L775S7248 W7 stuck in recovery disk twilight zone,

everyday is something new. HD failed last Oct, Toshiba covered it, lasted maybe 6 months and out of coverage, Buy new WD hard drive and thought I'd make a clean start without Toshibas karma and installed windows 7 SP1 from an .ISO file. input windows key but it says it's incorrect (re-input it exactly and still says the same thing) every adaptor for internet access has no drivers loaded or available, and the recommendation is go to the manufacturer web site and downlaod them (wtf, if I could do that I wouldn't have this problem would I) so I fool around and decide to use the 5 disk recovery set I made, #1 and 2 disk take quite awhile the #3 short cycles and asks for next disk, #4 lasts 30 seconds and asks for next, #5 lasts 30 seconds and asks for next disk ... wtf? Theres only 5, now it's stuck on recovery regardless of what disk, if any, is in the drive. I'd like to thank Toshiba for their outstanding product (it really stands out) and their support site that even with the model number input the driver/updates are for multiple OS systems and models and the results do not specify what they are for, this laptop has enough internal quirks without being fed drivers/update for the incorrect OS/model. If someone can actually help it would be greatly appreciated. Thankyou

I'm sorry to hear about the problems. The support site lists all possible drivers. You still have to choose the appropriate one.
I'd recommend you try the discs again. If they still behave the same, there's obviously some problem. You could try ordering replacement recovery media or there could be some other problem that could require servicing.
- Peter

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What disk had a problem, and what was the exact verbiage of the error? For a phone that has been jailbroken, it is very difficult to remove the jailbreak, so it may not work. Also, the discussion of jailbroken devices is not allowed here on the forum. You'll need the exact error to get help.

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Recovery disk stuck in endless reboot - sat. P35

I'm just trying to reinstall winxp home to a newly installed hard drive after my old drive died.
Ok, here's system info
   model name:   Satellite P35-S611
   part #:       PSP 30U-20H001
Recovery disk info
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{3} I press F1.
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{5} I press C
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Some more details about this UNSOLVED failure in the recovery discs code.
{step 2 screen is:}
Welcome to the Toshiba Recovery utility.
This process will restore the original default system install on your hard drive.
Note that the current contents of your hard drive will be erased and replaced by the default system install. You should back up your system before continuing.
By selecting OK, you are accepting the terms of the Microsoft end-user license agreement that appears in the Windows License Agreement Setup Screen.
F1 = OK, F2 = Cancel
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{Breifly followed by:}
The recovery is in progress, please wait
{step 4 screen is:}
(ascii graphic of Xs spelling out "Warning")
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1. Ensure that the recovery CD/DVD is in the CD/DVD drive.
2. Keep the CD/DVD in the drive until you are asked to remove it.
If you do not want to erase the contents of your hard isk drive then press 'A' to abort.
To continue press (C), To abort press (A)...[C,A}?
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   Toshiba Recovery and Applications CD
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THE RECOVERY DISC FUNCTIONS AS A DISC
ITS THE CODE TOSHIBA WROTE TO THE RECOVERY DISK THAT IS BAD

Recovery disk installation progress seems stuck?

I have an HP Pavillion desktop whose hard drive completely died so it was not possible to boot from the recovery partition stored on it. I replaced the hard drive and ordered the recovery discs from HP. Three discs arrived: two system recovery discs for 32-bit Vista and one supplemental recovery disc.
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Hi:
I don't know what the issue is or how to fix it, but it shouldn't take more than 30 minutes to an hour at most to recover the PC using the recovery disks.
Paul

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yes i am sure. This are the exact words... "The iPad "iPad" could not be restored. The disk you are attempting to use is full. (Removing files and emptying the recycle bin will free up additional space". i tried some options, hard reset, redsnow, tinyumbrella but still it's stuck.

