HD recovery folder/ repartitioned Equium U400-124

My Equium U400-124 is getting on a bit and a couple of years ago I merged the two partitions to make the data storage a bit easier. This left the HDD recovery folder in a folder named "merged-partition-content" and everything else in the main partition of C.
I am now getting to a point when I think I should consider a factory default recovery, but the start-up process fails to find the HDD recovery folder, and even if I used the rescue disc made when the computer was first bought, how would it negotiate the new partitioning?
Any ideas?

Thanks; I do have a recovery disc, but am a bit cautious about using it in case it destroys all my data in the process of trying to sort out the partitions. It does not help that my back-up portable disc has just died; should I wait until I have replaced that?
Does using a recovery disc give you the option of cancelling the process if it comes up against a partition issue? Is there a way of obtaining a disc with vista on it from the toshiba, if I cannot simply restore windows from the recovery disc?

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Hi guys
I have (had?) a Toshiba Equium U400-124 laptop with Vista Home Premium 32 installed.
Last night it just crashed, so I rebooted, and a message came up with "a disk read error occured, press ctrl+alt+del to restart".
This reappeared when I did the above.
I received no disks/dvd's with the pc when i brought it, so created a "vista recovery disk" on my desktop pc and tried it.
It says "windows is loading files", goes through the "egg timer" windows part, but then just hangs on a black screen (the arrow cursor is visible and moveable).
I left it all night after trying it a multitude of times, but still black.
Any clues?
I have read that I will need an original Vista disc to boot from?
Regards

Hi
Can you access the advanced boot menu pressing F8? If yes choose repair my computer. Some files will be loaded and then choose the Toshiba recovery function and follow the screen instructions. Windows will be reinstalled now with the factory settings.
If cant access the advanced boot menu you must reinstall Windows using a Microsoft disk because you didnt burn the Toshiba recovery disk as yet (you had to do this yourself).
But as Eldoarado said you need the SATA drivers. Otherwise you cant install Windows because your notebook is equipped with an SATA HDD.
First download the drivers on the Toshiba page as Eldoarado suggested and then create a new Vista installation disk with these drivers. Therefore you can use vLite:
http://www.vlite.net/
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Unable to hear any sound on my Equium U400-124 laptop

I have got Equium U400-124 laptop
recently my sound system has stopped working all together. Though the volume button is set to maximum i am unable to hear any sounds.
I tried updating the sound drivers software by going to device manager. then it came back as all upto date. I tried going back to the date where it was working but this also hasnt helped.
Thank you very much

No I tried using earphone as I gathered if u try headphone in and out several times it tries to remove the dust.
But even with this i am unable to hear the sound.

Re: Error message while restoring my Equium U400-124

I have started to restore my U400-124 with the recovery disk but, half way though it has an error message that one file failed to be copied and only lets me exit and switch off.
How do I get hold of another copy of the recovery disk that is not corrupted?
As it has formatted the hard drive I am unable to do a HDD revcovery....
Any ideas?
Jonathan

Hello Jonathan
Have you ever tried to create recovery DVD media?
It can be that recovery image is corrupt and you cannot install OS properly.
What you can do is to order original Toshiba recovery DVD. You can do this under https://backupmedia.toshiba.eu/landing.aspx

Battery is not detected in Equium U400-124

Hi Guys,
I bought a U400-124 yesterday and replaced it today for the same model and i still have the same problem.
The notebook works fine when its conected to AC power but as soon as i unplug it the notebook dies ? Its not the charger thats the problem, i have changed that also. On the icon that tells you if the battery is charging or not it says "Battery is not detected"
Does anyone have an idea why this happens ? All help would be hugely appreciated.

Hey man
I bought a Toshiba Equium U400 too. And i faced the same problem.
So I took it to the ASP (Authorized Service Provider) and they said it was not the laptops problem it was the problem of the battery.
So as I had a warranty I changed my battery and its running great..
Try my idea and your going to be happy..
So go to a Toshiba reseller or buy your battery online.
So you did a wrong thing changing you laptop should have changed your battery... happy to help and tell me if u have any other problem.
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Hi there,
after 4 moths warranty my laptop stop work. Charger working fine, also battery is fully charged.
I no drop nothing on laptop (water or any drinks) even no drop it on the floor. Just after shut down dont want start again
no lights, nothing. Any suggestion what is problem ???

Hi
In my opinion RAM modules should be checked firstly.
Remove one module and test the notebook using every module in each slot.
But the diagnostic procedure would be more difficult if the notebook would not start even checking the memory modules in such case the issue could be related to any part on the motherboard theoretically the issue could be related to faulty CPU, motherboard, etc
So in such case an help from a notebook technicians would be necessary. :(

Equium U400-146 - Where can I buy a CD recovery

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I was hoping someone could help me - I would like to know where I can buy a CD recovery for my Toshiba Equium U400-146.
My husband has accidently deleted the icon on the desktop - and not I am not able to create my own cd.
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May

Hi
First of all dont mix Toshiba Disk Creator with Toshiba *Recovery* disk creator.
Both are different applications.
Usually if you open the Toshiba Recovery disk creator then you should see disk selection window and recovery DVD option should be marked.
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I had to revert my PC to factory settings. I have a recovery folder. How do I get my address book and mail folders back?

