Recovery disk killing CPU?

Hello. I have a HP ENVY 17-j130ea.
When I first got it, the first thing I done was create recovery disks for it to put in the box so if I need to recover it, I had the discs to do so.
Anyway, before completely setting it up I decided to run the recovery and do a minimalist recovery so it would only have the OS and the basic drivers, no software, bloatware or anything.
So I put the first disc in and restarted the laptop, the screen flashed and then turned off. The light on the caps lock would then flash once every 5-6 seconds. Looking at the HP support, apparently this is a problem with the CPU.
I took the laptop back to PC world today and got it swapped for a new one. I got this new one home, created the recovery discs, put the first one in and the exact same happened again, a quick flash on the screen and the caps lock button flashing once every 5-6 seconds.
So I now have two recovery disc sets, I made a image of each disc and ran a md5 checksum on the ISOs and they appear to match. So both laptops have generated identical recovery discs, they both verified the discs for errors and they both have killed the laptops.
So I'm going to take this laptop back again and get it swapped for a new one. But I'm going to have to wait a week for them to get a new one in.
Now I think its a pretty big problem if the recovery discs are killing the systems.
And how can I get a set of recovery discs which I can be sure are not going to kill the system as soon as I insert them into the laptop?
EDIT: I have made a video showing the problem http://youtu.be/-yEjdQ9ccgk
EDIT: A copy of the ISO's and MD5's https://www.dropbox.com/sh/0wyv280qyb6wfnb/XEGdPVRviS

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I hope I have explained my problem more or less.. what can I do (apart from buying a new working dvd reader for the computer) ?
If there are specific info I need to give on hardware/software, please let me know.
Thanks,

Hello all, hope someone can help me here. I have a Toshiba Satellite p300-19f, win vista 32 in dotation.
Long story short, the computer has served me well for roughly 3 years now. All at a sudden, on startup when on windows charging page (with win logo and green counter going up), it started freezing.
I tried recovering last working win configuration, I tried recovering precedent backup points, at times I solved until the problem randomly showed up again (same identical problem), so ultimately I formatted and re-installed fresh vanilla version from recovery partition succesfully. Problem went away, until it came back. (all of this in 1 month time span)
It worked ok for a couple weeks, and started giving the same problem again. Ultimately I figured out (I immagine) that the hard drive must have some problems, as this freezing on windows startup (immediately distinguishable as the cpu stops working / the light in front stops twinkling) occured basically randomly, regardless of software installed in the pc, or time since last format.
I decided to change the hard drive, but obviously have the problem of the new operating system. My dvd burner is broken, or at least does not work reliably. I got an external sony burner and through the toshiba disk creator applet made the recovery disks (2 DVDs) successfully.
I changed the hard drive, tried to reboot and reistall using in laptop dvd, when it gets to copy the first big file it gives a CRC error, an aborts the whole thing (sending me to a prompt of commands though.. where I copied the whole content of the DVDs on the just made HDDrecovery folder in v: through the recognized usb external burner, but the computer failed to recognize on later startups).So I tried to boot it up with the recovery disks in the external burner (bios DOES support USB boot), the disks are read, the toshiba applet for recovery is started, and as soon as it gets to the dos-like windows it freezes on "check for medium in drive".
I have the recovery disks, I have a half working dvd reader in the pc that gives errors when copying the big files and aborts installation. I have an external dvd reader that is recognized at boot, starts the installation, but fails to find "the medium"...
I hope I have explained my problem more or less.. what can I do (apart from buying a new working dvd reader for the computer) ?
If there are specific info I need to give on hardware/software, please let me know.
Thanks,

Use "Factory recovery disks" or "Rescue & recovery"?

