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.
   Satellite A200 Series User’s Guide
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.
-Jerry

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Hey all just got my new laptop and before buying it I knew I wanted to install Linux on it. However I do *not* like Vista, so I would also like to install XP instead, as a failsafe in case something goes wrong with my Linux partition (I am fairly new), I'll be able to go back to XP and still work on it.
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Hi
The Satellite A215-S5837 is a Toshiba US series and the compatible drivers can be found on the US driver page.
I have visited it and found some XP drivers but as you already said the list is not complete.
Im not 100% sure but some notebooks from European series Satellite/Equium A210 were equipped with the same internal devices.
I your case I would try to install some single drivers designed for the A210 series.
Maybe it will function.
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Therefore you have to collect it by yourself.
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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.
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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.
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Some models of that vintage came with a recovery partition and some did not. Take a look
1.46GB partition and other small partition are for the System Recovery Options and the factory softw...
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-Jerry

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Let's just try a proper system reset and see if this helps bring your mic back. Power off your system, unplug everything including the AC, remove the battery, press and hold down the power on button for 30 seconds, replace battery and AC, power on, when you see the Toshiba logo press the 'F2' key to enter BIOS Setup, in setup press 'F9' to load setup defaults, press 'F10' to save and exit, boot into Windows, and test your mic again.
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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 !

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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.
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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.
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