Satellite L300 - cannot install Vista - HARD drive not detected

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• Satellite L300 - cannot install the display driver and chipset

  I downloaded the site Web of Toshiba XP drivers.

  Now I'm getting errors when I try to install. Display drivers and Intel chipset gives me the error:
  "This application has failed to start because the application configuration is incorrect. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem.

  What can I do?

  Hello!

  Are you sure that you downloaded the correct drivers?
  For Satellite L300 are different numbers of models available to check if you have chosen the right way.

  You can also install the drivers manually. Go to Device Manager > right click on the graphics card (or other device) > Update driver

  Good bye

• Satellite A200-TH1: how to install XP-> HARD drive not detected

  Hey all,.

  I just bought a Toshiba A200-TH1... I've searched and searched, hours and hours, trials after trials with nLite and I'm getting nowhere...
  I want to install Windows Xp Pro (which, like service pack 0) on my laptop (which has Vista home pre installed).

  What I did:
  (do not make any update at all, just the laptop)

  These are the drivers, I tried:
  http://Downloadcenter.Intel.com/Filter_Results.aspx?strTypes=all&ProductID=2101&OS FullName = Windows * + XP + Professional & lang = eng & strOSs = 44 & submit = Go %21
  http://Downloadcenter.Intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?AGR=Y&ProductID=2101&DwnldID=1380 8 & strOSs = 44 & OSFullName = Windows * % 20XP % 20Professiona l & lang = fra
  I used those provided by Toshiba downloads: click here

  I made a new copy of XP Pro and built-in the device only driver, has made no other changes.

  It works just don't... tried many guides, many drivers, it won't work...
  Please help and if you have solved your problem please give a lot of details... whenever I am looking for a thread, people mention ' Oh I managed to solve this problem, thanks guys ' without indicating how they did! :(

  Thank you in adv.

  > whenever I search a thread, people mention ' Oh I managed to solve this problem, thanks guys ' without indicating how they did!

  After Toshiba download page, please check readme.txt document very carefully. You will find: + 5.3 pre-installation using the F6 method.
  This part should be interesting for you.

• Second SATA hard drive not detected by Bios and Device Manager

  Original title: second SATA hard drive

  Hard drive not detected by the Bios and the device under Vista Home Premiun Manager

  Hi trinitario,.

  Because the hard drive is not detected in the BIOS also, it may be due to a hard drive configuration that should be changed or a rider. If you need to get in touch with a Local tech-store for assistance.

  Note: change in the BIOS/complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) settings can cause serious problems that may prevent your computer from starting properly. Microsoft cannot guarantee that problems resulting from the configuration of the BIOS/CMOS settings can be solved. Changes to settings are at your own risk.

  Hope this information is helpful
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  Microsoft Answers Support Engineer
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• second hard drive not detected

  second hard drive not detected in my computer

  Hi focu25,

  1. do external hard drive or internal?

  2. you receive messages or error codes?

  3. you remember recent changes to the computer?

  You can try to start the hardware fixit and check if it helps:

  http://support.Microsoft.com/mats/hardware_device_problems/en-us

  Hope this information is useful.

• Pavilion 15-p080ca hard drive not detected in Win8, 03F1 0021 03F0 Bios errors, impossible to recover

  Hello

  I bought a new laptop from Windows 8 15-p080ca tigerdirect.ca Pavilion and he received a couple of days.

  The computer restarts randomly when working on it, I remember reading an IO error message in a popup windows.

  Since then, he constantly reboot, tries to load windows, fails and restarts until the auto repair is involved.

  Journal of the system BIOS has to many warnings and error: 03F0, 03F1, 0021.  I had about 3 times a hard drive not found error on POST.

  I can't repair the installation either by partition recovery or recovery discs, I get "the disc is locked error" or "auto repair could not fix your pc.

  Also Manager of recovery can not find the recovery partition.

  On the command prompt diskpart list disk;  "There is no fixed disk to show.

  However, the live cd Ubuntu and xp Mini are able to see all the partitions, view files and read them, a quick HDtune read test indicates no disk error.

  The computer is able to read disk hard since I am able to get on the recovery and windows tries to load until I get "your pc ran into a problem that he couldn't handle and must be restarted.

  HP PC Hardware diagnostic SMART test, short DST returns warning.  Diagnostic test of smart HP returned message 'no hard drive installed' only once.

