Factory reset my satellite laptop

hey, i would like to factory reset my satellite x200/x205 series. it's an old computer with alot of stuff on it. i would just like to in a way start fresh with a "new" computer. i have backed up and transferred all my important files and documents already and my computer is ready for a reset. am i doing this right? if i factory reset my comp will it mess up any drivers or anything else on my comp? if so how can i fixit or update any possible drivers afte the reset? i have the toshiba recovery and applications/drivers that came with the computer for windows vista home premium 32 bit disk one and two. if i put those in and follow the prompts is this all i need for a factory reset? i also have the upgrade your windows vista experience disk that came with the computer also.

When I had so much trouble installing Windows 7 from the purchased cd, I had to do an "out of box recovery" for my laptop . Make a back up disc of everything you want to keep. I only did Windows Photo Gallery, there was nothing else of importance to backup. Then insert the Toshiba Recovery Disc that came with your computer at the time of purchase, and follow all the directions. If you do not have the Recovery Disc, call 1-800-457-7777, they can send you one, for a very small charge (?? $20.00 or so ??) Make sure you have your Internet Security and Anti-virus disc ready to install. Personally, there were less problems with the install than the download. TIP TIP TIP I use my favorites box all the time, so I wrote down every site I had listed there...that way when the out of box recovery was complete, all I had to do was go to my list (abc order) and open each page or site, then hit add to favorites. That saved me so much time !!! I also write down the passwords for each site, just so I don't have to remember them,and when you're working and trying to think...well senior moment takes on a life of it's own !!! Hope I helped

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How do you factory reset a Satellite M50 -159

Hi,
I need to factory reset the above laptop. I've looked through the forum and seen a post saying to press 0 to access this option but this doesn't work. The laptop did not come with any CDs as the factory software is on a hidden partition on the hard disk.
Any other suggestions as to how to access the factory reset options?
Thanks in advance
Michael

According to the User's Manual for your Satellite M50, it came with a "Product Recovery Disk."
Maybe I looked up the wrong computer?
-Jerry

Re: Can't perform factory reset to Satellite L650

Hi support team,
Hope you are well :)
I have some troubles and hope you will help me to resolve them. Here is the description of my problem:
I have a Toshiba Satellite L650 - 17R laptop which I want to reset to factory defaults. I have used the following instructions to do that (http://aps2.toshiba-tro.de/kb0/HTD1303440001R01.htm), but when I'm pressing to the F8 upon notebook's startup there appears a list of choises on the display which doesn't contain "Repair Your Computer" or "?????????????? ???????" or something like that. The first entry in that list is "Safe Mode", second is "Safe Mode With Networking" and so on. Also I've tried the other method described in lots of places in the internet, that is to press 0 and power buttons together when turning on the laptop. In this case again it starts to do things as described in the instructions (for example here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5dEOm1EJBw): it beeps then, when I'm releasing the 0 button, it prints "starting Windows" and shows Windows logo, after that it turns on as always and no other dialog boxes are shown.
Questions:
Is there an alternative way to do the factory reset?
I have doubts that the "Toshiba HDD recovery" tool of my laptop is corrupted, so is it possible to download that tool from the internet, put it on dvd disk and install from there? If yes, then can you please give me a link of that tool for my model?
Best Regards,
Mihran Hovsepyan.

Hello Mihran and welcome in Toshiba forum
Lets see what is wrong there.
At first some general info. Every new Toshiba notebook is preinstalled with original recovery image. This image is also saved on HDD on separate partition. With original factory settings Repair my computer option will be listed in Advanced boot options (F8 at start-up) and HDD recovery option can be done as described in Toshiba document that you posted in your first posting. If nothing is changed this option will be there and you will be able to do HDD recovery installation again ad again.
> when I'm pressing to the F8 upon notebook's startup there appears a list of choises on the display which doesn't contain "Repair Your Computer"
This will happen if you have installed own OS version using Microsoft installation disc. After doing this option Repair my computer will disappear and you will not be able to start HDD recovery installation anymore.
> Is there an alternative way to do the factory reset?
Yes. You must use recovery DVD disc for OS installation. After doing this everything will be as before. Repair my computer option will be available again and you will havce original factory settings again.
If you have more questions you are welcome.

