Re: Producy recovery for a Satellite L40

How do i restore factory settings for a Toshiba Satellite L40?

> when i try that it doesn't give me the hdd recovery option!
It means that isn't available............ You can order a recovery disk if available:
https://backupmedia.toshiba.eu/landing.aspx
But you have to pay and wait for 2 weeks. As the option, you can install Os yourself and get all drivers from
http://eu.computers.toshiba-europe.com/innovation/download_drivers_bios.jsp
If you don't know how to install Os and driver installation order, we try to help you.

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Bios Recovery for Toshiba satellite P755

Hello I just try to update the bios thanks to a program from Toshiba in my laptop and after the process my windows 7 won't work not even charge the window it freeze and that's all, I try to restore to a factory state but still nothing the only thing I can think right now is try to downgrade The BIOS or recover it to be honest I really don't understand why Toshiba have this kind of updates than may damage seriously the laptop specially if they know that you can have a sensitive info in your hard drive any way if anyone can give a hand with this I will appreciate. Please help.
Solved!
Go to Solution.

Thanks to an online post I was able to recover from an unstartable situation. And no help from Toshiba on the problem that they started.
Here is the fix that worked for me:
"The workaround I have found is to change the Boot speed setting in Bios to "normal" instead of the default "fast"
To get to the System BIOS
Press and hold the F2 button, then power on the Unit. That should bring up the BIOS, from there you should see a setting under the Advanced tab called boot speed, just set it to normal and you should be able to load windows normally.

Need WXP hardware drivers for Satellite L40-139

Hi!
It seems that there are no XP drivers available for the Satellite L40-139.
Could anyone please tell me where I can download drivers for the following devices:
-Satellite L40-139
-Audio device
-Graphics controller
-ACPI controller!
-Some chipset drivers (?) (PCI Subsystem or something)
I should really appreciate any help!
Kind regards!

Hi,
unfortunately there are no drivers available from toshiba at the moment, but you can try using generic drivers from the manufacturers of the hardware
(e.g. if the soundhardware is a realtek soundcard then download drivers from www.realtek.com and so on..) and run the machine with these drivers.
Here are some link which could perhaps help you:
Video drivers
http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/
http://www.omegadrivers.net/
Chipset drivers
http://www.intel.com
Sound drivers
http://www.realtek.com
I hope you can find the drivers you need..
Greets

Satellite L40-13G - need more powerful battery

Hello! My current battery No is PA3591U-1BRS. I need a battery that can provide me more than 2 hours of working. Can you advice me something?
Thanks!

Hello
As you know Toshiba offers more powerful batteries for some notebook models. More powerful batteries are offered for business line notebooks only. Unfortunately for your Satellite L40 there are no other batteries as those you already have.
Satellite L40 seems to be low budget notebook and there are no much options offered for it. :(
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Need English Drivers For Windows XP on Satellite L40 - 10O (PSL40E)

I got a laptop Satellite L40-10o with windows vista in France language.
I would like to downgrade it to windows xp pro English but I cannot find proper drivers for model PSL40E.
Please let me know from where I could download the *English driver package*.
Thank you

Hello ,
Thanks for the link even I have already found it but doent solve my problem.
In that link there is no drivers for PSL40E model but only for PSL48, PSL49, PSL4C and PSL4B.
That is my problem !!
I Cant find drivers for PSL40E (Windows XP English)
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Recovery disc for Toshiba Satellite L355-S7811

I am looking for recovery disc for Toshiba Satellite L355-S7811 how on earth can I get it?

"DVD recovery media can be ordered from Toshiba Customer Service at 1-800-457-7777. There is no charge for the software itself, and as of 11/30/09 the shipping and handling charges for delivery of recovery media in the US is $24.95." Quote from Jim.

Help!! I am in need of the recovery disks for a Satellite 2445-S305.

Hi all,
I am needing the recovery disks for a Satellite 2445-S305. I know this is an old one but still serves its purpose. I just tried to reload back to factory with my disks but they are in bad shape and not working! I hope someone can help me out. I own the laptop and it has the COA for XP home and I have the original disks. I can offer proof that I am not trying to scam and get the OS for free. Reason for going back to factory is that when I load XP PRO the device manager show one "unknown device" and I can not solve this. I have run across this before in the past and found a solution but I do not remember what it took to solve. Thanks for any help!

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I can't find drivers for Satellite L40-17t PSL48E

Hello everyone.
I have a question regarding my old notebook Toshiba Satellite L40-17t model no. PSL48E.
Where can I find the drivers for my old notebook Toshiba Satellite L40-17t model no. PSL48E?
I didn't find here in this website http://www.toshiba.eu/innovation/dow...jsp?service=EU neither my model, neither the model number.
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Check the Toshiba EU driver page.
http://www.toshiba.eu/innovation/dow...ivers_bios.jsp
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Re: Need Win 7 Recovery Disc for my Satellite Pro L750

Hi all,
Could someone tell me where to download or get a copy of the OEM Win 7 Recovery disc for my Satellite Pro L750? The laptop has a new HDD without a working recovery partition and I don't the recovery CD.
Help Please.

