Steps to access & replace HDD in Satellite A660

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• How to access the recovery on Satellite A660 partition?

  Help please

  I am trying to access my partition recovery on my Satellite A660-18 and I could not find.
  I ve done a stupid thing I ve instaled a fresh Win7 to a cd from my friend without touching the hddrecovery partition. Now I have the new copy installed, but I want to go back to the factory one.

  It seems from what I ve read on the forums that win7 (being different then the one on the recovery partition) is instaled at present can no longer see the recovery partition (something was delleted when I ve instaled the copy of my friend.).

  is there something that I need to replace to start inside or is there a way to fix it?

  Thank you.

  > I ve instaled a fresh Win7 to a cd of my friend
  There is no way to start the installation of HARD drive recovery more after doing this.
  You have created DVDs of recovery following advice in the document s user manuals?
  If this is not the case, only way to still have factory settings is to order original Toshiba recovery disc. You can order it on https://backupmedia.toshiba.eu/landing.aspx

  I'm sorry. :(

• Re: Hitachi Drive Fitness Test (DFT) does not detect the HDD on Satellite A660

  I have a Toshiba Satellite A660 PSAW3C-047017 with a HARD MK6465GSX Toshiba drive. After experience, some consecutive failures of start-up, I was told on the Toshiba forums to use Drive Fitness Test (DFT of Hitachi).

  I burned the ISO to a CD and booted from it (I must press F12 for boot options and select the optical drive), which is to run successfully. However, it does not detect my drive HARD - the list is empty.

  Is there something I need to do to make visit to DFT?

  I cannot commend this third part software features, but I want to know if you still have these failures to start your portable computer satellite?

  What's the problem?

• Replace HDD on Satellite A40

  I would like to replace the hard disk of 40 GB on my Toshiba Satellite A40 PSA40C-07VH3. I found that a few IDE 2.5 "drives on Newegg. Is there a size limit, should I be aware of? I'm leaning towards the 80 GB Western Digital model.

  Thanks for your time.

  Hey,.

  Yes, there is a limit of due capacity limitation LBA 28 bits. This means that the laptop supports only up to 128 GB HDD (-online 120 GB is the maximum capacity).

  With other words the 80 GB of HARD drive you mentioned will work correctly if you want or need 120 GB you can also buy this, that s your decision. As you already wrote, it is only important that buy you one with 2.5 and IDE interface that s all! :)

• Is guaranteed replacement HDD on Satellite L50 series

  Hello world
  I'm trying to discover, weather the HARD drive in the L50 series satellite s a CRU or whether to replace the HARD drive would be voiding the warranty.

  Here, I would just use the SSD to my old notebook instead of the common snaildrive.
  Could you give me some advice on this?
  Thank you very much.
  haegarhorrib

  L50 - A as well as the Satellite L50 - B satellite contains not a single HARD drive with separate access Bay...

  This means that the entire bottom plastic cover must be removed to gain access to the HARD drive as memory modules... and this will void the warranty...

  You will find instruction how to remove the ODD on the L50 - B series
  http://APS2.toshiba-tro.de/KB0/CRU4603M20001R01.htm

  and as you can see, there is no access to the separate HARD drive Bay

• Satellite A660 - format 500 GB HDD to make it bootable clone

  I have a Toshiba Satellite A660 PSAW3C-047017 running Windows 7 Professional 64 - bit.

  I bought a 500 GB Momentus XT in December so that I can clone (bootable clone, not recoverable image). I just bought and installed Norton Ghost 15, but he can't see the player, which is connected to the laptop via eSATA. Disk management says I need to initialize the disk. I can't find an explanation of what exactly the means of initialization. What is exactly?

  Various discussions of the forum say contradictory things about the effect of the end of initialization (if it destroys the data):

  http://superuser.com/questions/283930/will-initializing-disk-make-data-unrecoverable
  http://www.SevenForums.com/hardware-devices/29199-hard-drive-initialization-question.html
  http://answers.Yahoo.com/question/index?QID=20080214215647AAYFNGS

  Since this is a new HARD drive, I think that I don't have to worry about that?

  Choose the MBR (Master Boot Record) or GPT (GUID Partition Table)?

  Finally, maybe it's a bit specific Seagate for another thread, but I'll put it out there in case anyone can sound. I read that the Momentus XT has some built-in intelligence to prevent degrade them performance with the limits of partition alignment issues when Advanced Format is used. He also announced an integrated intelligence keep more frequently accessed content in the part of the SDS of the HARD drive. Will one of these to be "spoiled" by the init or the wrong partition style? What formatting, is there anything to be careful?