I need a factory reset to my laptop

HP Pavilion dv6t-6100 CTO Quad Edition Entertainment Notebook PC
LM336AAR
win 7 home premium genuine
MY PROblem is regarding recovery.
I created a recovery in my usb with the help of hp recovery manager.
Now how to recover to factory reset using this usb ?
i on my laptop and pressed ESC and entered bios.
there it says PRESS F11 for recovery . I did pressed f11 .but error came saying that i need a installation disc.
if i had installation disc then i would format and install a new win 7 ,i wouldnt need to do recovery ..
help me ......

hi sir..thanku for ur reply...
i just bought this laptop from kathmnadu nepal in 86,000 rupee one week back..that is around 1000 dollar and at present i am in a distant place from kathmandu because of my working station (so i am unable to make complain to the shop owner where i bought and going to kathmnadu to make my complaint will cost me around 250 dollars, so i thought better i will get solution in this forum)
i want to do factory reset for 3 reasons.
1. everytime i switch on my laptop ,my wireless doesnt work so everytime i go to CONTROL PANEL ,....administrative tools..services.....wlan autoconfig....AND restart wireless service and then my wireless comesback n i get connected to internet.
2 my startup time ranges from 20 min to 1 hour (i have 8 gb ram) ..at first i thoguht 2 ram were not compatible so i took out my one 4 gb ram ...but still same problem.....though its not always..i mean sometimes ,window gets launched in 10 sec and sometimes minutessssss...and most of time i have to open in safe mode and go back to LAST KNOWN GOOD CONFIG..
3. my touch pad not working ,its freezed....(it works sometimes but not always)..so i m using usb connected mouse right now....
with having all these problems ,i thought of formatting and reinstalling win 8.
i bought win 8 but the installation got freezed in the first step..it only shows fish logo and nothing happened even though i waited for an hour.
then i thought i will install win 7 . using poweriso i created a bootable usb win 7 .
but while trying to install win 7 ..it says no drivers...select drivers.......where the hell i am going to search my drivers now????????????
i m frustrated

Factory Reset Toshiba Satellite M305-S4848

Hello,
We recently got this model laptop from a friend due to the fact ours was stolen. I'd like to factory reset it, but I was wondering if I really need to copy the restoration data onto seperate disks, or if I can just do it from my system. I did read page 60, as referred to other customers, yet I don't understand it. Thanks in advance.

All models after a certain cutoff (and I don't have that information, but it was at some point during Windows XP's reign) come with the recovery partition unless a client specifically didn't want it. When recovery went this route, recovery discs stopped being packaged with the notebooks. Certain models, usually business models, don't have the Toshiba Recovery Media Creator application. I don't know the specific reasoning, but the specs should indicate whether or not it comes with this software (and I thank you for bringing that to my attention).
Sorry I don't have more information. As is usually the case, I wouldn't be surprised if there were exceptions to these rules either.
- Peter

Factory reset on Satellite model #E45-B4200

I have tried the hold zero and power up method. It does not seem to work with this model? Is there another way to do a factory reset?

Your User's Guide starting on page 52 explains it all.

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To reset you iPhone via a computer follow this guide.
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My laptop has a broken screen and it's impossible to see without an external monitor. So I had to reset my computer to factory settings and when the first time set up came on, I couldn't see the fields because of my monitor not turning on. I entered random stuff and pressed tab space a lot to get through it. Now it's asking me for a username and password to get in and i'm not sure what I entered. What can I do?

Hi Rentation, welcome to the HP Forums. Is is asking for Windows login information? What is the model or product number? What version of Windows is installed?
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Which Windows operating system am I running?
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HT1420 it says I have authorized 5 computers on my account, but I haven't. I factory reset my same laptop several times and authorized a desktop PC I have (which I am not near right now).

How can I remotely disauthorize the bogus machines but keep the desktop?

You first must Deauthorize All. Then reauthorize the computers you want. The Deauthorize All option can be found by selecting Account under Quick Links in iTunes Store.

Factory Reset Satellite A215-S5837

I'm trying to factory reset my Satellite A215-S5837 to sell, I've been trying to do that hold 0 when you start the laptop but all it does is stay on this black screen with toshiba leading innovation and it stay on it till i realese the 0 button,

I agree that it's confusing. And I could be wrong.
All that is in the section Hard Drive Recovery Utilities, which begins on p. 59 of the User's Guide.
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Just below that section heading is this disclaimer.
   (Available on certain models)
If you inspect the spec for your model, you'll see that there is no software listed to burn recovery discs from that hidden partition. That was the basis of my inference. But it may have been left off the list in error.
It's easy to discover whether the partition is there or not. Simply open Disk Management (diskmgmt.msc) and take a look.
   1.46GB partition and other small partition are for the System Recovery Options and the factory softw...
If I was wrong, you have my apologies.
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Factory reset? restoring old files

i resently did a factory reset of my laptop to try and fix an issue with my wifi driver. before i commited the factory reset i backed up my personal files on a disk drive using the windows programe "file History". however once the reset was complete the programe was not allowing me to backup my laptop using the previous files. ( i still have them on the disk drive). if theres any one who knows whats going on please help im running windows 8.1 before and after the reset and my laptop details are.
the model number is : 15-e030AX
the product number is : E6G20PA#ABG
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1-You didn't give us many details on when/why it is failing to work.
2-First ,have you turned on File History and set it to use the external disk that has your files?
3-Are you selecting from the left side _ "Restore Personal Files" ?
4-This may help >> http://superuser.com/questions/659953/how-do-you-restore-from-a-file-history-backup-to-a-new-compute...
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HELP I did a factory reset on my dv7-6195

