Portege M200 recovery boot problems

I have an m200 and a Toshiba external DVD drive, but not the expensive DVD drive. I need to boot to the recovery disc and recover my laptop.
I can't find an image to use with an SD card so I can boot. How else can I recover the OS??
Message Edited by johnuser on 03-22-2009 12:21 PM

Satellite M200-ST2001...I used this since no full info provided for a guide.
The external USB drive cannot be used to do a boot process as the BIOS will not recognize.

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Hi all
I'm looking for a floppy boot disk to boot XP tablet edition 2005 on my Portege M200,
If anyone could point me in the right direction that would be great.

Hi
You need boot disk??
I wonder why you need such disk?
I think you dont know one fact. The boot disk in not needed but you need an compatible CD/DVD drive if you want to boot from the CD or DVD.
The Portege M200 supports the Recovery via BIOS (pressing "C") with USB 2.0 and PCMCIA cards (16bit and Cardbus).
_Following drives and Controllers (USB, PCMCIA) can be used:_
a) Toshiba, PA3352E-SCD2, USB2.0 CD-RW/DVD-Rom Drive
b) Toshiba, PA3402E-1DV2 USB2.0 DVD Super Multi Drive, SN: 5362870112
c) Toshiba, PX1055E-1NST SN: 3431490096 with a PC Card (16bit), Cable II, PCMCIA, Rev.043.242, SN: 18496 043 3999 0343 01093
d) Toshiba, PX1055E-1NST SN: 3431490096 with a CardBus, Cable II, CARD BUS, Rev.136, SN: 16693 136 3999 0149 06122
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dear toshiba
iv had this laptop for a while and it worked great
till one night when i came back from vacation it suddenly didnt work as i wanted
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Portege M200: recovery disks and Win Xp tablet disks needed

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Hi
Please check these topics.
http://forums.computers.toshiba-europe.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=3765&messageID=13683#13683
http://forums.computers.toshiba-europe.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=1652&messageID=4063#4063
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Hi
> so to solve my keyboard problem best option is to get a USB keyboard & continue testing the laptop , right ?
I think the F1 button would leads you to the BIOS.
If you are not able to use the internal keyboard, then you should replace the internal keyboard or should use an external one (USB keybaord).
Press F1, check the data and time, save the changes and try to reboot the unit.
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Portege M200: Booting from SD to external hard drive

"M200 Recovery using Floppy or SD Card
Posted: 15-Aug-2005 10:36
I am posting this in the hope it will help others seeking to use the recovery CD/DVD but without a bootable CD drive. I would like to acknowledge the Toshiba forum of TabletPCBuzz.com
http://tabletpcbuzz.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=12414
for the inspiration of how it was done.
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2. You will need to download some software: IsoBuster
http://www.isobuster.com/
and WinImage
http://www.winimage.com/
or similar programs.
3. Put the Recovery CD into any computer and run IsoBuster. Click on Bootable CD on the left and then on the right you should see an .img file of size 1.41MB on the right. On my CD it's called Arnes Boot Record.img. Right click on it and extract the file. Close IsoBuster
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5. Connect floppy and CD drives to your M200, and boot up from the floppy. It will take some time to find the CD but it will and you will eventually get the recovery screen.
That's it! If don't have a floppy drive but have an SD card and a working M200 then Toshiba's SD card program will put the .img file onto the SD card and you can then boot from there.
There is a good chance this method will work for other Toshiba notebooks but I can't check this"
(author stephem)
This works!
What i would like to know is, is it possible to somehow boot of the SD and instead of the CD drive it finds my external ide to USB hard drive and boots off of the windows on that?
Thanks.

