Satellite A300 - and Vista recovery Question

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• Satellite A300 and Vista 64-bit - unknown and non-functional devices

  I have the Satellite A300-1Gn
  Here are some features:

  Technology
  type: technology Intel® Centrino® 2 processor with processor Intel® Core 2 Duo P8400, clock speed of the Intel® PM45 Express and Intel® WiFi Link 5100 chipset: 2.26 GHzFront Side Bus: 1066 MHz2nd level cache: 3 MB
  
  Operating system
  GenuineWindows Vista® Home Premium 32 - bit Edition (pre-installed, Toshiba-HDD recovery)

  
  
  System memory
  standard: 3 072 (2 048 + 1 024) MB
  maximum extension: 8 192 MBtechnology: DDR2 RAM (800 MHz)
  
  Hard drive
  capacity: 320 GB
  Certification: S.M.A.R.T. disc rotation: 5 400 rpm
  
  DVD Super Multi (Double Layer) drive
  Compatibility: CD-ROM, CD - R, CD - RW, DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD + R, DVD + R (DL), a DVD-R (DL), DVD - RW, DVD + RW, DVD-RAM
  Maximum speed: read: 24 x CD-ROM, 8 x DVD-ROM / write: 24 x CD - R, 4 x
  CD - RW, 10 x CD - RW, 16 x CD - RW, DVD-R 8 x, 6 x DVD-R (Double Layer), the HS
  6 x DVD - RW, 8 x DVD + R, DVD + R 6 x (dual layer), 8 x 5 x DVD-RAM, DVD + RW
  type: DVD Super Multi (Double Layer) drive
  
  Display
  "size: 15.4"
  type: Toshiba TruBrite® WXGA + TFT high brightness display resolution internal: 1 400 x 900
  
  Graphic adapter
  Manufacturer: ATI
  type: ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 3650 supporting HyperMemory™ technology memory amount: 512 MB dedicated VRAM (up to a total of 2 302 MB available)
  graphics memory using HyperMemory™ with 4 GB of system memory technology)
  memory type: GDDR2 video (500 MHz) bus RAM (resp. RAM video and system memory combined) connected: 16 x PCI Express...

  I installed windows vista 64-bit to try it, and I started to download all the drivers I could find from Toshiba site... But I still have in my device under 'other devices' management 3xbase system of the device (who report that they do not work) and an unknown device "it works ok same woithout this, but my HD movies are restless...
  Is it posible to thath I missed something... Bluetooth, wireless, sound, games, camera, mic, etc., everything works...

  Thanks in advance guys (or girls);...

  Hello

  Have you installed the right graphics card driver?
  The Sat A300-1GN belongs to the PSAGCE series.
  I checked the page of the Toshiba driver and there are two pilots;
  I think that you should choose the ATI driver 8.477 display because this driver supports the Mobility Radeon HD 34xx/36xx chips.

  Other base system devices could be Bridge Media slot (for SD cards), touchpad, HDMI Control Manager.

  I didn't find these drivers 64-bit on Toshiba page. Maybe you should choose some drivers for Vista 32 bit

• Problem with Satellite A300 and Vista 64 bit

  I just bought a Toshiba Satellite A300-1CO model: PSAJ4E-03R015PT, which came with an impressive 4 GB of ram device.
  I knew with Vista 32-bit, only 3 GB would be available, but since I got a license of Vista 64 bit I care, came home and installed it.
  When I looked up the drivers on the toshiba site, no drivers for Vista 64 bit drivers were available!
  I have now 4 GB or RAM available and I also have problems with face recognition software, microfone, sound card, card reader and a few other things.

  I searched the websites manufactors drivers and I managed to get some of these things barely usable, I don't think that it is a SD solution.
  Other laptop brands are made available long drivers for vista 64 bit some of them even for XP 64 bit!

  I would like to know how long take to Toshiba do official drivers available for vista 64 bit on their Web site.

  Best regards, Pedro P.

  I was looking for 64-bit drivers for my laptop, but since this is a new model, the drivers were not yet available. I checked a few weeks later and they were no longer available.

  Just wait awhile, they should be available soon.