Yes of course you should make backup disks but this was my first personal laptop (unbelievable, right ? Never needed one before) and I wasn't aware i couldn't just make a recovery disk from any pc like I used to do for my desktop. The hdd is supposed to last for what, 5,000 hours ?
I would be lucky to have had more than 1,000 hours on it. And no games play either; it had an easy life.
As per Microsoft Forums I did a clean install of Windows 7 using a supposedly OEM setting download from Digital River (OEM in the 'channel' setting in the ei.efg file) but good old Toshiba must do something else in the hardware as slmgr /dli still states it's a 'retail' version so even though Microsoft would have given me a new product key (as to which i am entitled as i have purchased a licence when i bought the laptop), because the installation id states retail based, my genuine licence key number from the bottom of the laptop does not register as genuine when they check.
I tried my desktop pc oem windows 7 installation disk that I got with the pc (now there's a whacky idea, providing a disk with the purchase...) and no luck there either. The laptop was still locked to its own licence key and retail version. I'm guessing even if i bought a new retail windows copy, it still wouldn't work !
I still think $66 is far too much to pay to get the disks. I've already paid for the windows licence, But what choice has toshiba left me, other than to pay them their blood money.
I may be a slow learner, but I do learn. I will never buy a Toshiba laptop, or other Toshiba product again. Sure, other companies will have the same licensing setup, but I'm not angry at them !

Satellite L40 won't shut down with power connected, and won't go in standby

Hi everybody. I hope someone can help me. Basically, there are two problems: one with shutting the laptop (Satellite L40-17U (Vista 32-bit Home Premium SP1) ) down when the power is connected, and one with closing the lid and putting it to sleep.
1. Since a few weeks, it suddenly doesn't want to shut down, whenever the power is connected. When it is on battery, it will shut down. When the power is connected and I try shutting it down, it seems like it shuts down (all activity ceases and the LEDs go off) for about 1 or 2 seconds, and then it goes back on.
2. When I close the lid (all settings in Vista are set to put the laptop in 'sleep' status when the lid is closed) the laptop goes into a state from which it can only be recovered by shutting it down by pressing the on/off button for about 10 seconds to completely shut it down. When closing the lid, only the battery LED keeps blinking orange (the way it should be), but apparently the laptop keeps consuming power, because when I reboot it later (first having to shut it down as described above) the battery tends to be quite a emptier than it was before rebooting it (like going from 100% to 65% in 30 minutes, while being in 'sleep' state). Also, when I open the lid, the other LEDs do go on again (green), but nothing happens.
After rebooting by first pressing the on/off button for 10 seconds to shut it down, I frequently get a message that Windows could not be started, and have to run System Repair.
I've just done a completely clean installation with the product recovery CD (didn't install SP1 yet), upgraded the BIOS to v1.90, but the problem remains.
I'm afraid my only option will be to bring it away for a warranty repair, but knowing that these repairs can take weeks, I'd prefer to try a solution anyone here could recommend me first. If you have any ideas, please let me know.
Thanks,
Daniel Breslauer

Hi guys
Never had such issue on my notebook but regarding to another users here in the forum the BIOS might help to solve such strange notebook behavior
To be honest the shut down issue is not known to me I noticed an standby issue on my notebook but the BIOS update helped.
Therefore I recommend updating the BIOS firstly.
If the issue will still appear, then the ASP should take a look into the notebook.
Good luck

Satellite L40: How do I recover files from Hard Drive

Hi
Can anyone help me please. About one week ago I started experiencing a clicking sound coming from my Satellite L40 laptop. My laptop froze and when I restarted it, I was directed to the system setup with a message at the bottom saying
"Pri Master Hard Drive Disk SMART status bad, Backup and replace.
Press F2 to presume."
I have pressed F2 but I haven't a clue what to do?
Can anyone tell me how to backup my files before my hard drive has completly gone or if it has gone can I use another device to get them off.
I have tried to use the recovery disk but the disk is not responding??
Please help
Pete

Hi
This messages looks like an warning notification from the S.M.A.R.T.
It does mean that your HDD will eventually fail.
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It looks like your notebook is not very old so the warranty should cover all replacements.
I see only one way to access and backup the data. Possibly you could buy an external USB SATA HDD enclosure and could connect the HDD to another computer.
Im not sure if you will be able to access the HDD due to the malfunction but if you want you could try this.
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Re: Satellite L40 PSL48E: Can I create a installation disk from Vista partition

Hi,
my Satellite L40 PSL48E came with a Vista recovery partition.
As I despise Vista I bought a replacement drive and installed a new hard-drive and installed XP pro.
I retained the original drive in case i ever had to claim under warranty.
I now find that due to work commitments I have to occsionally use the despised Vista rubbish and wonder if it is possible to create a Installation disk from the partition on the original drive so tha ti can create a dual boot system on my new drive.
I am very reluctant to BUY a new Vista CD since I already have a fully legal copy on a drive which I am not using and I will only use it VERY rarely for this one work commitment.
Any information gratefully received
Thanks Ron

