Message "insert system disk" while booting Portege M700

Hello everyone,
my friend give me his old toshiba Portege M700 and I have problem with it.
When it starts up just shows toshiba logo and then this "please insert system disk and press any key when ready.
I haven't any disk from where can i download the iso and then burn to disk or something like that, I really don't know much about pcs and sorry for my bad english, please help me if anyone can
thanks a lot

Hi
Unfortunately, its not possible to download the Toshiba image.
In case you dont have a recovery disk for your notebook model, visit this page to order such disk: http://backupmedia.toshiba.eu/landing.aspx
But Im not quite sure if you will be able to order the disk because of the notebook age
However, the message: insert system disk appears because the system is not installed on the Toshiba Portege notebook, therefore it asks for the disk.
Of course you can use the clean Microsoft Windows disk to install the system the essential drivers are available on Toshiba EU driver page therefore the Toshiba image is not necessary to reinstall the system if your are own a MS Windows disk

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