  Whatever it is that the base Windows 8, if the recovery disc, original media is not able to see the hard drive.

  I tried to boot the recovery disc, the recovery partition with each combination of Legacy support and secure start to recover partitions without success because the hard drive is not detected (from diskpart list disk command).  The recovery DVDs, I get an error 0xefffff08. I also tried to remove the thought of recovery partition that he might want to move things faster.

  Well, after many hours of research and testing, I think I tried everything I could do and would need support for additional testing or replacement of the defective material.

  Thank you very much in advance for your help,.

  Jonathan.

  Contacted HP Support, laptop, go to the repair center.  Probably the location of the hard drive to the motherboard as they said.

• Hard drive not detected once, but now?

  Hello

  I am Zak, a bit of techno when it comes to playing with the software, or re-Assembly of computers and whatnot. Unfortunately, I have no idea about other things.

  Some quick history on my laptop: the fan was made terrible noises in recent weeks. Initially, I thought it was little dust, so I got a few duster. A lot of dust came out, so that can only be good, but the noise came back after a few days. After some research, I thought that the other logical explanation was probably the hard drive goes bad. I hesitate to send back to HP because I use it for all my college work and it would really put me back weeks to have it not.

  So, a few days ago I booted my computer laptop at a "drive not detected" - or very similar - message. There were a few options for f1 - f4, they were information system and 3 different tests (I think). I ran the tests, all of them came back fine, noting that there are no operating system installed, or a hard drive to boot from. I rebooted because I didn't quite start and wanted to see if there were other options. It turns out that he has started well. I restarted once more and again once it did it very well.

  Then, I coded around, back up all my data, gather warranty information, installation of the HP Support Assistant, etc. I ran all the tests help Wizard and there is no problems found. Since I just got the laptop hibernation when I stop using it, and I have not met any unusual problems. All this sounds great, but my warranty expires December 7 this year. It is safe for me to assume that the "drive not detected" error was just one missed? I read a lot of discussions and FAQS on him and it's not something that happens once and goes. However, I never had to use a warranty so not sure quite how the process works, and as I said, he sent everywhere would put me in my work.

  In order to be a full post, I have a HP G62 - 367DX laptop, running on Windows 7 64-bit OS, and as far as I know there no change was made between error and my prior boot. If there is any other information I can give you, let me know.

  See you soon, thank you for all help and good day

  The wizard tests are not as comprehensive or reliable as the drive hard test in the BIOS... tap F10 as you power up, go and find the hard drive test. Run the long form test and see what it says. It is not uncommon that the hard drive start as intermittent and get progressively more frequent problems. If your drive passes the test of long form, only enough safely, you can assume that it was a unique gremlin, but it's still a really good idea to back up. I like the idea of online backup services and I will quote Carbonite only because it is well known and not as an endorsement. There are several more and year external drive is a good idea.

  You can't put off forever; restarting You'll have to deal with the issue at some point.

• External hard drive not detected with the error: "You must format the disk in the J: drive until you can use it."

  Hello

  I have an external hard drive to work perfectly. I'm back from vacation, and it does not appear under "My Computer". It appears under "Devices and printers", however. This is a link to a screencap of Device Manager: http://i.gyazo.com/9e91e1d71ed32c55dba0419e79b499d5.png

  The device in question is that of J:, and it says here that he has 100% free space, that worries me, because he had only 50 GB of free space when I used the latter. After that I open the disk management, I get a pop up message saying: "You must format the disk in the J: drive until you can use it."

  How can I get my hard drive appears again?

  Thank you

  Original title: external hard drive not appearing is not in Windows 7

  Hi John,.

  Thanks for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

  I imagine the inconvenience that you are experiencing and will certainly help you in the right direction to solve the problem.

  According to the error message, I suggest trying the suggestions posted by the NakulShridhar responded on 14 October 2011 and by that alexquiteguy replied on 13 January 2011 in the thread following link and check if it helps.

  "You must format the disk in drive J: before you can use it"

  [Steps apply to Windows 7]

  Hope this information is useful. Let us know if you need more help, we will be happy to help you.

• Satellite L300 - cannot install Microsoft updates after replacing HARD drive

  I am repairing a Satellite L300, which had a dead HARD drive. I replaced death 160 GB of HDD with a 500 GB WD, then used the recovery disks to install Windows Vista SP1 at the exit of the State of the box.