OK and thanks.
My next problem is this. I have XP on the main partition and WinRE on the hidden partition. How the heck do I get at the hidden partition. I don't have any boot disks ( none were provided with the machine when I bought it new. Pressing F8 only takes me the the normal XP options Safe boot boot as normal etc.
I've tried f10 and f12 and f11 tas I've seen these suggested on a few newsgroup posts. Anyone got any ideas please.
Toshiba Recovery Disc creatoe seems to be the key from what i read but if this is not present how do i get to the hidden partition and run it?
HELP please. How i hate the fact that manufacturers don't provide a proper CD or DVD anymore it is a right PITA.
Ron

Cannot use MS Paint tool - error with Vista on Satellite L40-139

I have recently reinstalled my windos vista home premium from the back up disk as my laptop refused to start up and the start up recovery file was not found...
Since this i have tried to load the Paint application and got an error: microsoft paint has stopped working,
When i tried to access the event viewer to check for erros i get another error...
Microsoft Management Console has stopped working...
iI dont know what to do i need paint as i have no office programs and having problems accessing a link from a site.
I use regularly and need to send in a screen shot....
Any help would be highly appreciated, i
toshiba satellite l40-139
windows vista home premium SP2 32bit,
1gb ram
31.1gb free o 55.6gb (C:) ,
54gb of 54.6gb free on (E:)

Hi
Just one tip;
If you need an office application then I recommend OpenOffice.
Its open source software similar to MS Office and you can use and download it for free!
Back to your Pain issue;
Paint is a part of the OS Windows. Its not possible to uninstall this.
The paint.exe file is placed in c:\windows\system32\ folder
It seems to be an OS error.... possibly the system is muddled up....
try to clean the OS using the CCleaner...
it cleans the registry and maybe it helps to get rid of this error...
otherwise you will need to reinstall the OS...

Satellite L40-139 can't boot from CD

I have a Toshiba Satellite L40 - 139 that comes with installed vista!
A month ago i installed XP and it was working ok!
Yesterday I needed to reinstal XP and i choose clean instal from cd and in a process of installing I pressed the button to open dvd drive and end it!
Stupid mistake! From that point if i try to boot Windows from a dvd drive and the process stops at: checking your hardware configuration! - and blank screen!
Nothing happens!
What can i do?
Evrything else seems to run ok!
It's not problem with dvd drive because it reads a recovery CD for vista!
Please help!!

Hi
To clear the MBR, boot from the XP cd and go into the Recovery console (Repair). In command prompt type the following:
fixmbr (new master boot record creation)
fixboot (incase you get message cannot find ntldr)
bootcfg /rebuild (incase the boot.ini is damaged)

Re: Satellite L40 - Black screen after updating BIOS

Hi everyone,
I have exactly the same problem as reported here:
http://forums.computers.toshiba-euro...threadID=35156
My portable is a Satellite L40-150 (Model PSL48E) It came with Vista and BIOS version 1.60
I updated the BIOS to version 5.50, because I wanted to install Windows XP. The BIOS update process went fine and the computer automatically restarted. Upon restarting, I entered the BIOS (pressing F2 key). I pressed F9 to load default settings and exited the BIOS, saving the changes.
The laptop restarted and the screen is now completely blank. Nothing appears in it.
I tried removing and then reinserting the RAM modules, but it didn't help.
So, I guess the only option is to return the laptop to a service center?
Why is Toshiba doing this? Are they doing this on purpose or what?
Regards.

I meant why is Toshiba releasing a BIOS upgrade that can render your laptop useless? (I've tried all the recovery methods they mention on their web, including turning on the laptop while pressing F12, but none of them work)
I've routinely upgraded the BIOS on all the computers I've owned through the years, and I've always reset the BIOS to its default settings right after upgrading. It's a procedure recommended by all manufacturers.
They all recommend to restore BIOS defaults after an upgrade because sometimes there can be some "leftover" configuration remaining from the previous BIOS version.
I upgraded the BIOS prior to installing Windows XP because it's the logical thing to do. Toshiba offers two different BIOS versions for my laptop, and the clearly state that one of them is compatible ONLY with Windows Vista, and the other one is compatible ONLY with Windows XP.
Could you tell me why should I install Windows XP on a laptop that has a BIOS designed for Vista? Common sense dictates that you should first upgrade the BIOS, and then install Windows XP.
I've contacted Toshiba's technical support and they will replace the laptop free of charge, because it's still under warranty.
I admit I'm satisfied with their customer care services, but I'm surely disappointed by their Quality Control. It has failed miserably in this BIOS release.
Regards.

Re: Producy recovery for a Satellite L40

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