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  Hello together,

  I have a problem with my laptop. I installed Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit, that the laptop came with Win7 Home Premium 32 bit.
  Now I want to restore the original Windows Home Premium. On the laptop is a second partition with a folder named "disk HARD recovery.

  When I hold the button '0' on start nothing happens. The beginning of doesn´t of system recovery.

  Can you help fix the problem.

  Thank you and best regards,
  Dinder

  Hello

  This does not work because you have installed Win 7 64 bit as you said here:
  > I installed Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit, that the laptop came with Win7 Home Premium 32 bit.
  But have you tried also pressing F8-> fix my computer-> drive HARD recovery?
  Try this

  Otherwise, drive HARD recovery does not work because the boot manager has been changed or damaged as a result of the new install of Win 7 and this is why you cannot load HARD drive recovery.
  That is why it s always recommended to create a recovery disc before changing anything on the HARD drive.

  What to tell buddy you need recovery disks. I guess that you have a European model for laptop

  You can order the recovery discs here:
  https://backupmedia.Toshiba.EU/landing.aspx

• Re: Satellite A40 - hard drive error - will not start

  My friend bought this laptop in April 2007 and has been very happy with it until about a month when he stopped startup in windows xp.

  At the start, she now gets the message

  "PXE - E61 media test failure - check the cable for.
  "PXE - M0F outgoing intel boot agent"
  "Insert system disk in drive."
  "Press a key when you are ready.

  and then the laptop does not start in windows.

  I thought that the hard drive can have detached, so I took it out and he handed in a State, but in vain.

  I also tried to reinstall with the recovery CD but get the following error message
  status «»
  GDISK (E) no such fixed disk 1 "

  It is followed by * ERROR *.
  Error number 11030
  invalid message destination drive
  X;

  I ran a Toshiba (or he could have Hitachi) utility disk that I burned on a cd and went up on the audit boot.

  It said there are problems on Toshiba MK4025GAS, which is the hard drive. details coincide with what it actually says on the disc.

  The BIOS sees the drive start on as he is listed as the master, with the cd as the secondary drive.
  Therefore, is it true that the drive is broken. If so - can it be repaired or is there another solution.

  I tried Googling the error message and there are conflicting messages on this issue, so your help would be very appreciated.
  It seems crazy that the reader can break after only 18 months - was there a defective batch?

  If that's the case Toshiba offers a replacement or it will cost a lot?

  Thank you

  Nashy

  Post edited by: Nashy - sorry - it was bought in 2007 is NOT 2006

  In your case, the HARD drive is certainly defective and you need to replace. Satellite A40 is pretty old laptop without guarantee valid and there is no replacement from Toshiba.

  Just buy a new HARD drive. Hard drives for this good old classic are not more expensive.

• How to run the installation on a 5 GB pcmcia hard drive, it does not start?

  I have a computer dell laptop, which has a non-functional drive Bay, so I use a 5 GB kingston pcmcia hard drive. Recognizes the xp home installation cd and copy of files, only I does not start when the system is restarted, is it a boot disk to start just xp? The bios doesn't have the ability to start from pcmcia, only an ehernet PCMCIA.

  Can I create a boot cd which recognises the pcmcia from the Setup disk, or add the driver pcmcia on a boot disk and which record a bootable CD?

  Hello

  Thanks for choosing Microsoft Community!

  You have reached the right forum. Try to solve this problem together.

  If I understand correctly, you are trying to install XP on a PCMCIA drive and the computer does not start after the installation files are copied during installation.

  Since then trying to install XP to a PCMCIA drive and the computer does not start after the installation files are copied during installation. In addition, the BIOS has not an option to boot from PCMCIA readers. So basically, you will not be able to install XP on the PCMCIA drive.

  Regarding the question on a boot disk, Microsoft provides no such discs. You will need to do a search online or in the stores of tech for such a disc, if it is available.

  Warning: Using third-party software, including hardware drivers can cause serious problems that may prevent your computer from starting properly. Microsoft cannot guarantee that problems resulting from the use of third-party software can be solved. Software using third party is at your own risk.

  Hope the helps of information. Reply with more information if you need further assistance, we will be happy to help you.

• Add the new hard drive, windows does not start now

  OK, ill be as specific as possible here

  Ive always had a few hard drives in my computer at all times

  A few days ago, I had problems with my windows 7 install that I tabled to the installation while I had all of my hard drives connected at installation time.

  2 days ago I decided to start over fresh with a windows 7 ultimate 64-bit. I also bought a new 64gig OCZ SSD for my OS.