Mac formatted ipod stuck in recovery mode when rescuing tunes onto a PC

Hi
I have an ipod Nano (6gb) that is Mac formatted. I tried to recover the tunes from it to a PC desktop with Xplay. It started ok and then the ipod entered into recovery mode so it could be reformatted for Windows (I think itunes started doing it).
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I know the tunes are still on the ipod because the amount of disk space taken up hasn’t changed, despite the ipod not actually showing the songs on the UI.
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L

Try changing the ipod's drive letter per these directions:
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Cannot recover Windows 8.1 from recovery disks

Hi
I have a Windows 8.1 laptop (recovery disks are for Windows 8, see product details in image 1).
My laptop mouse left click suddenly started acting as right click, the computer froze and started making a noise, and when I restarted it using the power button it got stuck in the automatic repair loop. I tried all the options F8, F9, F10 and nothing worked. Then I did a disk check by pressing F2 and it failed (see image 2).
Following that I used my recovery disks and I got the message - destination drive not connected (see image 3).
Is my hard disk corrupted and need to be replaced? I am in UK but I bought the laptop in India.
Also, if I am able to use the recovery disks, I'll get W8 and not W8.1, which is what I had. How can I recover to W8.1 directly?
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Short DST:Fail > means the hard drive has failed and will have to be replaced. You can use your Recovery Discs on a new hdd. Just be sure to get one of at least equal capacity as original.
If the laptop shipped with Windows 8 there is no way to directly recover to Windows 8.1.
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White screen , can't access recovery disk or usb

hello guys,
so I have an iMac 27" mid 2011
and yesterday I was watching something on youtube, and suddenly the screen was flickring and the screen went black. so I hold the power button to shut down the system. tried to restart it and a white screen come out after the grey apple logo and no log in screen come out
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so I installed the mountain lion osx from the store to put it in a usb to try booting from it. but same blue screen come out for me. and now I'm stuck and don't know what to do to try fixing this problem.
also I tried all the fixes in apple store discussions site. tried to log with command + v , and I had these logs:
this logs for the Macintosh HD
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ytsvsgqmsdofm7w/IMG_5805.jpg
and this one for the recovery- 10.8 disk :
https://www.dropbox.com/s/pltyw5duptkhqq4/IMG_5807.jpg
and this is the blue screen I get when I log to recovery mode:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/o34oli2s7ziyhl9/IMG_5806.jpg
also I tried the single user command and tried the fsck command to try and repaire the disk, but nothing happened should I use more commands ? please advice me to fix this problem I don't know what to do to fix this. and here in Saudi Arabia there is no apple stores to go to.
thank you in advance.

ok guys I managed to access the Macintosh HD using target mode via my MBP. is there any way I can replace or fix any files to make it boot again ?
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I am unable to Install windows xp with recovery disks.

I have a Toshiba’s Satellite Pro S300-10J laptop Model#PSSB0E-02H00FDU. Some days back its operating system got corrupted. I have its recovery disks(windows Xp) and now I am trying to reinstall the windows by using recovery disks but unable to do so. Actually when I insert disk 1 it start installation process and then prompt for 2nd disk and when I insert 2nd disk it starts unpacking software image process. At the end it shows a pop up box with the following information.
Info:
                Done(Files:28339/28339 Folders: 2558/2558).
                Please remove the recovery medium!
                                                |OK|
As I remove the 2nd disk and press ok and then exit it goes shut down instead of rebooting. When I press power button to on it then it goes stuck on windows startup with a message of please wait .
Please support that how can I get rid of this situation and can restore operating system with recovery disk.

I made another attempt but nothing goes productive.
One thing is clear that the recovery disks are ok because a few months back I used same disks to refresh my notebook and did it without any error.
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Technical Information
STOP: 0X000000F4 (0X0000003,0X89936670,0X899367E4,0X805D1142)
Beginning dump of physical memory.
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13. Right-click the QuickTime file (if it exists), choose Delete, and choose Yes when asked to confirm the deletion. Click Continue if Windows needs confirmation or permission to continue.
14. Right-click the QuickTimeVR file (if it exists), choose Delete, and choose Yes when asked to confirm the deletion. Click Continue if Windows needs confirmation or permission to continue.
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HI.. .fIRST Thank you so much for being here today...
I have an HP pavillion a000 which was bought used.
About a week ago I got pre-windows msgs. on the 3rd time it has frozen at this point
Msg as follows...
bla bla.. but windows did not start successfully..
a recent hardwared or software change may have caused this..
It has counted down and started in normal mode..
then it has frozen.. and I have tried to start it it all modes..
This last attempt actually started windows and went back to this screen
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PLEASE Contact support
I have un plugged..re plugged and we go in circles...
I'm not sure where to go from here but any suggestions would be VERY appreciated as I do have some artwork I was doing stuck in computer now..
Do you think it's a software,, hardware or even a virus thing??
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If the computer was working fine before you might just want to try a system restore. This should correct the problem without affecting any of your files.
Here is a link for a system restore.
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