I'll be upgrading my T520 from Windows 7 to Windows 8 (clean install) and want to create a full, restorable backup of my system first.
I'm confused about just which method to go with. In Control panel, there is a "Lenovo-Factory recovery disks". And then there is also Rescue & Recovery, which I just installed.
From the online instructions, it looks like with R&R, I can select either the OS and/or Data. If I select OS, is this the same as running the Control panel item, Factory recovery disks??
I will probably create the OS backup media separate from the Data media anyway, since I want to copy the data over to my clean install of Windows 8.
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The Recovery Disks are a must have do burn them to DVD's (3 - DVD are burnt). These 3 DVD allow you to reinstall the the Windows 7, tools drivers etc to the state it came from the factory. It becomes clean start as you originally got it. They maybe also used to boot into for the repair console but I am not certain as I haven't tried it myself.
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You may want to read some of the Window 8 pre threads since you're be installing over Windows 7 as the upgrade requires.
Good luck.
PS: You are smart to ask now rather than like many after they've destroyed the original software and no clue how to recover and go back. Expect stuff not to work as it does under Win7 Lenovo has a lot to catch up on for their tools and drivers before its solid packages. That's my opinion.
You could buy another HD and just swap it and do a clean install but would likely require a retail Windows 8. There does not seem to be a way to install it yet without the Windows 7 being available for verification before the upgrade DVD will install. Then its as drive swap to go back again.
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Hi mozalini,
I have exactly the same laptop as you and after getting the recovery disks sent from lenovo noted the same software issues. If you look at disk 3 (and it's the same as the one they sent me, you will notice the title for it:
Applications and drivers recovery disk for C200,C205,N100,N105 Type 0689,0768,8922,8923,8925.
Which is not N200 0769 - the machine we have.
I guess these are older recovery discs and they may have not made one specifically for the setup they shipped with ours even if the drivers and chipset software all work ok.
Personally I took some consolation in the fact that they didn't charge me for mine (hopefully you too). Also you have some additional software which didn't ship with ours - Omnipass - which is pretty useful for password protected sites such as banks and the like.
I have just installed xp pro as I didn't like Vista and using rescue and recovery (option to back up to dvd disc) you can make a full backup. Used 3 dvds for mine and I guess it will back up all your personal stuff too.
Hope this helps
Regards
Rob

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I've replaced the mainboard and CPU. I've tried different memory. I've even tried a different set of recovery disks. Does anyone have any ideas what I can do to get the recovery disks to run properly? HP says they will not take desktops in-house for repair.
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Hi:
Unfortuntately, I don't have any other suggestions.
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Perform a clean install from recovery disks

Hi all,
I have the model (L505-S5995). I created the recovery disks (3 dvds in total 2 for system and 1 for software).
The question is: If I use these disks it will reinstall the Operating system (Windows 7 Home Premium) along with
toshiba bundled software (which are installed After the Operating system had been installed), Is there a way to install only the Operating system and stop the automated bundled software installation?
Also after I used the recovery discs once (instead of holding '0' while powering on the computer) I can no longer see the 8GB hidden drive at the end in Disk management window, also holding '0' will not get me to the recovery from harddisk tool (I think i should somehow get the 8GB recovery partition back, but how?)

You can only restore the system back to it's out of box state. You can't just install WIndows from it. To do that you'll need to purchase a regular version of Windows.
Check out the User's Guide for that model to see exactly what the Recovery System will do and how to use it. The User's Guide is found on your hard drive in Adobe Acrobat Format and can be downloaded from the Product Support Link at the top of this page.
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.

How do i use the recovery disks and backup and restore my laptop in a new HDD without losing OS lic?

I am running a HP-DV6 6090ee laptop with windows 7 Home Premium 64bit OS. This problem started from last evening.
I am getting a "Smart Hard disc error" error message before boot and ater booting windows saying that my HDD is having problems and i need to backup and check the hdd.
After checking i found that i have a corrupted hdd and i am going to replace with a new one.
I need to know the following :
> How do i restore my windows license and my antivirus license in the new hdd?
> i dont currently have a OEM HP OS cd. can i use any windows 7 cd??
> at what stage should i use the recovery disk i created from the recovery partition be used? Whats its specific use?
I really appreciate any quick response as my current HDD is running out of life.
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A

See these 2 Links...
Syncing to a New Computer...
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3141
Recovering your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3991

