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    Boot dsk

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by tampabayguy, Aug 6, 2012.

  1. tampabayguy

    tampabayguy Newbie

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    Hello, I just replaced my hard drive in my Toshiba Satalite laptop and I don't have a boot disk for it, does anyone where can I get a free or cheap boot disk for my laptop?

    Model #L305-S5919
     
    tampabayguy, Aug 6, 2012
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    alexUW Notebook Virtuoso

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    A Recovery Disk?
    You can buy Recovery Disks from Toshiba, be warned they're not cheap ~ $30
    Recovery Disks restore your system to the factory default settings [includes Windows and all drivers, etc...]

    More info can be found here: Recovery media - Toshiba Forums
     
    alexUW, Aug 6, 2012
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  3. hydra

    hydra Breaks Laptops

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    Vista, order the disks. W7? You also have the option to do a clean install, via USB using the MS USB tool. You will have to download a Digital River file and the USB tool from M$.

    After OS install you down load needed drivers from Toshiba. It took me 2 hours but 0$ other than the cost of a 4G thumb drive. You have to call in the M$ numbers off the bottom of your laptop to activate.

    Blowing away bloatware: a guide to reinstalling Windows on a new PC | Ars Technica
     
    hydra, Aug 9, 2012
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  4. tampabayguy

    tampabayguy Newbie

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    Thanks man
     
    tampabayguy, Aug 14, 2012
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    aeroxmax4 Notebook Guru

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    im not changing the HDD but i need a fresh reinstall. can i do it with f8 or i have to burn the recovery discs? i have a x505-q860
     
    aeroxmax4, Sep 29, 2012
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    alexUW Notebook Virtuoso

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    You have to burn the Recovery Media. The Recovery Partition on your harddrive [if it's still there] is provided to allow the user to burn recovery media; imo it doesn't actually restore your harddrive directly.

    I think you can just load the disk into your DVD drive, reboot and it should start automatically. If it doesn't, then you may have to go into your BIOS and set your Optical drive as priority in the boot order.

    Toshiba_Recovery_pic.jpg

    Attached is a picture of the Toshiba Recovery Media Creator. Before you start the process, make sure you have the "Verify" option checked [as I marked in red]. This will ensure your disks will infact work without problems.


    Good luck
     
    alexUW, Sep 29, 2012
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    aeroxmax4 Notebook Guru

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    thank you very much!
     
    aeroxmax4, Sep 29, 2012
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    aeroxmax4 Notebook Guru

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    i did it!! i fell so geek right now! :p thanks alex again
     
    aeroxmax4, Oct 2, 2012
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