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    Toshiba HDD Protection

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by rubosh, Oct 10, 2007.

  1. rubosh

    rubosh Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hello, I cant seem to be able to install the HDD Protection on my XP install??

    Please help, it gives me error that my model does not support this thing however it runs fine under Vista when i do recovery!
     
    rubosh, Oct 10, 2007
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    Bog Losing it...

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    It ran in Vista but not in XP? Well, thats the problem. The program was written for Vista, not XP. Root through Toshiba's driver page for their XP drivers on that model.
     
    Bog, Oct 10, 2007
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    rubosh Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have downloaded the one for xp, well it say XP/VISTA..
     
    rubosh, Oct 10, 2007
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    rubosh Notebook Enthusiast

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    Is there some program requirement for it to run?

    Thanks
     
    rubosh, Oct 10, 2007
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    rubosh Notebook Enthusiast

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    Please help?
     
    rubosh, Oct 11, 2007
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    randalle Notebook Enthusiast

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    What laptop model do you have?
     
    randalle, Oct 12, 2007
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    rubosh Notebook Enthusiast

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    Toshiba U305-S5127 Running Windows XP Pro SP2...
    today i tried to reinstall everything with clean install and went with the order in "installation instruction.txt" and it still didnt work

    It says the model does not support hdd protection :eek:
     
    rubosh, Oct 12, 2007
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    Have you already updated the BIOS of the laptop?
     
    randalle, Oct 12, 2007
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    nope, i dont see a newer bios on the website :confused:
     
    rubosh, Oct 12, 2007
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