  > I just bought and installed Norton Ghost 15, but he can't see the player, which is connected to the laptop via eSATA. Disk management says I need to initialize the disk. I can't find an explanation of what exactly the means of initialization. What is exactly?

  You may need to add the SATA driver for the HARD disk.
  The laptop supports the SATA controller and the SATA driver files are part of the Intel Storage Manager.

• Satellite A660 HDD failure

  Hi all
  I've had the laptop for someone to look at.
  The laptop model is TOSHIBA SATELLITE A660, Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit.
  This is not my laptop, I can't tell if the person has been using some software dengerous like spyware or any other, but I suppose that it is very likely.

  + WHAT IS THE PROBLEM? +
  There is a problem with the HARD disk, a message all the time, SMART 'failure predicted on hard drive '. PC is running, but slow, and not always to start Windows. Has more no guarantee on the computer, the store where it was purchased no longer exists. I don't have a recovery CD and Windows is stored in the recovery partition.
  The owner of the PC complained of strange noises from PC for a while, but I didn't hear myself.

  + WHAT I'VE DONE SO FAR? +
  I searched the forums for an answer, but I have not found.
  I tried to look at the HARD drive, it is stable, not loose and seems fixed correctly.
  First thing I tried was the disk check, but it wasn't even to start. When I restarted the PC once I gave a chkdsk command, there was a black screen with info, it will start the process in 10,9,8... 1 sec, he stuck to 1 sec and never begun the process. After some time I left he thinks, PC off by itself (AC adapter / CC was pulged in all time).
  I tried to find the computer, I brought to the factory settings, but it did not help. The problem is always present and laptop is terribly slow. BTW, I had to try twice, once there was an error: error F3-FFCC-0006, I discovered, that the error appears when the AC adapter / CC was missing, but it is pluged in all the time.
  I brought the BIOS to its factory settings, which is probably not relevant.

  + WHAT I WANT TO KNOW? +
  Is there a possible way to repair the HARD drive?
  OK, I agree that I probably need to buy a new HARD drive, there is only one thing I would like to know. How can I get WIN7 installed without the CD? I know that I have the CD key and license, but how do I get the CD? I do purchuase CD from Microsoft? Purchuased of TOSHIBA recovery CD solve my problem?

  Thanks for any help.
  I will appreciate it asap, cause this laptop is required by the owner of that an option to send the laptop to the service and wait weeks for some 'help' is not an option.

  > Is there a way to repair the HARD drive?

  No, what you can do is to repair / fix the bad sectors on the HARD drive, but if there is a physical problem, it will not help

  > How can I get WIN7 installed without the CD? I know that I have the CD key and license, but how do I get the CD?

  The key belongs to the image of Toshiba that I n t think that it will work to activate the system installed using MS Win 7 disc
  However, you can download Windows 7 image of page Microsoft (google for it)
  Then you can burn the image to disk using Nero or other burning application supporting iso burning and could use this disc to install Windows 7

  Otherwise, you can order the Toshiba recover drive here:
  http://backupmedia.Toshiba.EU/landing.aspx

• Cannot access drivers for Satellite A660 on Toshiba support website

  Hello

  I think I need to update the video drivers on my Toshiba laptop (it's a Satellite A660, but I don't think that's relevant).

  I tried to use the downloads on the Toshiba site page: http://www.mytoshiba.com.au/support/download. It gives me no answer, no list of products, nothing, if I try to use the drop-down lists or enter in my laptop of reference directly.
  And it does the same thing using another laptop too.

  I'm doing something wrong?
  Is there another way to make the product downloads?

  Thank you
  Simon.

  Hello

  What Satellite A660-xxx you have exactly?
  Drivers for all European Toshiba laptops models can be downloaded from the European pilot of Toshiba page:
  http://EU.computers.Toshiba-Europe.com-> supported Downloads &-> Download drivers

• Satellite A660 - 11 M - drive HARD recovery is not possible

  Hello.

  I bought the satellite A660 - 11 M two months ago. A week before, he started to cause a problem that when turned on, boot HARD drive is not possible in the first place and boot priority option page is shown. Only after that I have reset a start command, it started.