Hi there
I hope after long time you will end your problem. The compatible ODDs for your Portege M200 are:
1) Toshiba, PA3352E-SCD2, USB2.0 CD-RW/DVD-Rom Drive
2) Toshiba, PA3402E-1DV2, Rev.501, USB2.0 DVD Super Multi Drive,
3) Toshiba, PX1055E-1NST, (Freecom drive), with a PC Card (16bit), Cable II, PCMCIA,
4) Toshiba, PX1055E-1NST, (Freecom drive), with a CardBus, Cable II, CARD BUS
When you install recovery image be sure that external device has enough power supply. I recommend you to use AC power supply adapter for external ODD (if available).
I have also found info you can use:
a) Toshiba, PA3352E-SCD2, USB2.0 CD-RW/DVD-Rom Drive
b) Toshiba, PA3402E-1DV2, USB2.0 DVD Super Multi Drive
I hope you will find out which one is the best for you.
Good luck!

Portege M200 - Cannot access recovery console

Hi,
Yesterday my anti-virus software let me know a virus was trying to access my computer, had quarantined it and asked for a reboot of my Portege M200 to remove it completely. On rebooting, the notebook did not actually reboot and just hung. It gets past the Toshiba window and hangs. I have tried starting it in safe mode but to no avail. It starts loading files and hangs at a particular system file which is obviously now corrupt. I tried to get into my recovery console using Windows XP recovery disks but was unable to do so. The threads on this forum have been helpful however I have still not solved the issue.
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Moment. In my last posting I wrote about Microsoft WXP installation discs and not Toshiba recovery discs. There is a big difference.
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You can also start with F12 to enter boot menu.
Check both options.

Can't boot Portege M200 from SD-card

Hi there,
I recently purchased a used Portege M200 and I'm having trouble installing an operating system.
The situation: I got the notebook with a basic trial version of win XP home which I couldn't use. It wouldn't boot from the external usb dvd drive which I bought so I installed a linux system by switching hd with a friend's laptop and installing it via this machine (this method doesn't work with windows though).
After reading many articles by people who encountered the same problem I decided to go and try to boot from an sd card, which would offer various possibilities to install windows.
I tried many things but yet couldnt boot from sd.
I use a 2GB Panasonic class4 SD card.
- The toshiba sd-utilities (afaik) only work on toshiba windows machines, so they're no use to me
- People said that placing an image of a boot floppy on the SD, naming it $tosfd000.vfd or $tosfd00.vfd (tried both) would do the trick, but no.
- When switching the boot order to FDD->HDD->... or using the third option in the toshiba boot screen the green led next to the card reader will flash once, but afterwards directly boot the linux from HDD.
Specifications: Toshiba Portege M200, 2ghz, the bios is ACPI v.3.01 (which is a little confusing since the most recent version i found for the portege is 1.8)
could it be that someone messed up the bios by installig a version that is not compatible with my laptop?
any help much appreciated!

I wouldn't worry about it saying acpi 3.01 - thats likely just the version of acpi the bios supports.
I have also had trouble booting off sd cards via the $TOSFD00.VFD method. My personal experience is that it does work but only seems to for certain images. At least one of the available m200 vfd images doesn't work for me (tho can't remember which one). You could try creating your own or alternatively look into booting via pxe. One way is to boot via pxe and use the original toshiba windows xp ghost install images from the included cd (if you have it.) Tutorials are easy to find - think I followed these instructions: http://home.allegiance.tv/~joem298/

Where can I find drivers for my Portege M200 - I lost my Recovery CD

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Hi
> Where can I find drivers to my Portege M200? Because on the download-page there are none
What Toshiba driver page did you check????
I have visited the Toshiba European driver page and found all necessary drivers
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Portege M200 - CD/DVD drive issue - error Code 39

I have a problem. I would like to perform a system recovery on my m200 tablet.
I have an external dvd drive (as the m200 does not have a built in drive), and the correct recovery disc.
However, due to a problem that occured some time ago, there is a problem with the driver (+Windows cannot load the device driver for this hardware.
The driver may be corrupted or missing. (Code 39)+), and so i cannot run the recovery.
If anybody knows a way that I can repair the driver, or another way to perform a system recovery, it would be extremely helpful!
A solution to one or both problems would be great.
Thank you very much!

