Satellite Pro M30: Is it possible to restore the disk Win XP at least

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• Satellite Pro M30: new HARD drive - what is the max capacity?

  Hello

  My Toshiba Satellite Pro M30 is 4 years old with a 60 GB hard drive (IDE).
  I would like to replace the hard drive with a bigger. What is the best? (BIOS version 1.70, Windows XP Pro SP 3).

  I would be happy not only to get the answer to my question but alos to where I might find the answer myself.

  Thanks and greetings
  waltgallus

  Hello

  As far as I know the laptop is equipped with an ATA-100 IDE / ATA-6 HARD drive controller.
  In this case, you will need to use the 2.5 IDE HARD drive.

  I know with certainty that this notebook would support 80 GB HDD, but generally a larger HARD drive should also be possible because the controller is able to manage the 48-bit LBA.
  The 48-bit LBA can handle hard drives of more than 120GB.

  In my opinion, you can try a 120 GB and also 160 GB HARD drive should be possible.

• Satellite Pro M30: Can I update or change the video card?

  Can I update or change my PM735 Satellite Pro M30:Centrino video card / 1.7? Thanks /.

  Hello

  Short and simply answer no it s is not possible because the graphics card of the notebook computer is a small, small chip that attaches to the motherboard.
  The laptop with the desktop, you can compare t. It s a different technology.

  Good bye

• Satellite Pro M30, it is recommended to install the new nVIDIA display driver?

  I own a laptop Satellite Pro M30, which includes a GeForce FX Go5200 GPU from nVIDIA. On 27 July, nVIDIA has released a new driver and related software (version 61.77), as indicated by nVIDIA, fits all the its GPU.

  I tried to install this new driver on my laptop (after removing the old driver following the instructions by nVIDIA) but it does not install. Does anyone have an idea why?

  Why the new driver is not displayed on the Toshiba support site driver for this laptop?

  Hello

  All drivers are designed and tested to laptops and Tom is right about producer for laptop. This means that you can find the download page for all drivers needed on Toshiba.

  As much I know Toshiba supports the drivers shipped with the device drivers and updates if necessary.

• Satellite U400-124: is it possible to restore the operating system without the DVD

  I have a U400-124 I want to do a system restore.
  I created the Toshiba Recovery DVD but I don't have it with me (I'm in Italy and it is in the United Kingdom).

  I have three left:

  1 Vista (c :))
  2 WinRE (d :))
  3 data (e :))

  Is it possible to restore the operating system without the DVD?

  Also, what exactly are leaving them? I'm not wrong!
  1 Vista (c) - for the operating system
  2 WinRE (d) - is a hidden partition and it is necessary for the backup files in Vista
  3. data (E :) - contains the record of recovery

  Sorry for my lack of knowledge! Thanks for all your help in advance!

  > Is it possible to restore the operating system without the DVD?
  This is possible only if the second partition and HARD disk recovery file has not changed

  Start the Toshiba HDD recovery procedure by pressing the F8 key.
  A start menu should appear, then you should choose the first option called fix my computer.
  Then it should open a new window with an option called Toshiba recovery.
  Choose that and usually drive HARD recovery must begin.

  Good bye

• Satellite Pro M70 - ist is possible to change the craphics controller?

  Is it possible to change the graphics controller to my Satellite Pro M70...
  If so, where to buy a new one?

  THX

  Hello

  Well, in general it s is not possible to replace or update the graphics card.
  But I compared a Satellite Pro M70 unit because this series of laptop was delivered with different hardware configurations and I found that these installed graphics cards:
  Mobile Intel 915GM Express Chipset AlvisoGM 8 MB to 128 MB shared video memory
  ATI MOBILITY RADEON X600SE 128 MB of video memory
  ATI MOBILITY RADEON X 700 256 MB of video memory

  However, in my opinion you can not change the graphics card

• Satellite Pro A120: Is it possible to use the docking station parallal port

  Is it possible to use a docking station usb with a parallel port on a satellite Pro A120, which has no parallel port.

  Therre is a BIOS setting, or is it not supported?

  Hello

  What USB docking station do you mean exactly?
  I found a camera and it seems that it s compatible with all satellite units.

  But please post one exactly USB docking station number.

• Satellite Pro A40: Is it possible to format the HARD drive without disk

  I am passing on a Satellite Pro A40 to a brother. It is in very good condition, but has slowed down over the years. I want to get rid of my data (I have on a new machine) and speed up the system by formatting the hard drive.

  The machine didn't come with a disc for Windows XP, or a recovery CD (just a CD "tools and utilities"). I'm sure the drive HARD will be partitioned, and I can format the drive without such a disc.

  If this is true, how should I do?
  Thank you.

  Hello

  I can't believe that you do not have recovery media.
  The laptop must be supplied with recovery CD, Tools & Utilities CD, and WinDVD.

  But back to your question;
  If you insert a new HARD disk, you will need to use the Toshiba Recovery CD or the original CD of Microsoft Windows to install the operating system.
  The new drive is not partitioned HARD and doesn't have any OS pre-installed!

  If you n t have the original CD of Microsoft OS you can contact the service provider allowed in your country and you can order it.

  I hope I could help

  Good bye

• Satellite Pro M30: Need for new version of the display driver

  It's so frustrating! How is that possible?
  The display driver (nvidia fx 5200 go) is so old - according to Device Manager the 28/08/2003 driver date and version is 45,56 while the current driver in the NVIDIA site is heading 84.21?

  And there is no new drivers on the Toshiba site and you can not install of nvidia, as they say that FX 5200 go is not supported and to download a driver from the manufacturer of the laptop that is obviously impossible!