  To resolve this issue for good, I decided to format the HARD drive using the HDD recovery procedure. Unfortunately, I had to cancel this procedure after 2 minutes, and the start-up is not possible at all since then. He continues to display the message "Boot failure" etc. and staging to the BIOS screen. So, I can not access the recovery procedure even if I keep the F8 key. I am afraid that a recovery on the HARD drive partition can have been damaged due to the forced cancellation.

  I have not created a DVD of my own laptop recovery, and the only option seems to buy one from Toshiba (https://backupmedia.toshiba.eu/landing.aspx). Before you order a recovery disc, I would ask if my problem can be solved using the disc. Anyone who has experience with the recovery disc could advise me? Another question is to know if a standard warranty let me send to Toshiba ASP? Thank you for reading.

  Hello

  > Another question is to know if a standard warranty let me send to Toshiba ASP?
  Warranty only covers hardware issues.

  Question you seems to be related to a software problem.
  Therefore, I doubt that installation of the OS would be covered by the warranty.
  You should order the recovery disk and must attempt to define the notebook back to factory settings.
  Then you should check the features of the laptop.

  Good luck

• Satellite A660 Win7 - power management system action center is missing driver

  I replaced the battery on my laptop Toshiba A660-15J and a few months, is back with the battery high capacity and now Action Center 7 win keeps popping up with the message that I need to download and install the missing driver for power management system.

  The power supply has been replaced not at all, nothing has changed, except for the battery.

  Costs of light on the functions of the laptop, as it did before the battery change.
  It turns on and is red and after a few hours, it becomes white and the battery level shows that it is 100%

  The problem is that this center of windows 7 says that missing one driver ACER? -> WTF?

  The link to download it from DOES NOT

  It seems odd that the link that windows provides its on a site of acer, but since part´s manufacturers other´s manufacturers use it does not at all surprise me.

  I want just the clarification and confirmation of what I have to do here, and why to toshiba Service does not show this update?

  I read that the BIOS update can fix this, however there is NO bios update for my laptop.
  I have also contacted MICRO$ OFT but I'm still waiting for a response from them.

  I also read other messages on various toshiba forums that relate to this same problem, but they used to say that the model is not supported by toshiba in this country...

  I clicked on the link on this forum directly on the site of Toshiba Australia, so please do not tell me that my model is not supported on this forum of Toshiba Europe!

  The exact message:
  Download and install the driver for your power management system
  Your power management system is missing a driver.
  To resolve this issue, follow these steps:
  Press or click on to download the driver of the A + c + e + r society Web site
  Download and extract the driver files
  Type and click on save or save as, and then save the file to your desktop. If you can t choose where to save the file, you will need to find and copy it to your desktop. When you download files, most of the web browsers save them in the folder to download on your computer.

  > I replaced the battery on my laptop Toshiba A660-15J and a few months, is back with the battery high capacity and now Action Center 7 win keeps popping up with the message that I need to download and install the missing driver for power management system.

  Maybe that's the problem. The new battery is fully compatible?
  Satellite A660/15J is an Australian mobile phone model.
  Here, I found some accessories for this model:
  http://www.MyToshiba.com.au/products/computers/satellite/A660/psaw3a-15j06t/accessories

  Compatible battery are:
  Toshiba battery (12 cells / 9000mAh / Li-ion / 10.8V) PA3819U-1BRS
  Toshiba battery (6 cells / 5600mAh / Li-ion / 10.8V) PA3818U-1BRS

• Satellite A660 Factory Restore problems

  I have a Satellite A660 Ref. PSAW3A-14V062 delivered pre-installed with Win 7 not provided, but a hidden partition with disk recovery files.

  Decided to do a restore to factory from scratch but ends of disk errors. Removed the HD and connected to another computer.

  Using Acronis Disk Director, I copied the hidden partition (HDDRECOVERY) to another drive and then formatted the drive and copied the partition hidden in it and reinstalled to the laptop.
  Downloaded an ISO image and tried to install it from DVD but received the message that windows cannot be installed on the HARD disk that the drive is about to fail.

  Bought new HARD drive and copied the partition hidden for her.
  I then tried to install from the DVD, but kept getting errors about unable to find files, after ISO more several downloads and burn 5 different DVD the furthest I got was the screen where it is "files", this remains at 0% and nothing else.

  I then tried a factory restore using the "hold 0 during startup", but when I took out the key pressed 0 when the Toshiba start screen showed that nothing happened.

