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• Satellite A500 - 14 k - HARD Drive LED indicator always flashes

  Hello

  First sorry for my bad English

  I'm french and I recently bought a Toshiba Satellite A500 - 14 k (http://fr.computers.toshiba-europe.com/innovation/product/Satellite-A500-14K/1072806)

  I have a little problem with this laptop and I don't know if anyone has a solution

  The HARD drive light flashes constantly (1 blinking per second) even in safe mode. I checked some forums and I learned he had something to do with the function of autorun cd /dvd CD/DVD recorder.

  If the autorun feature is disabled in the windows registry (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Servi ces\CDRom and the key value goes from 1 to 0) the flashing disappears, but I can't access my data from CD or DVD (media are marked as empty). However, the audio CD and video DVD work except that they cannot be started automatically.

  The same thing happens if the CD/DVD writer is disabled in the control panel Device Manager: the led indicator has a normal activity.

  I would like if this problem occurs with other owners of this product and if there is a solution to use normally without this flash recorder

  Thank you

  I don't have A500 but A300 and I can't say with certainty why this and what kind of HARD drive activity is ongoing, but what you can try is to remove some pre-installed Toshiba stuff like TEMPRO or pre-installed application antivir.

  When the laptop is new days that many updates will be installed and in the background is always a certain activity. Automatic update is disabled?
  Try also to remove TEMPRO. This tool is active permanent and search for updates.
  Try to optimize the operating system preinstalled and carefully monitor if something will change. I always do after clean operating system installation.

• HARD drive activity on satellite Pro M30-114

  Hello

  The HDD on my M30-114 SatPro stops and restarts in normal operation. For example, when typing in Word the HARD drive stops (either disk HARD turn sound, light flashing) for about 30-45 seconds every 5 other minutes. It restarts itself or if I do something that requires the HARD drive activity (as by saving the document I was working on). The system DOESN'T freeze, I can continue my work and there is no other obvious problems. But I know this isn't normal.
  I don't know but that m might have started after I've updated the Bios to the latest version provided by Toshiba.
  Any ideas, suggestions, similar experiences?

  Andrei

  Hello

  Well, as far as I know, that there is a current normal HARD drive.
  This also happens on my unit. It s not not some kind of hardware malfunction or OS.
  The use of many applications e.g. Word starts sometimes HARD drive activities. It of a just done.
  Don t worry, enjoy your computer laptop nice ;)

  Good bye

• Satellite L655-11J - always-hard drive activity

  Toshiba please I need help

  The first round of my laptop, I entered my position, my name, and a password, I have install Toshiba updates and Windows 7 updates (notifications, I had), then I noticed that the hard drive is active all the time, and the laptop is very slow. I tried a lot of things to restore the original image of Toshiba built into the laptop and I finally did thinking maybe I did something wrong

  The hard drive remains always active (not sure what reading or writing) no monitoring for any activity very slow laptop and many search for sounds.

  any solution please, I had this problem the use first of it :(

  Hello

  You have other software or drivers after installing Windows 7 or that happen you directly after the installation of recovery of Windows 7?

  In your case I would try to disable some startup programs and if McAfee Antivirus is still installed, remove it and install another program like AntiVir antivirus.
  Then test again if you have still a lot of HARD drive activity.

  If so follow the instructions posted by Akuma.

• Every 10 seconds-hard drive activity

  In troubleshooting an issue with my screen of sleep/power saver, I noticed that each ten (10) seconds my hard drive activity light flashes and a small blue circle appears on the screen (about one second).

  I suspect that is why my PC does not sleep even if power is so much sleep after 20 minutes of inactivity. My active screensaver never is.

  My system is a DESIRE h8 1500 t.

  Manager tasks indicates no application doesn't work, but there are a lot of processes and services running.

  No idea what could cause this recurring activity?

  After doing some research online, I found that HP can't stand "Connected remote HP" on PC under Windows 8 and I have never used this application and will never be.