  I disconnected all my drives except the SSD and performed a complete installation of windows 7 and all a well worked first go again.
  I then started to shut down my computer and adding a hard drive to the times and re starting and in ensuring that the drive letters came back how I got them I had on my previous built and changing them were nessisary.

  I installed my 5 drives in this case and the computer rebooted fine and everything was perfect until!

  installed hard drives
  1 SSD 64 GB
  2. 1.5 TB of storage
  3. 1.5 TB of storage
  4. 320 GB movies
  5. 320 GB games

  I copied all HDD 4. movies (only movies and music files) on disk 3.
  then I removed the hard drive of 4 and replaced by a new hard disk 1.5 TB and restarted the computer
  the computer starts very well and once loaded windows I coppied the movies and music of the new 1.5 TB hard drive back.

  now, I had

  installed hard drives
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  2. 1.5 TB of storage
  3. 1.5 TB of storage
  4 movies 1.5 to
  5. 320 GB games

  This is were the problem started. I restarted my computer and it wouldn't start. He gets the message of realteck and just a cursor flashes and remains like that permanently.

  If I remove the sata cable to the back of the hard disc 4 the computer starts fine
  I can plug the cable in just before the windows screen comes up and the hard drive works fine and is FLEURIDAS and all.
  but leave it plugged during the start of what the computer does nothing

  things I've tried, I made sure all my boot priorities are pointing to the SSD drive
  I have turned all devices normal priming and the hard drive with the OS selected
  Ive made sure that all the drive letters are correct on each drive
  Ive tried to get started with the windows 7 CD to get to the repair section and I click Repair tool, start it recconises there is a problem but informs me it can not be fixed automatically and asks me if I want to send the information to microsoft (which me).

  It's really made me this one any help will be great and thanks in advance

  just in case sick leave my system specs

  EVGA X 58 mobo
  INTEL Core i7 940
  6 GB of corsair ram
  all hard drives, you know
  1000 watt power supply
  2 X PALIT GTX 295 but SLI is not currently connected

  Hi AUST_DeVinE,

  ·         Please give us the exact error that you receive when you plug the SATA cable?

  ·         After you connect the hard drive, are you able to boot in safe mode?

  Check if you are able to boot in safe mode. Link: start your computer in safe mode:

        http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/start-your-computer-in-safe-mode

  1. run chkdsk on this hard drive, follow the steps below and check, if it helps:

  i. connect the external hard drive

  II. starting the computer in the Windows recovery environment, you can check the link below: What are the system recovery options in Windows 7?

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/what-are-the-system-recovery-options-in-Windows-7

  III. run Chkdsk,

  Here are the steps to run chkdsk:

  i. in the command prompt window, type the following command and press enter Chkdsk/r X:

  II. Note: in this command, x is a placeholder that represents the drive letter of the volume you want to check.

  III. o press when you are prompted to check the drive the next time the system restarts.

  IV. restart the computer.

  Note: When you restart, Windows checks the drive for errors, and then Windows starts.

  Link, please refer to: Chkdsk: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc730714 (WS.10) .aspx 

  2. you can even format the hard drive and check if this can help, see the below link for the same: Formatting disks and drives: frequently asked questions: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Formatting-disks-and-drives-frequently-asked-questions

  3 make sure you check the firmware updates and the updates of the system BIOS

  For updates and updates the system BIOS, contact the manufacturer of the hardware in the computer, refer to the following Web site:

  http://support.Microsoft.com/GP/vendors/en-us 

  Not even verify that the system BIOS correctly detects the hard disk

  For more information about how to verify that the system BIOS correctly detects the hard disk, contact the manufacturer of the computer hardware.

  BIOS WARNING: Change to 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.

  Thank you, and in what concerns:

  Samhrutha G S - Microsoft technical support.

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  Computer does not start. I get this failure code:
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  Hello

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  Hello

  I recently bought a western digital hard drive 320 MB to replace my hard drive C100, which is now complete.

  I cloned the old hard drive and when I installed the laptop doesn't start, he just said "no bootable CD in the drive. It does not seem to 'see' my new hard drive, when I pressed the button lenovo tools and then used F12 to choose my boot option, the laptop just a black screen.

  Any ideas?

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  Re: do everything or send it as it is only 6 months old, it is Bernard did this for 5 months

  Hello

  It sounds a bit like a HARD drive problem.
  I recommend checking out the HARD drive using a free tool called Drive Fitness Test
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  Hey everybody,

  My on my XPS 420 HARD drive failed and I'm trying to reinstall Vista using the disc that came with my machine back when I bought it.

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  ****************

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