Hi buddy
I think you try to boot from external driver which is not fully supported.
Please search in this forum for similar threads regarding the Protg M200 and booting from external CD/DVD drive.
I searched and found this:
The M200 supports the Recovery via BIOS (pressing "C") with USB 2.0 and PCMCIA cards (16bit and Cardbus 32bit).
Following drives and Controllers (USB, PCMCIA) are compatible:
a) Toshiba, PA3352E-SCD2, USB2.0 CD-RW/DVD-Rom Drive
b) Toshiba, PA3402E-1DV2, Rev.501, USB2.0 DVD Super Multi Drive
c) Toshiba, PX1055E-1NST with a PC Card (16bit), Cable II, PCMCIA,
d) Toshiba, PX1055E-1NST with a CardBus, Cable II, CARD BUS
You could be not able to recover the notebook using other external drives.

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I am posting this in the hope it will help others seeking to use the recovery CD/DVD but without a bootable CD drive. I would like to acknowledge the Toshiba forum of TabletPCBuzz.com http://tabletpcbuzz.com/forum/forum.asp?FORUM_ID=22 for the inspiration of how it was done.
1. You will need a floppy drive or an SD card plus any type of CD drive. If your M200 is not working properly you will also need access to another computer to prepare the floppy disk.
2. You will need to download some software: IsoBuster
http://www.isobuster.com/
and WinImage
http://www.winimage.com/
or similar programs.
3. Put the Recovery CD into any computer and run IsoBuster. Click on Bootable CD on the left and then on the right you should see an .img file of size 1.41MB on the right. On my CD it's called Arnes Boot Record.img. Right click on it and extract the file. Close IsoBuster
4. Open WinImage and then File/Open this .img file. This will be your boot floppy with all the CD drivers you need. In Disk, ensure Use Floppy A: is ticked then Disk/Write Disk. Close WinImage
5. Connect floppy and CD drives to your M200, and boot up from the floppy. It will take some time to find the CD but it will and you will eventually get the recovery screen.
That's it! If don't have a floppy drive but have an SD card and a working M200 then Toshiba's SD card program will put the .img file onto the SD card and you can then boot from there.
There is a good chance this method will work for other Toshiba notebooks but I can't check this.

I have an external Freecom Classic Series DVD-RW drive but am having trouble with the Toshiba Recovery DVD-ROM for my Portege M200. I'm sure I must have missed something obvious, but I can't seem to read, let alone boot, from the recovery DVD. ISOBuster cannot see the DVD (nor Windows Explorer). On the other hand, I can boot from a Windows XP Tablet PC DVD system disk.
Am I missing something or is my product recovery DVD corrupted?
Many thanks
dvc

How to get Vista off from Portege M200?

Hi,
I've inherited my Boss's Portege M200, and he had upgraded using an external DVD from XP Pro to Vista Ultimate. Slow as a slow thing, very few drivers etc, meant that I'm determined to return to XP Pro.
I have SD cards (128, 1 Gig and 2 Gig options) and an external USB HP dvd1040e drive, plus XP Pro Tablet disks.
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Hi
If you want to boot from the CD or DVD you will need a compatible external CD/DVD drive!!! Without this drive you will be not able to reinstall the Windows XP from the CD!
But you boss has installed the Vista OS using the external drive. Why you dont use the same drive to reinstall the XP???
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Please note remove any and all USB devices. Disconnect all non-essential devices.
Hope this helps.
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The mother of all re-boot problems.

Hi All,
I've got that re-boot problem that seems very common but the solutions out there aren't working.
Basically the computer will turn on, chime, grey screen comes up, shortly after apple logo, and then the gear starts turning, about 2 minutes later restart, process repeats.
I've tried.
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HI,
If you've had your iMac for less then one year then it's covered by the one year limited warranty.
Take it to an Apple store or an Apple certified repair provider.
Carolyn
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