  Now, Windows update does not work, won't install autonomous not of Vista SP2 I downloaded, MS Security Essentials moved there also.
  Then I borrowed a 160 GB of work and went through the same process and everything works fine.

  To make it work with a 160 GB HARD drive, but not a 500 GB HARD drive. Why?

  > ... Standalone Vista SP2 I downloaded will not be installed
  Usually after installing recovery image, you have just to connect laptop to internet and after a short period of time, you will get messages about available Windows updates. Just install the offered updates process automatic Waterer and install important updates only.

  Let the system to install all the updates and don t force the installation of some own downloaded stuff.
  Last month I've updated HARD drive (320 GB I think) and installed Win7 on friends L300 and I didn't noticed any problem here.

• Satellite Pro M70-113: cannot install Vista graphics driver and lines appears on the display

  Hello

  I have satellite pro m70-113 with ati x 700 graphics card.

  When I installed vista, he installed the default drivers for the x 700 'mobility radeon x 700-microsft Corp.-WDDM '.

  I've updated the display drivers for vista, that released by toshiba 2 days back... but the driver is not updated to the latest version, only the catalyst control center is installed when I ran the update of the driver of toshiba.

  The problem is that whenever I put my laptop in standby or hibernation and resume... the screen shows thin lines vertical/horizontal... and I can't use the laptop... and I have to still put the system to sleep, just to hope that it is not blocking the screen this time...

  This problem is 25% of the time only when resume...

  This problem is not resolved by the update driver for toshiba has released a few days back... as is not installs the drivers (I can't even install the drivers with the option "update drivers" of Device Manager and select file driver update from toshiba.) It says windows find new driver, but could not install the driver... Contact the manufacturer...)

  This snap shows the problem... : http://img360.imageshack.us/img360/2783/12042007366copyod1.jpg

  I updated the driver from an earlier version of catalyst, as it is downloaded from the ati site before that toshiba has released the update... this time it updates some 8. XXX version but the screen problem remains...

  Second, this update of the driver leaves me not sleep my system... the process starts for a sleep, but go back to the locked screen without making sleep ever... so I have no choice to get stuck with the default Windows... drivers having only the problem of the screen... and not the problem of sleep...

  Anyone here with a solution?

  Thank you.

  Hello

  I have Satellite M70-159 and I noticed the same thing several times. For most Vista works well but I don't remember cases in which the described problem occurs. I was just curious on M70 Vista and have had no time to intensive testing.

  Anyway, it will be interesting to know if you have already updated the BIOS to the latest version 5.10. If this is not the case to do this and watch carefully if the problem persists.

• Satellite L550 - cannot install the display driver for Vista 64 bit

  Hello

  I have a problem with my L550. The display driver does not work after installing Vista Ultimate 64. What can I do? I launched the driverpakage from the Toshiba site. It has been extracted, but after this procedure,... nothing!

  There is only the standard VGA graphik installed in the configuration.

  Thank you!!

  Hello!

  Did you start the file setup.exe after extraction of the files?
  Go to the directory where the drivers were extracted and run the Setup file. Follow the instructions on the screen and after reboot, the drivers must be installed.

  Check it!

• Satellite L300 - new info required hard drive

  I own a Satellite L300 and need to replace the hard drive. I am in Korea and went to the DEPOT, but they could not only replace the drive hard because they had only them in Korean, so I have to go elsewhere to get one in English (this is what I was told anyway) I don't know much about computers, I'm looking for help.

  When I bought my computer it came with Vista pre installed, so I don't have an installation disc or something like that. Because I get a new hard drive, I also will need to buy Vista and install it myself?

  Hello, my friend

  I'm a bit confused after reading your ad. Replacing the HARD drive is so simply and can be done by anyone and I do not understand how the service couldn t be able to do this. for this action, you need 10 minutes and can be done without manuals or service manuals.

  If you want to do this alone, please follow these steps:
  -Turn the laptop
  -Remove the battery
  -close to the battery you will see HDD cover fixed with two screws
  -remove the screws and the cover of the HARD drive
  -remove the block of HARD drive by pulling on the tab of the battery, following the direction of the arrows
  -Place the pack HARD drive on a flat surface (such as a desk) and remove the two screws flat head black with black head screws
  Please be careful with hard drives and apply pressure to the top or bottom of the unit.