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Hi,
I have seen a couple of threads on this, but I'm still not "Compos Mentis" with how to format an external drive with the Recovery Disk Assistant on.
I have a 320GB which has my recovery disk assistant on - "Don't ask!" - Anyway it goes without saying that I want it all back, but I'll be damned if I can get there. I have managed to view (after a lot of faffing) what I thought was the External Drive, but now realise that it's not...this is what I am now seeing - are these removable via partition (disk0s1 & Recovery HD) as I have been merrily trying to erase them in he belief that they were the external HD and as far as I can see nothing has changed...only my annoyance!
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6. Click on the Erase button. The format process can take up to several hours depending upon the drive size.
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Someone on the past formated it with a F@kE Windows XP installation disk and all the drivers got lost. Not just the wireless card but also sound and graphics card.
I found after a lot of searching the sound driver. The main problem is that it is not genuine cpoy of windows and it is very slow because of trojan, etc.
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Hi
Im not sure if you would be able to order the Recovery disk for this Sat A60 notebook.
Its a older series and I believe that the Recovery disk are not more available for this model. But of course you should get in contact with the local ASP to get more details
Maybe they have some disk on stock.
However, the WIN XP drivers can be found on the Toshiba European driver page.
Because the A60 is an older notebook, the drivers have been moved to the Archive area!
Check archive and you would find all XP drivers.
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Friends
I have a Lenovo G580 that came with Win 8.0 preinstalled. I upgraded it to Win 8.1 over the Internet.
When I try to run the "Create recovery disk" I get the error that states that "We cannot create a recovery drive for this PC. Some required files are missing..."
I found out that the winre.wim file that is supposed to be in the C:\Windows\System32\Recovery folder is not there. I cannot locate it anywhere on the C or D drives either. I believe there is a copy on one or more of the recovery partitions but I do not know how to get that file from those partitons.
I am confused as to why there are seven partitions on that one drive:
1 Recovery partition 1000 MB
2 EFI system partition 260 MB
3 OEM partition 1000 MB
4. Recovery partition 350 MB
5. Recovery partition 20 GB
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Hi Calle,
Welcome to Lenovo Community Forums!
I’m sorry to hear that the error message is displayed in your G580 Laptop, as the OS (Operating System) installed is Windows 8.1 or Windows 8. Recovery discs cannot be created only a “Recovery Media” can be created using USB Flash drive, below is the link to create USB recovery drive.
Create a USB Recovery Drive
Do post us back if the issue persists.
Best Regards
Shiva Kumar
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In my macbook pro retina 15 inch there is installed mavericks but ı want to create recovery disk and ı need to download mavericks from App Store but it doesn't download??

Hey guys ı really need your help. I bought macbook pro retina 15 inch 2 weeks ago and it came with installed mavericks of course but ı want to create a recovery disk and to do that ı need to download mavericks installer from app store but when i click to download mavericks from appstore purchased part ı get a message says " Your purchasing process couldnt complete. OS X Mavericks cant be installed to this computer." How can ı solve this problem!??

One way around tis is to borrow a Mac that can run Mavericks and then the download will work. You can use these instructions:
http://www.macworld.com/article/1167857/how_to_make_a_bootable_mountain_lion_ins tall_drive.html
Though they are for Mt. Lion, the same steps will work.
Ciao.

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Hey,
I deinstalled the Programm "Recovery Disc Creator" accidentally. But the Folder with the Win Vista Recovery Disc Informations are still in my Computer. Now i want you to help me in creating a Recovery Disc. My System is very unstable. So i want to re install it. I hope you can help me.

Sorry but why did you uninstall the recovery disk creator?
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+Important INFORMATION+
+your system is equipped with hard disk recovery system. if you need to repair+
+your computer by restoring it to original factory state, you can do it directly+
+from harddisk (press F8 when you boot your computer, choose "Repair your computer"+
+and follow the menue instructions) or create a bootable Recovery Disc Medium for this purpose.+
+Toshiba recommends you to create Recovery Disc Medium using the "Toshiba Recovery Disc Creator" to ensure+
+hat you are able to restore your computer to the original factory installed state, even if your computer+
+gets seriously damaged+

I am trying to install Lion on my imac and it says it can't make a recovery disk

I am trying to install lion and receive a message saying it can't make a recovery disk. I am using a 2.33 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo iMac. I do have bootcamp on it, but was never able to install Windows.

What happens when Lion installs is it creates a Lion Recovery Partition at the very bottom area of the drive, this is used to Command R boot into and perform Disk Utility Repairs and reinstall Lion from Apple's servers much like a 10.6 disk will.
So when you ran the Lion installer, it couldn't create this small partiiton, either because the GUID partition table (the map of your paartitions on the drive) is borked or there is data all the way to the bottom of the drive or OS X thinks there is.
You set up the bootcamp parittion, so run that and delete the Bootcamp partition as your not using it or Windows, once it's finished reboot and try installing Lion again.
I should warn you, Lion will not run your Rosetta based software or hardware drivers for external hardware, you may have to purchase all new versions. Not only that, hardware drivers may not be available for 10.7 thus rendering your third party printers, scanners etc useless.
Before you install Lion, you should consult this web page
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to see if your current programs will break and when to expect a new version (likely paid)
Also you shoudl check your hardware and the makers site if there is a 10.7 compatible driver/software for them.
And once you think your ready to go to Lion, get a blank external powered drive and a free/donationware copy of Carbon Copy Cloner to clone your present (non-Filevault) 10.6 boot drive to the external drive.
Later if 10.7 doesn't work for you, simply hold the option key and boot off the 10.6 clone, use Disk Utility to Erase the entire drive (the whole drive!) and reverse clone 10.6 back onto the internal drive.
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Cannot access system after dropping laptop - how to fix (don't have recovery disks)?