  I uninstalled the HP connected remote application and my problem was solved.

• Satellite M30 starts without activity LCD and HARD drive

  The laptop LCD screen is blacked out to color and off suddenly while working normally.
  Now when I turn on the switch it starts but not display anything on the LCD screen and the hard drive activity indicator is also off.

  I went to the external display, but it did not work also. What is the problem?

  Hey Buddy,

  Looks like a hardware malfunction if t, you can start your laptop and an external monitor doesn't show a picture too :(

  You must contact an authorized service provider. Guys can diagnose your laptop and fix it. Best to help you and here you can find one:
  http://EU.computers.Toshiba-Europe.com > support & downloads > find an authorized service provider

  Good luck! :)

• Why firefox has slow response when I save images on hard drive?

  I have windows 7 64 bit and Mozila firefox worm 17.0.1. I have the following problem. When I try to save an image from a site (right mouse click and save as) the disk hard from my pc, firefox response is slow. It takes about 6 to 10 seconds. I thought that it was a matter of file size, but it turned out that it was not relevant because it was images of 10 KB to 500 KB. I did the following:
  -clear history
  -clear the firefox cache and the cache folder in my profile
  -Delete the downloads.sqlite and localstore.rdf files
  -J' changed the browser.download.manager.scanWhenDone and services.sync.prefs.sync.browser.download.manager.scanWhenDone false
  -clear the downloads window
  -Disable all add-ons

  After all this, the problem remains
  Then I started firefox in safe mode (help-> restart with the disabled... modules). The problem remains.
  Then I disabled the windows firewall and Microsoft security essentials (real-time protection). I don't have any other antivirus or firewall on my pc. Nothing happened.

  Then, I created a new profile (reset firefox). Nothing happened. A last attempt, then, remained to be done. Restart in safe mode. So I followed these steps.
  I ran msconfig and disabled Microsoft Security Client to start tab and Microsoft antimalware Service on the services tab. So, I did a boot in safe mode with network support and disabled windows firewall. Guess what. Nothing happened.

  I noticed that when I tried to record images, in the process, there was a significant activity of hard drive (the hard drive activity led indicator was constantly lighting) and firefox in the upper left corner, shown the message does not for about 6 to 10 seconds. You understand that saving a picture of 19 Ko in 10 seconds is not normal.

  Is - this problem has to do with the cache? The disc is a SSD (solid state drive). Do you think that it would be preferable to redirect the in-memory cache? (I have 6 GB of total RAM). This problem was also in previous versions of firefox, but I think that with this version, the problem is more common. This is not the case with all the photos, but it happens with more than 65% of the images.

  It also happens when loading a web page, but it could be a question of a heavy web page that uses a lot of resources in my system, while loading. The problem is the same. Constant hard disk activity and it takes time to load the web page. The problem with the loading of the web page, is not as common as with saving images.

  I think it's a question of management of the cache. What is your opinion?

  Thank you.

  The cause of my problem was the jump lists, which has Windows 7. There are two types of jump lists, automatic or custom. Automatic jump lists caused the slow decline in firefox via Windows Explorer. Finally, it was a windows problem exploring and not firefox. Windows 7 introduces many new features that cause slow system performance. In any case, the solution to the problem is to follow the steps:
  1. open my computer and on the address bar paste the path: %AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\AutomaticDestinations
  2. press CTRL + a
  3. press SHIFT + DELETE and delete the entire folder
  I think the respective windows Explorer jump list is one that begins with 1b4dd67f29cb1962, in which case you do not want to delete the list of every jump in the folder. If you use firefox, download a file and then go to the above mentioned path and view the files by date. The most recent file must be the correspondent with firefox.

• Power light / hard drive/battery Inspiron 5759 does not?

  Bought this computer from my wife for Christmas.  Apparently, Dell has combined the power of disk hard/light activity indicator / and the battery status light in a unique light on the front edge of the computer.  My concern is that the only light briefly when I plug into the power supply first, then it turns off and on again never.  Even when the hard drive is written or the bedside lamp lights to show activity.  Is this normal?  I am concerned that this is a way that I used to determine if things happen on my computer as it should.  If the light is not designed to show the disk activity hard when it occurs, what is it?