  There was a small Partition 'System' on the original HARD drive I have has not copied. I have a few questions.

  (1) the "System" partition did not the files needed to start the factory restore and if so is there anywhere I can download these files?

  (2) probably a topic for another thread, but no clue as to why I have so many problems with ISO files.

  Cheers and sorry for the long-winded explanation.

  The installation of any recovery is quite complicated. It is designed to avoid a kind of manipulation so original recovery image can be installed either using recovery DVDs or HARD disk recovery facility which must be created with Toshiba recovery disc creator tool.

  To be honest, the whole story is complicated enough, but what confuses me, is
  > Decided to do a restore to factory from scratch but ends of disk errors
  If I understand you right, you have created a drive recovery, right? What exactly happens?
  You can use this drive with new HARD drive?

  This method with files recovery to cope with the new HARD drive does not work. You will not be able to access and begin HARD recovery disk image installation.

  If you have a new HDD only how to install the original Toshiba recovery image is to use the recovery DVD disc.

• Satellite A660 that partitions to copy by creating bootable clone?

  I have a Toshiba Satellite A660 running Windows 7 Professional 64-bit. Surf forum discussions, it seems that Toshiba has a unique way of partitioning the hard drive for a laptop. In disk management and Table of PowerQuest Partition editor, my 640 GB HARD drive has 4 partitions:

  Partition 1: Windows RE, 1.46 GB
  * ' Active', probably contains boot info
  * Not large enough to contain the Windows 7 image
  * Image of Windows 7 probably real in the score 3 or 4

  Partition 2: 559,5 GB NTFS C drive

  Partition 3: 22.37 GB hidden installed file systems

  Partition 4: 12.83 installed hidden GB file systems

  The closest that I could find for a description of partitions 1,3,4 is http://forums.techguy.org/windows-vista/619983-solved-mystery-partition-toshiba-notebook.html for a system of VISTA in 2007. Partition 1 is likely to start. Partitions 3 and 4 contain a kind of recovering files for other languages.

  I'll ask Technical Support on the partitions, I don't expect them to know. Even if they do, it's on the phone, that leaves me no documentation.

  (1) I was wondering if anyone can confirm (or point to the online documentation that confirms) the suspicion that precedes the goals and content of the partitions?

  (2) in addition, how can I know which partition 3 and 4 contain files of recovery for the language of the Windows 7 installation, which is English?

  (3) Finally, I intend to clone all partitions except the one containing the recovery of unused language files. This will be my first crack at the cloning or manipulation of the partitions in any way (never done a picture). This plan is sane?

  The intention is for the cloned HARD drive to be a fast replacement of full boot for the source HARD drive in its entirety. I use Norton Ghost. At this point, I'm not interested by creating usable images, although I could Explorer on the road.

  > Partition 1: Windows RE, 1.46 GB
  This partition is automatically created by Windows 7 this was the case even with Vista. This partition contains files that help to repair the operating system.

  > Partition 3: 22.37 GB hidden installed file systems
  > Partition 4: 12.83 hidden GB installed file systems
  This partitions could contains the Toshiba HDD image it is necessary to create an own recover disc and it provides HARD disk recovery options that help to recover the laptop without the use of recovery disks.

  (> 2) Furthermore, how can I know which partition 3 and 4 contain files of recovery for the language of the Windows 7 installation, which is English?

  The use of Toshiba disc creator recover the image of Toshiba in order to burn the recovery disk would not require to modify the image or files manually use the preinstalled software called Toshiba recover creator to create the recovery disk

  (> 3) Finally, I intend to clone all partitions except the one containing the recovery of unused language files. This will be my first crack at the cloning or manipulation of the partitions in any way (never done a picture). This plan is sane?
  Why you want to clone the recovery partitions? Create the first recovery disk this disc will fix the laptop always factory settings which means that the HARD disk should be formatted and would create a new time all partitions.

• Satellite A660 - CPU Whine

  Hello

  I recently bought a new Satellite A660. All right, except for two issues:
  1 - a keyboard problem: one key is extremely sensitive and is active on the slightest touch; I guess this isn't really a problem and can be solved by replacing the keyboard;
  2. the laptop makes a high-pitched noise, which tends to get very annoying when it's quiet in the room. I can say that it is not the fan, DVD/Bluray unit, HDD, or speakers. I noticed that he is present whenever the CPU is used only barely. As soon as I start a process-intensive task of CPU that the sound goes away just to come back as soon as the CPU is essentially inactive. The sound coming from somewhere under the keyboard around the center of the laptop.
  The sound is not present while I'm in the BIOS, but it starts after I boot the system into Windows 7 or Linux. After a short survey on the internet, I discovered that this problem is called "CPU whine" and is related to the use of CPU and inactive States power.

