FYI Recovery to Factory Settings!! Toshiba!

Question

Hi! I get bored and then I get dangerous. Toshiba and most other companies give you the choice to create recovery DVD's or USB . If you choose not do do that, Toshiba will send you recovery media for 30+$. You are also given the choice to create a system repair disc. Which can be very helpful when your PC won't boot. Toshiba can't force you to do that either In today's world, there will come a time when windows won't boot. Toshiba has tried to give you a way to solve this, but it's not just a one click fix. Toshiba has created a recovery partition that will restore your PC back to factory settings. So if you choose to ignore making the recovery DVD's or USB, you still have a way out. You will need to check your user guild to see how to do that. It's a little different, depending on your model number. IMHO, if you can't restore back to factory with the recovery partition, then you have other problems. It's either hardware or your recovery partition is corrupt. If you were smart enough to create the recovery DVD's or USB; then you can give that a shot, also found in your user guild. If that doesn't work, then your recovery media is corrupt, your DVD drive doesn't read the media correctly or you have hardware problems.
Hardware does fail and with lap tops, it happens a lot more. There are free programs that will test your hardware. If it's your mother board, might as well buy a new computer. If you are just a little smart you will use a third party program like Macrium Reflect or Paragon to keep a current back up image of your OS. I could explain all this in detail, but you would get bored and stop reading my thread. Log on Toshiba forum and be patience; someone will try their best to help you. Please stop bad mouthing Toshiba. They have their problems, but their are good people donating their time to help you here on the forum. If you come on here with a attitude, then please take your problem some other place.
Dokie!!
PS I did not learn all this over night. I've been to the school of hard knocks. I love passing forward things that I have learned from others. I learn new thing every day. There are some good people here, so let them help. Be patience and we will do our best to slove your problem.
I Love my Satellite L775D-S7222 Laptop. Some days you're the windshield, Some days you're the bug. The Computer world is crazy. If you have answers to computer problems, pass them forward.

Answer 1

Hi ! W7&W8 have given you the option to create a system repair disc. This is a Linux based program that will get you into the recovery mode and will help you to boot if you can't boot normally. If you can't boot with this system repair disc, there's a good chance that you have hardware problems. Here's a great tutorial showing what you should exspect when you boot with the repair CD. You will need to go into F12 and boot from DVD/CD.http://pcsupport.about.com/od/toolsofthetrade/ss/windows-7-startup-repair_2.htm
This is a great place to start if your not able to boot into Windows. You will have several optitions to try! Some times just a simple restore to a earlier time will get you going again. This can be done with the repair CD. A great tool and seldom used.
Dokie!!
PS Hi ! After thinking this over. If you can't boot with the repair CD, you could have a corputed OS, which would be much better than hardware problems
I Love my Satellite L775D-S7222 Laptop. Some days you're the windshield, Some days you're the bug. The Computer world is crazy. If you have answers to computer problems, pass them forward.
Attachments:
Capture48.JPG ‏205 KB