  If you have not found the answer to your question, so this should help you.

  Press and hold 'Fn' which lies between the Ctrl and Windows Key, then press the 'H' button  This action will be necessary every time that you restart the computer.

  Don

• Satellite A210 - 1 4 - possible signs of a hard drive failure

  Hello

  I use a Toshiba Satellite A210 - 1 4 and think that the hard drive may be showing signs of failure.

  _The symptoms are: _

  * While the Windows 7 boot frequently stops at 'Starting Windows' screen (before the Windows logo appeared) and all HARD drive activity stops meaning a hard reset is necessary to bring him back.

  * When I unplug the power cord on Windows 7, the computer freezes usually with nothing happens and stop any HARD drive activity, once again a hard reset is required to bring back to life.

  What are these early signs of HARD drive failure or is there something else wrong?

  Hey Buddy,

  For me it doesn t look like the HARD drive malfunction if Windows 7 stops when starting or freezes when you unplug the AC adapter

  Have you already tried to reinstall the operating system? It could be the software problem.

  If you still want to check your drive HARD uses a disk HARD Drive Fitness Test as a diagnostic tool. It s freeware so you can find it if you search on Google.

• Satellite Pro L630-12F constantly read hard drive

  My laptop 2 months old, satellite pro L630-12F, running windows 7, just started to constantly read the hard drive in windows. The light is still on. When I try to do something, it takes forever-. for example, click on the start menu. Wait a minute, while the cirlce thing appears and the start menu.

  If I do too much hard drive starts to make a ticking noise and possibly a BSOD appears and it restarts.

  If I try to stop or restart it takes forever to do.

  When I go into safe mode, it just does the same thing.

  Any suggestions as to what is happening and how I can fix this problem?

  Hello
  At first I thought that the constantly HARD drive activity can be because of preinstalled McAffe and HDD scan but this info on ticking noise and possibly a BSOD is really strange and I'm afraid that there must be another reason m.

  Have you noticed this behavior from the first day or later?
  It will be interesting to know if the same behavior is with its own OS preinstalled. Can you install new OS by using recovery image and test it with the factory settings?

  In the worst case I mean that the HARD disk must be exchanged.

• Hard drive clicking noise Satellite P100-240

  Hello
  I bought this laptop a few months ago. Recently the hard drive was made of the sounds click thud when left idle or when it is used. Once there it usually starts guard going. Sound louder than normal sounds of hard drive activity and occurs every few seconds. Everyone knows about this problem? It is likely is a sign of mechanical defects and possible disk crash, or is this a normal phenomenon? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
  Thank you
  Daniel

  Well, maybe it's a beginning of the end of s.
  Be careful and always make backups!
  My hard drive was cut there's dead several months! I noticed a low crackling inside. After restarting again the BIOS didn't recognize the HARD drive! It was an accident of the head!

  So, as mentioned above, be careful!

• are there any hard drive for the envy 15 3040

  I got ' a disk read error occurred "black screen.

  So I decided to replace my damaged disk.
  To do this, I'm looking for hard drive for my notebook.

  But no information for this on google.
  So I ask you what is the best drive for my solution?

  My hard drive is 500 GB. any recommendation?

  Where do you live (country)?

  Here is the Service Manual:

  Manual

  Replacement hard drive is indicated on page 37. It uses the standard 9.5 mm thickness 2.5 inch wide portable hard drives SATA and such any drive will work fine.

  If you need assistance with software installation/migration please post back.

  If it's 'the Answer' please click on 'Accept as Solution' to help others find it.