  So far I couldn't find any solution for this (second) issue, so I am here.
  I remember having a similar problem with an older Satellite M40, but it has been resolved by a BIOS upgrade. There are chances that it will be resolved in the same way? Should I get the laptop to a service center?
  Maybe someone from Toshiba can give me an answer too (?).

  Not related to this: If the laptop is replaced, can keep you the replaced appliance HARD drive? I have a lot of things copied on this one and I hate having to go through this whole process again, with a new unit.

  Thanks in advance.

  Kind regards
  Claudiu.

  Hello Claudiu

  I don't think that someone from Toshiba will give you answer here because this is the forum of users only.
  In my opinion, you should contact Toshiba service nearest and ask for help. That's the big difference to discuss with other people of something that no one can see or hear. For this reason I can just say that maybe this will be addressed by the new BIOS but when no one can say with certainty.

  In my opinion you should visit service, take your laptop with you and show exactly what is happening.
  You have the new laptop with a valid warranty model then clarify this with the service as soon as possible.

• I can't get my Satellite A660 - 11M

  I have a Toshiba Satellite A660 - 11M.

  I want to wipe it to factory settings. I tried to do this using a disc I made when I got the laptop. However, when I use this, I access the menu screen is but do not have the HDDRecovery option at the bottom. I tried to make a new disc using Toshiba HDD Recoery but he says he has «no area HARD drive recovery»

  I have a feeling that the problem is that my score HDDRECOVERY was damaged. How can it be solved?

  A few weeks ago a program I used wrote the disk D: (HDDRECOVERY). I didn't want him, but it was a program stupid lol. Has it caused irreparable damage?

  I really need to wipe it quickly, can you help me please fix it?

  Hello

  This missing option occurs if you want to install the recovery image using installation of HARD drive and it has nothing to do with the use of recovery disks.
  When you use recovery discs, you will see another menu on the screen.

  I put t know what have you done in the past, but obviously recovery image stored on your laptop is not used or damaged. So only option is installation with recovery DVDs.

  How al it works you can read on http://aps2.toshiba-tro.de/kb0/HTD1303440001R01.htm

  If you have any other questions you are welcome.

• Satellite A660 3rd party WLAN does not work

  Hello

  I had a problem with my WLAN adapter so I used to replace.
  Currently, I have installed card Broadcom Dell Wireless 1397.
  It has been defined by Device Manager and drivers have been installed.
  But it is impossible to turn on the WLAN.
  When I click the buttons activate WLAN, it just back to the OFF position.
  I also use Windows 10.

  Thanks in advance!

  Hello

  I own Satellite A660 - 16 M. Initially, it was equipped with Broadcom BCM4318 WLAN card. I decided to replace it with an Intel Centrino N-6230 dual band with 3.1 Bluetooth card. Replacement process was fairly easy, the problem was to make the new card working group. I use Windows 10 as an upgrade to Windows 7 Home. As you can imagine that the utility flash cards stopped working after the upgrade of the system, but Windows 10 has managed to cope with BCM4318 since the original drivers and Windows 7 registry entries have been always working in the background. The WLAN button above the keyboard worked, was so orange the LED in the front of the laptop.

  Situation changed completely with the new Intel Centrino 6230 N WLAN card. Despite he properly recognized by device with all the necessary drivers automatically responsible manager, I was unable to have the WLAN button and the LED orange work which is to turn on the radio (the card WLAN itself, its possibilities of wifi). The weird part is that the Bluetooth worked without any problems.

  The solution was to put a small piece of electrical tape on the 20 PIN of the new WLAN card to prevent WLAN DISABLE State presented to the motherboard. So RADIO WLAN is always on, so Windows 10 own wifi tools were able to switch on the WIFI network and... I see now all (2.4 GHz and 5 GHz) wireless networks. Of course the WLAN button and the orange LED still haven't work (it seems that it is somehow hardcoded to support only the original BCM4318) but I don't love about it. The most important is that I'm now a lot more capable wireless network inside my laptop card.

  I hope that the solution above works in your case, 8stack. Watch the attached files to see what she looked like, as in my case.

  Best