that fixed the problem.

  The only thing is now that I have a very basic windows Classic theme that when I try to change to Vista in the theme settings it gives the message:
  * "the theme could not load. %1 is not a valid win32 application. "

  Any help and step by step for the user base would be much appreciated! I guess it can't be that bad since Windows is still running and working properly!

  Thank you

  Hi tarmacsnortingmonster,

  That is the reason why I n t play with any 3rd themes part because I always read from time to time on various problems after installation. So I don't use Windows themes pre-installed and don t have problems.

  In any case, I think you should try a system restore to an earlier point before installing this theme.
  I hope this helps if not it is time to reinstall Windows, I think that :(

• Re: Satellite A300 (PSAJ4E) - Webcam driver open fail

  I had to replace the hard drive on my PSAJ4E of the A300 and when I reloaded Vista 32 and install all drivers hardware Toshiba everything went well except for a Chicony webcam.

  The side menu is there but it won't work, giving a "driver webcam open fail." "Please restart camera or computer" error.

  I updated the Bios to 4.20
  I first used the original Toshiba, the 20080428125023 webcam driver download (V1.07.175).
  I tried with 'closed the cover 3/4 '.
  I have searched and read dozens of similar problems. I've tried a few, even edit the ini setting. Nothing helps.
  I even tried drivers XP (V1.7.144.0611), 32-bit and 64-bit versions and even a driver from the gateway. Nothing seems to work for this cam.

  What now?

  I also now get "the requested section is not found in the INF file" when I try to uninstall and reinstall the driver through Device Manager.
  I have the choice of
  6.198.1.0
  6.2.208.424
  6.2.238.1217
  all give the same error...

  Hey,.

  There is already a thread on Satellite A300 and webcam driver which could be useful for you:
  http://forums.computers.Toshiba-Europe.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=59662

  Check this box!
  ?

• Satellite A300-1BZ running slow

  Hello

  I just bought a Satellite A300-1BZ and I am not very happy as the laptop seems to be very slow...
  I'm used to a 3 years old is not very powerful laptop and my new Satellite is most of the time slower.

  For example just to log in a 'normal' Web page processors must run at least 60% to 70% and keep this speed even just to keep the page running...
  Is this normal?
  I would have immagined such a new machine to be much better...

  Someone else has the same problem?

  Please let me know I think of sending this laptop back...

  Thank you
  AD

  I agree with Joey please don t forget an important fact. You use the Vista.
  Been to Vista specs and details?

  This new Microsoft OS is a monster. He eats the material resources and therefore you feel a slow performance.
  In addition, your laptop was equipped with different features and installed after many different applications that control functions.
  All programs running in the background s Vista and generally, they use a portion of the CPU performance too.
  All this can affect the performance of notebooks.

  So please don t compare this laptop with older laptops because most of these older machines is not equipped with the same characteristics and the same software!

  Concerning

• Cannot enable Bluetooth on my Satellite A300 - 1BZ

  My laptop package listed on bluetooth but I can't afford that. FN + F8 operating just shows WiFi power.
  Also there seems to be nothing in the Panel Manager or control device. I was wondering if maybe it was the bios previous to version 3.6 upgade the problem but I don't know if it's on before that.

  Sorry, but I didn t find info on BT on this laptop model - http://uk.computers.toshiba-europe.com/innovation/product/Satellite-A300-1BZ/150957/

  Are you sure that this laptop has Bluetooth?

• Satellite A300 - does not connect to the secure network to WPA

  Help please... new Toshiba Satellite A300 - running XP Professional with atheros AR9281 (driver 7.6.0.200) wireless network adapter will not connect to the secure networks, WAP, but seems to be fine with the WEP and non secure networks?

  I can connect to my WAP secured network using LAN cable and also if I use an external Netgear wireless adapter, so the problem is probably with this adapter or driver. I updated the bios and tried update driver, but no luck. Current driver is (I believe) more up to date?

  Would be grateful for your help.

  Thank you.

  On the Toshiba site is a newer version of the driver available (7.6.1.149.1)
  Then I would try the new driver.

  Consult the Toshiba site:
  http://EU.computers.Toshiba-Europe.com-online decision-making supported Downloads & => Download drivers

• Re: Satellite A300 - second hard drive

  Hello

  Perhaps some may say where I can buy hard disk for the motherboard conector?
  I have place for HDD and connections on the motherboard, but don't not have hard drive connector.
  Camputer are 1gn A300.

  Help, please!

  Hi Lotus

  Toshiba offers Satellite A300 with one or two hard drives with two different mothers. Plastic cover is the same for both models of laptops and that's why there are two disk HARD covered and placed two HARD drive. Laptops without SATA connectors are not ready for the upgrade.

  No one here in this forum has reported that these updates possible if laptop doesn t have original SATA connector to the second HARD drive, so I think that you cannot upgrade your laptop with the second HARD drive.

  By the way: it's not easy to find these parts.

• Satellite A300-1IW: HARD drive access light blinks every second

  Hello everyone, and sorry for the English, I'm french :)

  I bought a Satellite A300-1IW a few days and suddenly (don't remember exactly when) early light access HARD drive blinks every second and it continues even after several reboots!

