Satellite Pro A300 - CD/DVD drive works sporadically

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  My laptop CD/DVD driver has always worked properly but in recent months, that it is no more.

  Most of the time that an error message telling me the CD or DVD cannot be read. Sometimes it does not work properly, and sometimes it doesn't work but very slow or stuttering. It is not bad that CDs or DVDs that I use because I used previously and it is also happened that one day a CD work and the next day it doesn't.

  Does anyone have an idea what could be the problem? (I did use updates for the driver, or something)

  Hello!

  At the moment it is not easy to say why your CD/DVD drive doesn't work properly.
  Maybe there is something of the dust on the lens of the CD/DVD drive. Then try to clean the lens using a microfibre cloth. This doesn t scratch lens for don t use other things.

  In addition, I would recommend withdrawal of the reader of CD/DVD in Device Manager and restart the laptop. After this will be recognized once again and then you can test it again.

  Good bye

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  I used the forum search and founded a good display of user Akuma.
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  Hello

  I deleted the partition HDDrecovery by chance but I have all the files in the saved partition.

  Is it possible to recreate the partition?
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  Shaun
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  > Is it possible to recreate the partition?
  I know it s not possible to create it again without use of the Toshiba Recovery disk AFAIK this partitions contains also some brands that are necessary at the start of this partition.

  > Or create a files recovery disk? -
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  Bacically, even after that run CCleaner and other programs of the laptop is still slow and struggled.

  Hi mate

  I'm not very well if the former satellite Pro A30 is able to boot from USB drive Mr. in this case, you can try to install the OS from USB flash stick.

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• How to use Recovery on satellite Pro L10 with DVD drive broken?

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  I tried everything until and including the purchase of a laptop adapter HD, but my desktop computer is not a Toshiba so he does not have the recovery disk.

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  Hello

  First of all you will not be able to use the Toshiba Recovery disk if you cannot use the CD/DVD drive.
  Why? Because you need to boot from the CD of recovery if you want to install windows from the CD from Toshiba.

  You ask how to boot from LAN?
  Well friend; I doubt that you will be able to do.
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  I have an old A10 Pro Satellite which has a DVD rom stopped reading discs.
  He goes through the motions but does not display anything.
  I am attaching a new external DVD RW via USB, and it has the same problem.

  Anyone have any ideas?

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  Hello

  you mean that the external hard drive does not work too? Some software blocking your disks?

  I think that the best way to check if your internal drive still works would try to start with a bootable CD (perhaps with a live linux distribution on it) and to try this with the external hard drive also.

  If you're really a software that prevents the drive work properly, then you should recover your machine with the recovery media to make the drive work again properly.

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• Satellite Pro L20 - cd/dvd drive not responding

  Hello

  I currently have a Satellite Pro L20, recently my cd/dvd drive a work stoppage, and he comes back with the error message i/o device driver. It is impossible to read any form of cd/DVD. I can't explore keeps it the d: drive asking for a disc to be inserted.

  Thank you.

  I relly m not 100% sure if my advice will help you to solve this problem, but I recommend to remove the drive from the device and then Manager to delete the Upperfilters and Lowerfilters values completely from the following registry key:
  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Class\ {4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}

  Then restart the laptop and check if it helps it worth a try.

  Anyway if it doesn t help chances are readers equipment would malfunction. Maybe the s drive laser lens can not calibrate in the right position and, therefore, it of not possible to read or write CD or DVD.

• Satellite Pro A10 - CD/DVD drive - updated?

  I have an A10 and a few remnants of the A15 which I cannibalise the parts.
  The A10 has DVD playback only, while the A15 motorway had features of reading / writing DVD.

  Desperately the A10 BIOS does not recognize the A15 CD/DVD drive.
  Anyone know if it is possible to obtain this recognition - could I swap chips BIOS with the A15 for example?

  This machine is my toy and I have it running with a Pentium 4 M 2.4 GHz and 1 GB of ram (frustrating it does not accept the sticks of 1 GB!).

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  You can only use the BIOS that came out for the Satellite Pro A10 series and which is available on the Toshiba page.

  But why you n t use a CD/DVD drive that is compatible with the model Satellite Pro A10?
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  -Player Panasonic UJDA-740/750 CD/RW/DVD-ROM

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  As the title suggests.

  My laptop is a Satelltie Pro A300 2 4.

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  Hello

  Have you tried to install the driver for the touchpad?
  You can find the driver for the touchpad on Toshiba UE driver page.

  Extra tip: in some cases possible to enable and disable the touchpad in the BIOS.
  Please check this!

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  Hello

  I have a problem with my Toshiba Pro A300 - 2C5.
  It stopped working today.

  I have paid a top tea but removed is as fast as possible but a little water got inside my laptop.
  He worked for a while, I turned off and it works again an hour later, but unfortunately it has stopped working.

  When I try to turn it on, the syptoms are as follows:
  -the only light that shines is a power indicator light
  -l' screen does not work at all (it stays black and went offshore)
  -fan works
  -It seems hard disk does not work if Windows does not start
  -the keyboard does not work, when I hit tke keys nothing happenes, I tested the Caps Lock key, but not flashing
  -computer does not read my camera memory card

  What shoul I do to get it working again? :(
  Any help appreciated.

  K.

  Hello

  The anomaly can be related to different laptop parts in the worst case the liquid spill damage the motherboard and you will need to replace the part.
  In the best cases, it could be a RAM error as it happens to one of my friends.
  He spilled coke on the keyboard and after awhile the laptop could not turn on.
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  Hi, I am a beginner.

  Have two variants of the A300. A single DVD drive broken and has been deleted (not by me). Want to replace it, but another player does not fit so can not easy to find a replacement.

  Any ideas?

  Thank you.

  Hey Buddy,

  Yes, not all readers are compatible with all laptops, so you need a new CD/DVD drive that fits and is compatible.

  Sometimes in the user manual, you will find a list of compatible drives so I would recommend consultation with the user manual. On the first pages are lists with compatible drives AFAIK.

  If this is not the case, contact the nearest service provider authorized in your country. Guys need to know which drive will be is compatible and can sell it. :)

• Satellite Pro A100 - CD/DVD drive is not listed in the Manager of peripherals and BIOS

  Can Hi anyone tell me what is wrong with this laptop?

  The problem is im using my DVD - ROM drive and it stops working. I went into Device Manager and it wasn't there and it was not in my list of drives. I went and checked the BIOS, it is not listed there either and the BIOS pick up all get them is check the cable or the conection.

  Would be grateful if some knows what happened or if my hard drive is gone.

  Thank you

  Hello

  If the CD/DVD drive is not listed in the Device Manager and BIOS, it seems to be defective and must be replaced.
  What do you think about this?

  You can exchange the car yourself. Check for a compatible CD/DVD Player user manual or go to an authorized service provider. Technicians can order a new drive to swap.

  Sorry, but if the drive is not listed in the BIOS seems to be defective.

  Good bye