• Card hard drive failure

  Hello. Two years ago, I bought a HP envy m6-1125DX so its not in warranty. I ran a diagnostic hard drive recently and it failed.  Hard drive long DST failure, short check DST and check Optimzed dst all failed. The ID of the failure are folling 06D6L8-6A878D-XD7X0K-619103, 06D6L8-6A878D-XD7X0K-60RR03, 06D6L8-6A878D-XD7X0K-61R903 the last sentence. The product ID is C2N76VA #ABA. Does this mean I have to replace the hard drive? If yes I intend to do it myself.

  Thank you!

  Yes, that means you need to replace the hard drive.

  Here is the Manual:

  Manual

  Replacement hard drive is indicated on page 48. It uses regularly 9.5 mm thickness 2.5 inch wide hard like this:

  http://www.Newegg.com/product/product.aspx?item=N82E16822236561

  This drive would be a good replacement at a very reasonable price. After the back if you need assistance with restoring software.

  If it's 'the Answer' please click on 'Accept as Solution' to help others find it.

• This copy of Windows is not activated. After replacing the hard drive. The activation window is empty.

  The activation window is empty. XP Pro SP3 + System (2 updates the version) beta of SP4 added due to problems of program. Build 2600.xpsp + sp3_gdr_101209-1647(Service Pack 3). Problem started after the replacement of the boot hard drive that wasn't. New drive has been a ghost of the old boot copy and active. Having the disk key and product to install but the CD won't deal with any problems indicating that the version of the program is different, probably because of upgrades SP. The program disk is that Windows XP Professional Service pack 2 Version 2002, Ref. 0304 x 10-52217 and has passed many tests for over the years of downloads genuine microsoft software. IHAVE run the MGADiag tool, results are pasted below. Diagnostic report (1.9.0027.0):
  -----------------------------------------
  Validation of Windows data-->
  Release status: not activated
  Validation code: 1
  Code of Validation caching: n/a
  Windows product key: *-* - JK2RH - 233D 2-3466Y
  Windows product key hash: OyO/XO7E87J9EWmQwi2V5iTugIo =
  Windows product ID: 76487-016-5418163-22306
  Windows product ID type: 5
  Windows license type: retail
  The Windows OS version: 5.1.2600.2.00010100.3.0.pro
  ID: {4405CF79-6516-4ACC-85B5-1CAEA4F69ADB} (3)
  Admin: Yes
  TestCab: 0x0
  LegitcheckControl ActiveX: Registered, 1.9.42.0
  Signed by: Microsoft
  Product name: n/a
  Architecture: n/a
  Build lab: N/A
  TTS error: n/a
  Validation of diagnosis: 025D1FF3-230-1_025D1FF3-238-2_025D1FF3-258-3
  Resolution state: n/a

  Given Vista WgaER-->
  ThreatID (s): n/a
  Version: n/a

  Windows XP Notifications data-->
  Caching of results: 1
  File: Yes
  Version: 1.9.40.0
  WgaTray.exe signed by: Microsoft
  WgaLogon.dll signed by: Microsoft

  OGA Notifications data-->
  Cached result: n/a, hr = 0 x 80070002
  Version: 2.0.48.0
  OGAExec.exe signed by: Microsoft
  OGAAddin.dll signed by: Microsoft

  OGA data-->
  Status of office: 101 non-active
  Microsoft Office XP Professional - 101 non-active
  OGA Version: Registered, 2.0.48.0
  Signed by: Microsoft
  Office Diagnostics: 025D1FF3-230-1_025D1FF3-238-2_025D1FF3-258-3_3E121E02-385-80004005_3E121E02-452-80004005_3E121E02-312-80004005

  Data browser-->
  Proxy settings: N/A
  User Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE; Win32)
  Default browser: C:\Program may Explorer\IEXPLORE.exe
  Download signed ActiveX controls: fast
  Download unsigned ActiveX controls: fast
  Run ActiveX controls and plug-ins: allowed
  Initialize and script ActiveX controls not marked as safe: fast
  Allow the Internet Explorer Webbrowser control scripts: allowed
  Active scripting: allowed
  Recognized ActiveX controls safe for scripting: allowed