I had a serious system problem on my PC and had to restore it to its factory configuration. During the process, I was prompted by Windows to create a recovery folder on an external device. I have mostly recovered from my disaster. I have reinstalled Thunderbird, but it does not see my old email folders or my address book. How can I get them back?

Do you have a backup of your files from the computer before you reinstalled? Otherwise this won't be possible

Not sure if I deleted recovery folder on Mac

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For some reason my recovery folder was in the Trash and so I dragged the folder to the left hand side bar under pictures, then emptied the trash, but I think I deleted it anyway. How do I check if I have deleted it and if I have how do I get it back, if needed or could i just create a new folder.

What are you referring with recovery folder? If you are referring to Recovery HD, it's a partition, so it wasn't deleted after emptying the Trash

Equium U400 is not reading or burning discs

My Equium U400 is not reading or burning discs.
Can anyoe help please ?

Hey,
Ok, your notebook isnt able to read or burn disks but what does this mean exactly?
Is your drive listed in device manager?
=> You could try to remove it and restart your notebook.
Do you see yellow exclamation marks in device manager on ODD?
=> Check the Microsoft Knowledge Base. Its known issue.
Do you get an error message if you try bruning a disk?
=> Try another burning program like CD Burner XP
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Satellite U400-124 - Vista don't boot so how can I access the data?

I have a problem with my U400-124 when it loads Vista. It has a blue screen error when trying to start windows. It comes up with the boot repair program but that does not work. Therefore I have a question, unless someone can help with the above.
I have the restore discs but I have to get some data off the hard drive. Is it possible to remove the hard drive, place in an external case and copy the data I need. Then place the hard drive back in and start the restore process?
Many thanks in advance.

Yes, this is no problem and you can do this.
I did the same on my Satellite notebook. Its pretty easy because the HDD is removed in few minutes and so I can backup all my data on my other notebook.
Such USB 2.5 SATA HDD adaptors are not expensive. Ask your local computer dealer or search on eBay. I bought my adaptor from eBay.
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Monitor on Equium U400 is inverted

Started Equium U400 and screen is now inverted, believe it may be the inverter or backlight in the monitor.
Would appreciate any assistance in trying to, either find a solution to fix it or suggestion of a place to buy the correct part for my laptop.
Many thanks
Clark

hi thebear2006
as i am reading your posts correctly with the magnifier and changing colors to inverted everything is ok?
try this:
- deinstall grafics driver
- restart and install the newest one
- after this restart once more
if this not solves the issue maybe another application is causing this strange behaviour.
i dont think ist hardware related because you can change colors...
the inverter provides the power for the light tube, if it is broken you have no more backlight but you still can see a dark picture on the screen.
naybe you have to recover to get rid of that....
rarely it could be a broken wire....

Equium U400/146 - I need a replacement lcd cable/ribbon

Hello
please help i have been searching for days.
I need a replacement lcd cable/ribbon . id number (DDOBU2LC000)
My laptop is the Toshiba Equium U400/146 model number PSU42E-00400SKS. Its out off warranty so i took it it to
my local repare shop but they could not get the part. The problem with the lcd screen is that it boots up Green
i can still use the programs the greys and whites show through.
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If some one could point me in the right direction for this part i would be most gratefull
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All notebook parts can be ordered from an local ASP (authorized service partner).
I think the guys should be able to order such cable/ribbon.
Here you can find the database with all ASPs worldwide:
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EQUIUM U400 BIOS Update link broken

Hi,
I'm trying to download the Bios update for my Equium U400 (dated 4th November) but the link appears to be broken. I have hunted high and low for a way to contact Toshiba about this but can't find anything helpful.
Does anybody have any ideas as to where else I may be able to find a suitable bios upgrade?
Cheers.

Hi
I think this could be a temporal server issue and I think this should be fixed in the next time
You should try to download this BIOS later
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Equium U400-146 - No Backlight

Hi there,
I have a Toshiba Equium U400-146 laptop. The warranty expired on the 17^th^, and the day after, the backlight failed. I can just about see the screen under a bright light, but this is not very practical. Currently, I am working around this problem by using an external monitor, however this means I can no longer use it at college to do my coursework.
What are the likely causes and solutions to this problem?
I presented the laptop to The Tech Guys in PC World, but for a backlight repair they quoted me the rather steep price of 230. I'm currently awaiting quotes from a few other places, but I saw a U400-146 screen for sale on ebay for about 65. However, I am reluctant to undertake the repairs myself, in case I were to end up completely ruining the laptop.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Hi
> The warranty expired on the 17th, and the day after, the backlight failed
Thats really a bad luck :(
I think the FL inverter is faulty this small part controls the displays backlight and if it would be faulty then you could see everything like behind a thick fog!!!!
The FL inverter must be replaced this is a solution teh FL inverter is not really expensive...
But you should get in contact with an local technician because notebook disassembling is tricky an should be done by an experience person

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