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    Brand new laptop starts in 'recovery wizard'??

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by qwavel, Nov 28, 2009.

  1. qwavel

    qwavel Notebook Guru

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    I just bought a Toshiba Satellite T130/135. When I turn it on for the first day it starts in the "Toshiba Recovery Wizard" and warns me that all my data will be destroyed if I proceed.

    Did I just buy a refurb by mistake?

    A second question. When I proceeded with the recovery wizard it appeared to first installed Win7, and then install all of the extra software. Does anyone know a trick to get it to just do Win7 and skip the 2nd step?

    Is there a FAQ somewhere that would tell me what the extra software is and if there is anything worth keeping?

    Thanks.
     
    qwavel, Nov 28, 2009
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  2. Amnesiac

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    The extra software I think is all the Toshiba utilities and programs that are supposed to be preinstalled.
     
    Amnesiac, Nov 28, 2009
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