• Satellite A300 - 1FC - Vista recovery without any pre-installed software

  Hello

  I bought an A300 - 1FC to German string sotres Saturn.
  It's a computer laptop nice until now the only thing that bothers me is the bunch of preinstalled software that is of no use to me.

  Is it possible to recover the plain windows only and then install all the required drivers
  and service packs manually. Or at least in a way that leaves out all the unnecessary software?

  If not I'm quite willing to downgrade - I don't like vista particularly well anyway but handset
  with the annoyment of the preinstalled software, it is certainly enough reason to get rid of him.

  Any help?

  See you soon

  aurtobi

  Hello

  As you can see Toshiba, like all other manufacturers of portable, offers the recovery image. This recovery image contains all the necessary drivers, Toshiba has designed tools and utilities and also some additional software.

  You must understand that maybe 10% of people have knowledge of PC and they are able to configure the laptop only. I am glad that you are one of them, but you must know that this recovery image is designed for the installation of operating system simple and not complicated. There is no possibility to install clean Vista using this recovery media.

  Another way person doesn't force you to use each of them. All the unnecessary stuff, you can remove the system. Believe me I do the same thing. Your needs, you can optimize the operating system.

  Bye and good luck!

• Re: Satellite A300-15 has recovery question: couldn't get a writing of the language of the ini

  I am of the Greece.

  I'm going to start the recovery cd, and it returns the following error:
  + Not able to get a writing of the language of the ini file.
  http://free4U.gr/pics/view-152_DSC01468.jpg

  What to do. ?

  Hello

  Have you tried to repeat the recovery procedure?
  Have you used the recovery disk Toshiba or did you start from HARD drive recovery?

  Check the two procedures;
  First try the recovery of HARD drive; Press F8, and then choose fix my computer and in the new window, follow with HARD drive recovery.

• Satellite A300 PSAG0A: Vista to XP downgrade question

  I just bought a Satellite A300 with the following details:

  Model satellite A300/Y00 (exclusive to Dikc Smith Electronics in Australia)
  PSAG0A-02Y009
  2.1 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo T8100
  2 GB RAM DDR2 (667 MHz)
  250 GB SATA HARD drive
  Graphics Intel X 3100 (GM965)
  MS Windows Vista Business pre installed
  MS WIndows XP downgrade for A300 recovery disk media

  Basically, I just turned on and configure everything, nothing about that fact yet, not even other software installed.
  I immediately made 2 copies of the recovery of the product for Vista media. So the disc XP and Vista should have all the drivers on them.

  I want to install a software particularly (for programming electronic components), but the company said that it is not fully compatible with Vista. Therefore, I would like to downgrade to XP and use it for 6 to 12 months, and later POSSIBLY roll back to Vista.

  Now, the information provided by Toshiba are limited with respect to the downgrading to XP. (And there is absolutely nothing about to go back to Vista).
  The documentation provided shows four options at retirement:
  1) recover to out-of-box-state,.
  (2) covers the single State of Windows,
  (3) recover without changing hard disk partitions,
  4) recover on a custom size partition. He then goes on to say "Please do not select 'Recover without changing the partitions of hard drive' as a method of recovery." Windows XP cannot be used by the composition of the partition of Windows Vista".

  First of all, what are the ramifications of the other options? What is the best/worst one and why?

  If I understand correctly, the partitioning of the hard drive must be changed for the downgrade to XP.
  But in Vista, there is a separate partition to store data recovery, so that the partition will be changed (lost).
  If ever I decide to go back to Vista, the Vista recovery media I created also change the partitioning to the way it was originally?

  I dared not touch anything until I'm 100% sure of what needs to be done.
  If anyone has any experience with this or advice, I would be grateful for your expertise.
  Feel free to be as detailed and technical that you like - I want to 'understand' and not just 'do '.

  Thanks in advance,
  Robert.

  Hi Robert

  I put t have Satellite A300 and I don t have an Australian notebook but I m, owner of another European model Satellite with preinstalled Vista operating system!
  In any case, I want to share my experience with Vista and XP and of course the recovery procedure on E

  First I noticed that the new notebook series is not delivered with the Toshiba Recovery CD but the image recovery is store on the HARD drive and you can create and burn image from own DVD.
  Seems that you already have.