  Vista operating system
  New Toshiba laptops are delivered without disc facilities but recovery image is saved on the HARD drive. When you start the laptop for the first time, you will see the recall of information you need to create this single disc using pre-installed Toshiba Toshiba Recovery Disk Creator. If you do not create and now the HARD drive is faulty, you have a problem. You must order the new Toshiba recovery media or you can use disks of Microsoft facilities to install Vista.

  If I forgot something please let me know.

• Satellite L300 - cannot install various assistans office for Office 2003

  I'm new to the site so please forgive all the messages I put in the wrong place, until I have to get used to things.

  I just bought my first cell phone and loaded Microsoft Office 2003 on it. It's the L300 series.
  My problem is that, although I loaded only the Word and Powerpoint word following sections, it seems that I have more memory to install the various office assisstants in Word.

  When I try to install any other assistants rather than the trombone, I get a small box that says: "you don't have enough memory to install any other assistants

  The details of the laptop
  Intel celeron t1600
  3 GB Ram
  Hard drive 160 GB
  WndOws Vista Edition Home Premium

  All ideas received with gratitude that I am a little confused as to why I can't install the other assistants.
  I have very little things on the laptop at the moment.
  Domi

  I googled and found this solution.

  (1) download the MSAgent technology
  http://ActiveX.Microsoft.com/ActiveX/Controls/agent2/MSagent.exe

  (2) download the file MSAgent2.exe to http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=E11BF712-7862-45BA-826D-44AE3A11836F&displaylang=en
  Start the download, accepting invites her UAC (security prompt) and select the option "this program installed correctly".

  (3) start the console (command prompt) (type in RUN cmd)

  (4) type the following commands in the command prompt
  + copy c:\windows\msagent\agentdpv.dll c:\windows\system32+
  + regsvr32 c:\windows\msagent\agentdpv.dll+

  I found these tips here:
  http://uksbsguy.com/blogs/doverton/archive/2007/07/23/how-to-get-the-Office-Assistant-Office-2003-to-work-in-Windows-Vista-i-e-remove-the-quot-not-enough-memory-quot-error-messages.aspx

• Satellite L350 - cannot install Vista and how can I backup my data?

  Hi all

  I have a Satellite L350 and recently I installed Vista Home Premium in another language (the OEM Vista was in English) in the hope I could activate it with the OEM key, but I did not.

  When I tried to re - install the Vista OEM of WinRE I realized I can't access it, and then I got a "brilliant" idea that will format the C partition with Acronis Disk Director he could boot to WinRE. There can be no.

  Fortunately, I have burned before recovery disks. The only problem is that the whole HARD disc recovery disc formats and I have data on the second partition that I would like to recover.

  I tried to install Vista retail again to save the data of the second partition (Yes, I'm a fool, I did not before) but it stops after the first reboot. I get a black screen with an underscore will blink.

  I really need that data, please help!

  Hello!

  I can tell you why you can t install a version of Vista with product key. It's pretty easy because the button on the lower side on the laptop belongs to the preinstalled OEM version and t can be used by a commercial version.

  However, I think the best way to back up your data would be that you put the HARD drive in an external HARD drive enclosure, and then you can back up your data on another PC or laptop.
  These cases of disc HARD external are cheap but very useful.

  Good bye

• Satellite L350D - cannot install Vista

  Hello

  I just bought a L350D. I followed the instructions for the computer to the top and running for the first time, but vista is not installed.

  The Setup utility appears, asking what language I want to and when English is selected, displays a screen saying
  "select the item you want" with "English (windows vista)" has put in evidence and in a panel separated under "current recovery disk is 119 GB."

  When I click then a window appears with 'check' hddi needles, then "needles hddi not found" and then "error could not move v:\_img\07261xsp.swm to v:\hddrecovery\swimg.

  He then says "press any key" and then does nothing.

  It seems to me that I should put out a record, but I was not provided with all discs. It also seems that vista is there but it is not.

  Any ideas or help would be very appreciated.

  Thank you very much

  Martyn

  Hello!

  To be honest I think that it s a hardware problem because the problem started the first time.

  I don't know m but it could be a problem with the HARD drive. You can check this with Drive Fitness Test. It of freeware and quite easy to use. Download the image, burn on a CD and then boot from it.
  http://www.HitachiGST.com/HDD/support/download.htm#DFT

  If the HARD disk is defective, you must bring it back to the computer store and ask for a replacement. It is a warranty case.

  Good bye