  Analysis of file data-->

  Other data-->
  Office details: {4405CF79-6516-4ACC-85B5-1CAEA4F69ADB}1.9.0027.05.1.2600.2.00010100.3.0.prox 32*-*-*-*-3466Y76487-016-5418163-223065S-1-5-21-1202660629-362288127-839522115HP Pavilion 061ED848AA-ABA M7287CPhoenix Technologies, LTD 3.1720060420000000.000000 + 000237E32870184FA7C04090409Time(GMT-08:00) Standard Pacific03101101109117730D9B1B7FBEYAcQ79PePEvIKqvGGLVZKjuipo =54186-752-4095971-17653 1 Microsoft Office XP Professional

  License data-->
  N/A

  Windows Activation Technologies-->
  N/A

  --> HWID data
  N/A

  Activation 1.0 data OEM-->
  BIOS string matches: Yes
  Marker of the BIOS string: 1E0D3:Compaq Computer Corporation | 1E0D3:Compaq Computer Corporation | 1E0D3:Hewlett - Packard Company. 1005F:Hewlett - Packard Company
  Marker of OEMBIOS string. DAT: N/a, hr = 0x80004005

  Activation 2.0 data OEM-->
  N/A

  Hello

  • Do you have any disk of Windows XP?
  I'd say contact Microsoft phone support for assistance.
   
  Here is the link:
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/295539

• EliteBook 2570p: Windows 7 Pro OEM activation error after reinstall onto the new HARD drive

  Greetings!

  I had to replace my laptop HARD drive and then clean installed windows iso downloads, burned on a dvd.

  I first tried Windows 10 (build 1511), then Windows 7 Pro 64 bit with SP1. Or activate using the key OEM COA sticker.

  I tried MS activation of phone also, but they said that they could not generate a confirmation key. They tried to transfer me to "get windows up and running support" but could not get through.

  The first activation says invalid key without being connected to the internet, which makes me wonder if there is an inconsistency between my product key and SLIC data, (which I do not have much understanding).

  The service 'Ask Tech' at Microsoft tried to sell me a license at a high cost, which I don't think I should need because I have the license OEM Windows 10 retail.

  I don't have HP recovery disks (and did not expect to need).

  Any advice would be welcome!

  (the location is the South Africa)

  NoKillBill

  The problem is that you should NOT use Win7 ISO downloads to reinstall your PC.  Given that your PC came with a preinstalled HP Win7 OEM version, and is NOT available for download, I have to assume that what you used to reinstall a retail version.

  And the problem is that the commercial version only lights up with a retail key.  The product key that came with your PC and is printed on the COA sticker, is a key to OEM HP product - and that cannot be used to activate any other than the version from HP OEM version of Win7.

  Your best bet at this point, is to restore your PC using HP recovery media - and then perform the upgrade of Win10 after that.

  It is a DVD and CD set that will erase the hard drive (removing all data, applications and settings, reinstall the original OS, drivers and utilities for HP. In some cases, you will be able to order a USB instead of discs.  You must order at HP; they cannot be downloaded.
  
  You can look online for recovery from the paged media related: http://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers
  
  Once there, enter your product name or number. On your software page and download the drivers, select your operating system and version. Click on "Update".  If the HP recovery support is available for your computer, down near the bottom of the page, you will see an entry for the command Recovery Media-CD/DVD/USB. Click on the symbol '+' to expand this entty and click on order to press for more details.
  
  Or, if you prefer, you can do the same by contacting HP Customer Service:
  
  If you live in the United States or the Canada, details are on this page: http://www8.hp.com/us/en/contact-hp/phone-assist.html#section1
  
  If you live elsewhere, contact details are on this page: http://www8.hp.com/us/en/contact-hp/ww-contact-us.html
  
  Note that if HP no longer provides a recovery media for your model, a few other sites, you can check are: http://www.computersurgeons.com/ and http://www.restoredisks.com/
  
  Good luck
  
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