  As you already suggested the Vista supports 2 different partitions. A partition is the system partition and the partition of the other, smaller, hidden was created for Vista backup files. So if something goes wrong with your Vista operating system, you can use the repair function on Vista to repair the operating system. In this case, small backup partitions, hidden in necessary.

  I also like Xp and that's why I installed it on my laptop. I didn't format t disc installed HARD but the XP on a new created partition.
  You can create a partition in Vista's disk management.
  In any case, I now have a dual boot OS and I use Vista and XP.

  With regard to the use of the Vista DVD recovery;
  If you want to go back to Vista, you will need to boot from the Toshiba Recovery CD and the Vista installation process should begin.
  But be aware that the Vista recovery CD would format the whole HARD drive.
  It would erase the partitions and remove stored data.
  Therefore, you must back up your data before that you would use the recovery CD!

  Hope this little info will help you.

  Good bye

• Satellite A300 - is the recovery disk contains all the drivers?

  I bought a new Satellite A300 and now I have to reinstall Windows Vista. My question is:

  Through the recovery disk I already have all the necessary drivers for my computer?
  What I have to download them one by one in line?

  Thank you for your help

  Ciao

  Michele

  Hello

  Yes, the Toshiba Recovery disk contains all the drivers and tools for your laptop. After using the Toshiba Recovery disk, you have the same settings that you have started the laptop the first (out of the box). This means that the disc contains a picture of the factory settings.

  The disc is very easy to use: you only have to boot from it and follow the instructions on the screen. Windows, and all drivers will be reinstalled in a few minutes.

• Satellite A300 and Windows 7

  Hi all. First of all I am sorry for my bad English - I to little practice.

  Can I transfer my win Vista sp2 (x 32) to Win7 (x 32) on my laptop Satellite A300-1QF (?) PSAGCE-06F00JRU)?
  Is there any trouble with drivers/devices/something else? If it is, are there ways to avoid?
  I hate vista (((want to try vin7)))

  Thanks for the help!

  Hello

  At first, I must say that I don't know what you mean under transfer.
  I have Satellite A300 and dual boot with Windows XP Home edition and Win7 so I can say that Satellite A300 works perfectly with Win7, much better then Vista.

  What you can do is:
  # To upgrade Vista preinstalled for Win7 (the two 32-bit) or
  # Install Win7 using Microsoft installation disc. All the necessary drivers, tools and utilities must be installed Additionally one by one. Each of them you can find and download from Toshiba support page under http://eu.computers.toshiba-europe.com > support & downloads.

  If you need help let us know.

• Update BIOS on Satellite A300 with Vista 64-bit

  How can I update the Bios on a Satellite A300 with Vista 64 bit.

  There is only one available 32-bit update utility.

  So don t update the BIOS if the compatible version is not available.
  BIOS for Vista 32-bit is not compatible with Vista 64-bit!

  See you soon

• Re: Two questions on Satellite A300 and Win7 32 bit

  Hello

  I have a satellite A300 PSAJ4E windows 7 32 bit.
  I installed all the drivers to Toshiba support, but I have 2 problems.
  the first is that sometimes my screan does not open while the laptop is open and functioning. I know that his work because when I plug another screen his everything is ok.
  the other problem is that I have an unknown device (ACPI\TOS6205)

  Can someone help me?

  Thank you

  > the first is that sometimes my screan does not open while the laptop is open and functioning properly
  It is still problematic to discuss problems that sometimes occur. When this happens you can see Toshiba welcome screen or hear sounds of windows?
  > another DIF, is that I have an unknown device (ACPI\TOS6205)
  I think that you need to install the bluetooth drivers.
  Find it here: http://aps2.toshiba-tro.de/bluetooth/?page=download-toshiba

• Satellite A300 - Win Vista instalation disk missing

  Hello world.

  This is my first time on any forum ever :)

  In August 2008, I bought laptop Toshiba Satellite A300 - 149. There was a lot of turbulence in our relationship, but we always went by them so far.

  Some time ago I added an additional hard drive just for the system. I did it just to have all important data in the entity. This extra drive decided to die.

  The problem is that there is no more the oryginal disc recovery so I have a laptop, hard drive and the product key for windows, but no instalation windows disk or at least file.