  Anyone find a solution to this problem?

  Hi Valentin,.

  I had a similar situation with my A30 that prevented me from playing several games. As you will discover, it is virtually impossible to load the latest drivers (ATI or NVIDIA) maufacturers website so I resorted to http://www.omegadrivers.net/ OMEGA drivers to see if they work.

  The drivers Omega loading perfectly and worked without any problems for the last few months. I can even play games that would not support the original Toshiba drivers.

  I agree that there is a potential risk of the graphics chip overheating, but so far I have not suffered harm.

  Kind regards

• Satellite Pro M30 - HDD upgrade up to 160 GB

  Hello

  I have a portable Satellite Pro M30 and I want to move the hard drive to the maximum size supported.

  As I see from previous posts of the preinstalled bios supports up to 128 GB, so the questions are:

  1A everyone updated bios to support larger sizes (e.g. 160 GB)?

  2. the link suggested for bios updates (http://eu.computers.toshiba-europe.com/cgi-bin/ToshibaCSG/download_bios.jsp?service=EU) does not provide an option for the M30 (only M70) series. So what one do I download for M30?

  Thank you

  Hello

  First update the BIOS will not help you get a possibility of using a 160 GB HARD drive.
  The fact is that the M30 Pro Sam has an interface IDE (ATA-5) and this HARD drive controller supports LBA the28bit
  So in my opinion the 160 GB only are not supported.

  By the way;
  You can find the BIOS and the driver for the Pro M30 sitting on the Toshiba driver page.
  But to look for the area of _ARCHIVE_!

  Concerning

• Satellite Pro M30 modem problem

  I have a portable Satellite Pro M30 and I try to install the modem driver. Everything is ok, but the modem has problem. In Device Manager, it seems to be fine without conflicts. Each time than trying to query the modem of the property page, it shows me a message concerning the opening of port.

  I read a lot of articles and I thing the problem, this is the version of the driver. The driver that I use is the SM2138ALD04 version. Have any ideas?

  Hello

  I agree with you, I found also several threads to have reported similar problems with modems
  No doubt this procedure will help you:

  -go to the Device Manager and remove and uninstall the modem driver
  -Download the latest modem driver
  -restart the OS and reinstall the modem

  Please report did it

• Satellite Pro M30: Where to find the BIOS for download

  I'm looking for the new version of BIOS to my laptop.
  When I go to driver download site I can see only Satellite Pro M70 downloads but not by Satellite Pro M30.
  Where can I find the version of the BIOS, My F keys do not work and maybe the new version fix it (BTW I use XP SP3)

  Hello

  It seems that all drivers for some older series of laptops have been moved to ARCHIVE.
  So please first select the Archive.
  Then satellite Satellite Pro Pro Satellite Pro M30 M

  There, you can find all the drivers and BIOS.

  BUT NOTE; the update of the Bios will not help you to get the Fn keys work.
  You should first try to reinstall the * common Modules *, then the * utilities Hotkey for display devices *.

  Welcome them

• Satellite Pro M30 Bios Update

  Hello

  I have a satellite pro m30 and I would like to make a bios update. Utility hardware Toshiba says that my bios version is 1.4. The existing updates see 1.2, 1.6, but it says nothing about 1.4.

  Should I take 1.6?

  Any help?

  Thank you

  Hello

  It might be possible that the BIOS version 1.4 is the version of BIOS default manufacturer for this model.

  In my opinion you should take the 1.6 version because it is the most recent and it may be necessary!

  Here is the link: http://eu.computers.toshiba-europe.com
  go to Support & Download - Download BIOS - choose your M30 SP and click for the Description of BIOS for more information!

  Bye Bob

• Boot of satellite Pro M30 SD card

  I have a satellite pro M30 with a 40 GB HDD (and no FDD), which I need to partition (using Partition Magic 8.0).

  IS IT POSSIBLE TO MAKE THE SYSTEM TO BOOT FROM SD CARD?

  Is it possible to put the discs recovery partition on SD cards and be able to perform a recovery from the internal SD card drive partition?

  would it not possible to put Windows XP Pro startup disks on SD cards too?

  Jerry Black

  Hello

  It is not possible to change the bootpriority of a Phoenix Bios (-Toshiba) on the SD card.
  Sorry no chance for it.

  My Tecra M2 also has the ability to boot from an SD card.

  Good bye

• Toshiba Satellite Pro M30 & Power Saver stop error

  Hello!

  I am struggling with this problem for months... the latest version of Eve on my toshiba satellite pro m30 running windows xp with service pack 1 installed gives a message box with an error message when the stop and I'm unable to eliminate this error. Unfortunately, I can't consider reinstall the system from scratch, because there are many other applications installed and I can't lose the settings for them. I read the forums and realized I'm not one of the problems with toshiba power saver. I'm even lucky to successfully at startup started it! Yet, it hangs at shutdown. It's pretty boring. also, I downloaded all the latest updates of this site for my laptop, including even the bios update.

  I would like the opportunity to be able to download the version without toshiba this site energy saving bug, and I'm sure many other people would appreciate the patch too!

  any comment on that?

  Andrew.

  Hello

  If your laptop is installed correctly it should work well. All the software has been tested. The only reason for your problem may be additional software that you have installed later.

  It is also possible that it may be caused by an Antivirus application. Maybe an application runs in the background? There are many reasons that may be responsible for this problem.

  If you reinstall your Notebook of recovery CD it will not work properly. It is very unjustifiable to write on some versions bug-free. I sometimes have problems with BONES, but almost always after using some freeware.

  Good bye