  It does so only with Vista; I checked the disk with 'diskmon' activity and I saw that even if it was * no. * disk * written * or * reading * the led continues flashing, so I think that it is not bound to certain services of vista (superfetch, indexing...)

  A similar problem, I saw on a Microsoft support, but it was under windows 98 and with old motherborads!
  See: link: [http://support.microsoft.com/kb/138598]

  So it seems that it is related to level Vista SCSI or DVD...

  I have now is not critical, but it's annoying to have this led flashes all the time

  You have an idea? Don't you think that it could be related to bios? I want to be sure before touching it, because it is always tricky.

  Thanks for your help

  In my opinion, nobody can offer no comment because you already gave the answer. There is nothing unusual and certainly no reason to panic.

  What do about it? What you want to do? Sorry, but this is a really stupid question. I can just offer you a stupid answer. ;) Take black tape and curl up the LED. ;)

• Cannot create a recovery for my Satellite A300-1BZ CD

  I tried to use the Toshiba Recovery Disc Creator repeatedly and with many different brands of discs to create the recovery disk.
  However each time as the laptop is about to finish burning the disc, there is an error and the operation not can be completed.

  I don't think there is a problem with the drive as I have used for many other things including watching movies without problem.
  Could Toshiba please send me a recovery disk instead?
  Thank you

  > Could Toshiba please send me a recovery disk instead?
  A mail recovery disk? Very interesting. Mailed 4 GB image is not so easy.

  I don't know what you're doing, but if you want good tip then use Verbatim or TDK DVD-R blank media. For the DVD-R.
  I have too many Satellite A300 and recovery DVD, I created successfully.
  Do you use DVD-R virgins too?

• Satellite A300-IEC - NIC driver for Linux OS

  Dear Sir/Madam

  I have a Toshiba Satellite A300-IEC notebook PC series. I use a Linux Redhat operating system. I have a problem installing network interface card.
  I need laptop for such a NETWORK card driver.

  Thanx

  Hello

  The point is Toshiba doesn't provide all driver Linux for laptop, so you must look it up. Toshiba offers only Vista and XP for Satellite A300 drivers that can be downloaded on the Toshiba site.

  I would recommend that you check this thread:
  http://forums.computers.Toshiba-Europe.com/forums/Ann.jspa?annID=14

  Good luck!

• Satellite A300 - error: "webcam driver open fail.

  Hello

  I have a Toshiba Satellite A300-1SM computers upgrade to Windows 7 (32-bit), and since yesterday, the webcam gives me problems. Does not work.
  Is a Chicony Webcam, built inside the computer. Has suddenly stopped working. The following error message appears: "webcam driver open fail. Please restart camera or system. "
  I have not touched or anything installed. It happened the day after.

  I tried to restore the computer to an earlier date and it worked for a few minutes... but it failed again and pops up the same error.

  I wonder what I have to do to return to 'recover' my webcam.

  Thanks in advance.

  Greetings

  Hey,.

  There is a lot of discussion here in the forum about webcam driver problem, and you should read those discussions:

  http://forums.computers.Toshiba-Europe.com/forums/thread.jspa?MessageID=233048𸹘
  http://forums.computers.Toshiba-Europe.com/forums/thread.jspa?MessageID=232084𸪔
  http://forums.computers.Toshiba-Europe.com/forums/thread.jspa?MessageID=233417𸿉

  Problem is that I can t say more about it because the error never happened the same I use my webcam often enough but no problem at all. :)

  Anyway, if you have other questions you can post again ;)

• Intel Matrix Storage Console - Satellite A300-1BZ

  Hello

  I have an A300-1BZ and I noticed that the Intel Matrix Storage Console is informing me that I have 3 (0,1 and 2) SATA ports.

  He informs me that ports 0 & 1 are in use (I have 2 hard drives mounted) and port 2 is not used.

  What I want to know is - it possible that this small A300 that can accommodate a 3rd hard drive?

  The comments appreciated!

  As far as I know, none of the Toshiba laptops can operate with three hard disks.
  Two only. even more great multimedia models as Qosmio have two hard drives only.

• Satellite A300-1EG - hard drive carrier

  Hello.

  I have this laptop--> http://www.toshiba.eu/discontinued-products/satellite-a300-1eg/

  I would buy the new hard drive, specifically this one--> http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/937740-REG/seagate_st1000lm014_hybrid_1tb_2_5_sata.html

  My question is, will it work? Laptop is old enough, I don't know if it supports this capability and/or additional 8 GB SSD.

  Satellite A300 is old but very good machine. I got it a few years ago. In general there is no list some specific with all hard drives supported and compatibility information can give you just someone who has the same machine and use it with an identical hard drive.

  In my opinion, you can upgrade your machine with this drive and I'm pretty sure that in combination with Windows 7 it works perfectly.

  I don't know what is most important to you: spatial ability or portable s performance, but if your laptop supports the option with two hard drives, I recommend to buy SSD and use it as a hard drive main and old original HD, you can use it as a second drive (if possible) and, of course, for the storage of data only.

  I have this hardware configuration on my Satellite P500.