Equium A60: Rebuild - need a recovery CD

Hi,
I am trying to do a complete rebuild on a Equium A60 and have lost the recovery and driver discs. I was wondering if anybody new where I might be able to acquire a copy of the necessary discs or some new ones.
Thank You for any help you can give me with this.
Guy

Hi Guy ;)
The Toshiba recovery CDs you can order from the Toshiba service partner in your country.
Its not very expensive.

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The recovery disk cant be downloaded.
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Hi buddy,
The tapping function of touchpad can be disabled in touchpad driver options. FN+F9 key combination will disable the whole touchpad so its another function.
The tapping function can only be disabled if the touchpad drivers are installed. If you install Windows from a normal Microsoft disk no drivers are installed and everything you have to install yourself. If you use the Toshiba recovery disk all drivers and tools will be installed automatically because it contains an image of factory settings. So recovery disk is more comfortable.
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PC2700 1024MB (PA3313U-1M1G)
If you want check part numbers on Google and you will find out all info about those modules. I have no time now to check it for you.
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Hello
I have found info that your unit has 256 MB internal memory. One additional slot is available and there you can use max 1GB module because your unit can handle with 1280MB max.
Compatible modules for your unit are:
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