NB205 Recovery Disc Craetor Hangs

I have been trying to create recovery discs for my nb205, but the app consistently hangs at the same point before completing DVD disc 1 (system recovery disc). The Application recovery disc completed with no problem, but not the system recovery disc. I tried it several times, including once in safe mode - same results.
I saw a Toshiba technical support note listed for this on the Toshiba support site, but the document was missing when I tried to open it.
Can anyone help me with this? Thanks.

It's more than likely a corrupted file or files in the recovery partition. You'll need to contact Toshiba about this and have them send you a set of recovery disks. Since your system is not able to create them they should send them to you at no charge. See this post for info on ordering them and make sure you explain the problem to them so they don't charge you.
If you don't post your COMPLETE model number it's very difficult to assist you. Please try to post in complete sentences with punctuation, capitals, and correct spelling. Toshiba does NOT provide any direct support in these forums. All support is User to User in their spare time.

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Thanks so much for posting your experience and using the Forum. I came across this thread in my research for another thread. The information you provided helped me confirm my suspicions.
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in the Reply and click Post. Then you'll have an "Accept as Solution" button on your second post. Click that "Accept as Solution" button on your second post and the thread will be marked as solved. By being marked as Solved, the thread will be much higher in Google search results and it will more likely to help others. Not sure if you're concerned about it, but you'll also get the credit for authoring a solution.
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