Please help.I did a factory reset on my laptop. and following instuctions i backed up my files onto an go-flex external drive.Im assuming it backed up programs as well as libraries ..documents etc...its on g local disc.when i view the drive i just see a bunch of numbers so i really dont know how to get the desired files back on my computer.i did a paste and copy of the drive but it just copied it back on to the drive. so oviously im a complete novice w everything computer. with having a factory reset the files they ask me to backup...cant be added{ recovered} because the manager says no back up has been performed so i know im doing something wrong.there an option to include the folders-files in the library would that make the files more discript ? then i can move them to their appropriate locations..including back onto the external drive..this is all guess work..and finally im under warranty and have total care as well...im running windows 7..thank you in advance. oh and something went amiss when the copy was made but one window covered the other window to see what happened to the file.

Usually there is one .EXE file within the backed up files, Restore.exe or similiar, that can be double clicked to run and it extracts the files to a folder on your C drive.
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Laptop wont factory reset

My laptop is model PSLC8U-03701Q it was bought in 2009 and it's running on windows 7 ( I know absolutely nothing about laptops so bare with me) im trying to factory reset but the 0 (zero) button way of doing it doesn't work and yes I am doing it right, it just beeps then starts like nothing, the f8 and f12 options dont help and the restore points are only like a month ago, I have looked in every file and it does not give any factory reset option, please help before I lose my mind xoxo !

Satellite L305D-S5934 PSLC8U-03701Q Specifications
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Marissa21o wrote:
.....im trying to factory reset but the 0 (zero) button way of doing it doesn't work and yes I am doing it right, it just beeps then starts like nothing, the f8 and f12 options dont help and the restore points are only like a month ago, I have looked in every file and it does not give any factory reset option, please help before I lose my mind xoxo !
Here's the problem. Your system is just a little too old. Consequently, it was before Toshiba started putting the recovery partition (which is what you're trying to start) on their hard drives.
So, if you have it, or can search around and find it, you need the Toshiba Recovery Disk(s) that came with your system when it was new. Then, you want to put that in the CDROM/DVD drive, boot up off that drive (you can try holding the 'C' key down on power up; or press the F12 key as soon as you see the Toshiba splash screen on power up -> then select the 'Optical Disk Drive' to boot from).
If you no longer have that disk, then you can order it from Toshiba, go to the Toshiba Repair Page, and scroll down to the 'Get Recovery Media' section, input your unit's serial number (look on the Toshiba label on the bottom where you found your part number) and press 'Go'.
This is defintely the best way to rebuild your system.
Let us know when you have finished the recovery, if you need anymore help in updating your system, or with a new anti-virus program.
Good luck
Mike

I loaded Win 7 on my laptop and didn't back up my phone to I tunes. I loaded IOS 6 to the phone and it needed to sync. The Itunes didn't connect to my account phone factory reset. I have logged on why can't I get my apps and music back to my phone?

I loaded Win 7 on my laptop and hadn't loaded I tunes yet when I updated my phone to IOS 6. It needed to sync and had to factory reset. I have loaded I tunes, logged on yet still can't get my apps or music to load on my phone again? I have added the I tunes back-up to the folder on my newly loaded PC? Any suggestions before I go to the apple store and use the F word.

The same thing happened to my poor sister, and she is panicking because of all of her photos of her "daughter growing up" that will be lost. It seems that this has happened to several people already, and I REALLY hope that Apple figures this out so that it doesn't force all of these people to completely reset their devices. Best of luck to you, and I am bookmarking this and other similar discussions to monitor for other, more desirable solutions.

How do I save files to keep after I factory reset my laptop.

Hello, I need help on how to save files to keep after I factory reset my HP 2000-2b20NR laptop without any external drive. I need to save files to keep after I factory reset because I have malware on my laptop. Any information will help Thank you.

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Hello, I need help on how to save files to keep after I factory reset my HP 2000-2b20NR laptop without any external drive. I need to save files to keep after I factory reset because I have malware on my laptop. Any information will help Thank you. Hi, Burn files to CD or DVD or to a large (capacity) USB sticks. You can buy a 1TB external, portable HDD now for under 80 dollars. Regards.

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