My wife dropped her L305-S5955 Satellite, Vista32 OS. Miraculously, case is perfectly fine, as is screen. Computer still powers on, too. At first it beeped - just now finding out that this is the "code" as to what is wrong, but we didn't know it then, and we can't remember how many beeps it was. Tried starting in safe mode and running the "Startup Repair", but the message "Windows cannot repair this computer automatically" and "startup repair cannot repair this computer authomatically"....viewing the diagnostic and repair details shows that a number of tests were run, and all of them but one were completed successfully (one failed). Successful was: "check for updates", "system check disk", "disk failure diagnosis", "disk metadata test", "target OS test" and "volume content check". The "root cause found" was "No OS files found on disk"....the "repair action" was "partition table repair" and the "result" was "failed". I read on another bulletin board that one could check whether one's hard drive was good at the command prompt by typing "chkdsk"....this was one of the first things I did, I should mention, and when I did it, it seemed to pass.
Ideally, of course we would like to have the thing working just as it did before, with all the files intact...but since we can't even get the OS running (she never did make those homemade bootable CD Roms I'm now finding out Toshiba buyers are encouraged to make), she will settle for just getting the computer working again and ultimately losing her files (we believe we have copies elsewhere of the important photos, etc)...but, I have 2 concerns:
1) I don't want to do this step of reinstalling the OS and overwriting everything IF there is ANY way to not have to do this (ie, pulling the hard drive and getting the files off some other cheap way), and
2) that there might be more than just ONE problem here (bad OS)....maybe the hard drive somehow IS also damaged...or something else is. It's true all the tests I mentioned seemed to pass my hard drive, but most of the comments on various bulletin boards I've checked give me pause here...they all seem to almost guarantee my hard drive is toast....some advise to find the make of the hard drive, go their website and download the special, specific diagnostic test software to thoroughly test the hard drive...could it be that doing this could in fact reveal a problem that other tests thus far have not..?! I'm not incredibly computer literate and Hitachi page seemed a bit confusing to me...not sure what to download. I also should mention that when I ran the "Windows Memory Diagnostic Tool" (also built into the Satellite, as one of the several recovery tools on the "System Recovery Options" page), it apparently passed that, too.
When I try to run "Windows Complete PC Restore", I get the mssg that "windows cannot find a backup on this computer"...."a valid backup location could not be found".
I am currenty trying to run "System Restore" (many different dates were shown)....but is it supposed to take a very long time (several hours or more??)....it has been going for 10 minutes already, saying it's restoring files, but
my wife said she tried this too, and that it ran for about 2 hours but she accidently bumped the computer and it stopped running (so we're not sure if it was successful or not).
Lastly, I wanted to mention that I already tried removing the back plates and checking the memory cards and hard drive to make sure they were securely seated (they seemed to be)...I even pulled them out slightly and reseated them to be sure....someone on a buletin board mentioned this can be the cause sometimes of things not loading after physical shock such as being dropped.
Hopefully this is enough info that someone might have a very good idea what the computer's issue is, and how to best fix it. Should I buy the bootable OS disks from Toshiba (someone wrote that they can be had for $25 or so?). Or can this be downloaded from Microsoft? It seems like it should be FREE, since it was already paid for when we bought the laptop! Should I use the "TOSHIBA Recovery Wizard" ? Again: if absolutely necessary (how to 100% verify this?), we'll overwrite the hard drive and lose our files, but I just want to be sure...and also that I'm not trying to load it onto a hard drive with some hidden problem.
Many thanks in advance...

Update: I tried the "Toshiba Recovery Wizard" after everything else either fizzled out or hung up. After going all the way thru the recovery process (up to 100%), I finally got an error message.....it didn't work. And now, when I fire up the computer, I don't even get to that menu with the recovery options....the only thing I can boot into is the screens with the various ways to run your OS (in "safe mode", "safe mode with networking", etc).
I'm not a techie, but I'm guessing at this point, the part of my hard drive that got damaged in the fall was, at the very least, the partition with the recovery data. Couple that with the fact that this cheapo Toshiba laptop didn't even come with recovery disk (or ANY kind of disk, even basic installation software!), I'm screwed: I don't see any way to get a workable computer now without some kind of disk to boot from. So NOW my concern is more about spending the $$ for a new OS and THEN finding out the hard drive has other problems too...is broken in some other way to boot.
How to check this? As I said, I did run "chkdsk" back when I could get into the recovery menu and run the fix-it programs. It didn't note any problems. Thinking of taking this opportunity to upgrade to Windows 7 from Vista (which I never liked), but I have to know that the computer is otherwise ok....how to be sure? Help!!

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