  Can you please help me and tell what should I do now because I can't undo what I've done already :)

  Hello

  Your A300 was delivered with the operating system from Vista preinstalled (recovery image). This recovery image is saved on the HARD disk. Operating manuals s described document that each owner of the laptop must create the installation of recovery disk using pre-installed recovery media creator tool.

  If I understand you right you didn't he create if it is your only error.
  What can you do now?
  You have two options:
  1 / you can order the original recovery disc - https://backupmedia.toshiba.eu/landing.aspx
  2 / you can install own OS version

  I have too many A300 and for three years I use it with Windows 7 32 bit. It works perfectly and much better than original Vista.

  In any case, you do need to make the decision. If you have any other questions do not hesitate to ask.

  Good bye

• Satellite A300 - 16L - Vista will not repair

  Hello

  I have a toshiba satellite A300 - 16L. And it must recover Vista.
  But he'll do.
  I tried the F8 key during startup, but that foesnot give me the recovery menu.
  I tried the solution key 0. But this does not work either.

  It remains startsup windows in a recovery status. And ends with a message (in Dutch): "Kan geinstalleerde niet het programma starten. Klik op OK als u wilt uitschakelen computer.

  I do however can start with a knoppix cd and see the entire disk. And I could save almost all the data.

  Can someone help here?

  eyes of Jan

  You have created DVDs of recovery following advice in the document s user manuals?
  If Yes use this support to reinstall the original Vista recovery image.
  Is preinstalled original Toshiba Vista or your own installation?

  By the way: I have the same machine and I use Win7 32 bit. It works perfectly on the A300.

• Satellite A300 - Windows Vista restarts on shutdown

  I just have to drive HARD on Satellite A300, Vista recovery and it gives me problems when I try to close it, it just restarts. It doesn't matter if it is on battery or plugged in. I have the point on the BIOS, did you install in power options, but still the same problem. I have the card WiFi and non-functional network, if anyone thinks that maybe that's the problem. All entries are welcome.
  Thank you

  Hi dadtheman,

  Did you check if all devices are properly installed in Device Manager? Check for exclamation marks Device Manager yellow and if there are some unknown devices.

  Also try to disable wake up on LAN and keyboard as Akuma has suggested.

• Satellite A300-1JH - Vista can run mode "compatibility"?

  Hello!

  I searched this forum to see if my problem has been already asked and answered, but I couldn't find any relevant information, so here it is:

  I have a Satellite A300-1JH (short name PSAGLE) and so far I've used with XP SP3 and everything worked perfectly. But now I installed Vista 64 bit and there are many features that does not work, because there are VERY few drivers available for the 64-bit version of Vista.

  The problems that I hate the most are: turn on/off the touchpad and making multimedia buttons don't work (they are turned on - I changed the setting of the del in the BIOS, however they do nothing).
  And another question: to install XP, I changed the hard drive in the BIOS of the AHCI (or *-something) to "compatibility and now I forgot and installed Vista on the compatible mode.»

  When I tried to change Vista in AHCI (or other) no longer works. What is the difference between the compatible mode and A mode * and has a negative influence on my computer if I use it in compatibility mode?

  I hope that you will answer :).
  Thank you!

  Hello

  Vista need to AHCI mode and there is nothing you can do about it. In addition, you cannot change.
  So, put it in the BIOS and reinstall Vista.
  I know you won't, but Vista must be installed again. I'm sorry.

• Satellite A300 and Windows 10

  I loaded windows on my sSatellite A300 10 overview

  1 LAN connected only once, despite being the cable is connected. (wifi connection) Says he is disabled, but can not see as a network card or in Device Manager to activate
  2 the back of the fingerprint scanner not connect to public services knows that it is a device but no connection?
  3 drive DVD from Toshiba is a problem known to any idea on when it will be fixed
  4 have been blocking Windows betweeen flag and research must restart to fix. other will have access on the start bar but not windows or research

  Thank you very much for your interesting report.
  Former Satellite A300 was originally shipped with Vista and has been supported for Win7 32 bit. Note even for Win8 so I do not think that Toshiba will do everything to offer drivers suitable for Win10.

  What you can try is to use the drivers, tools and utilities designed for newer models and hope everything wil works correctly.

  I am 100 & sure old A300 wil not be taken in charge for Win10.