Satellite L300-13S - Recovery USB instead of Recovery DVD Disks?

Hi,
Well, for the first time in 8 years I had to do a system recovery using the disks i created when i first bought my l300-13s using the Toshiba Recovery Disk Creator.
I had inadvertantly deleted the HDD Recovery partition when i set out to do a clone using a bigger HDD.
What I want to find out is instead of making recovery disks to DVD can i make a recovery USB flash drive?
Thanks
Peter.

Hi
As far as I can remember the old Satellite L300 did not provide the option to create the recovery USB flash memory stick. As far as I know you can create the Recovery CD or DVD for L300.
However, if USB flash memory would be supported, this option will be visible within the recovery media creator tool.
But you said you have deleted the HDD recovery partition. Well, in this case you will not be able to use this software. :(

Similar Messages

Satellite A105-S3611 Recovery DVD won't boot - reverts to HDD boot

Satellite A105-S3611 Recovery DVD won't boot - reverts to HDD boot.
My laptop has had a virus but is now clean but has some lingering effects. So I decided to use the Recovery and Applications/Drivers Media to reinstall the system to factory settings. Pressing the "C" key at the Toshiba screen did not work to choose the boot divice but pressing F12 did work. The problem is the system still boots using the hard disk. I've gone into the boot process and changed the order of boot devices to make sure the CD\DVD drive is chosen first but it does not boot from the CD/DVD. It looks like it begins to read the DVD but the boot process is not executed from there.
Questions:
1. Can I install the system using windows explorer to execute the autorun.ini on the CD/DVD?
2. Is there another option for getting the system to install from the CD/DVD?
Thank you in advance
Roger

I read somewhere on the forum that updating the BIOS may solve the problem. So I updated the system BIOS from v1.40 to v2.0. Then I reinserted the newly purchased recovery DVD and the boot process began with the DVD booting but ended with the message "WRONG MACHINE".
I ejected the recovery DVD that I just purchased and inserted the recovery DVD that came with the machine. This time the machine booted and installed the factory image of the operating system as it should have the first time.
So I am now recovered and the machine works as it did originally. So the moral of the story is you don't necessarily have to buy the new recovery DVD but just update the system BIOS and then try to use the recovery DVD that came with your machine.

Satellite L300-1AY recovery not working

Hello,
I have a question about the recovery for a Tosihba Satellite L300-1AY with Windows Vista pre-installed.
I wanted to recover my laptop and when I pressed F8 during start-up I could choose the restore my computer.
But after that part I got a message-box (System Recovery Options) telling me that the installed programs could not start and the only option I had was press OK so the computer would turn off.
I was wondering if there was any way this could be fixed or if there's another way to recover my computer.
Thanks,
Pascal

Hi
You could recover the notebook using the Recovery DVD which you have hopefully created before this issue happened
Did you create such recovery DVD?
If not then only the HDD recovery option can be used.
For this you have to press F8 after notebook has been powered up.
Then choose Repair my Computer.
Then a new window will appear and then you could choose Toshiba Recovery.
If this procedure will not start up and if you will be not able to use the HDD recovery then you need a Toshiba recovery DVD.
If you didnt create the recovery DVD then you could order it from here:
https://backupmedia.toshiba.eu/landing.aspx

Satellite L300 - Toshiba Recovery Disck, what does it memorize?

Hello,
my experience with computing is very limited, so I will be using very simple language and maybe some stupid words.
I have a Toshiba Satellite L300. I want to reboot it because of some research and some discussions that have been made through it.
I know that even if I delete them in my history they still remain in the hard disk, HHD.
So I wanted to reboot my pc, I have contacted computing guy who sold me the pc and he said that I can use a recovery disk to get back my original windows but does it mean that this disk will also install the old memory?
In short I was to boot my pc to get rid of all the images, msn discussions, google search being made from my pc.
Its History, the ones that are still keept in the pc but I can't get access to.
I haven't created my recovery disk yet but will it include my old files and history? or just windows and the drivers?

Hi,
As I understand you want to format (you call it ,, reboot) your hard disk to remove all the information such as history, files that nobody can read it.
Please, remember if you even format your hard disk, it's still possible to recovery all the data from your hard disk.
As I know, there is a good software called Tech Erase, it can securely destroy all the data on your hard disk and almost impossible to recover it (depending what algorithm use choose). But I don't understand why you need it. Do you have something special?
About talking recovery disk, you can make a new installation but the information from old one can be recovered by the special utilities.
Message was edited by: Jeka-IL

Satellite A105-S361 Recovery DVD not booting

Hello All,
I have a Toshiba Satellite A105-S361 series laptop. A week ago it had a virus and I thought to backup the data on the disk and reinstall that. I plugged out the HDD from laptop and plugged that into a SATA USB Interface to backup the data on my desktop and formatted the disk on my desktop using windows disk management services( I have windows XP on desktop).
Then I plugged the disk back into the laptop and inserted the recovery DVD (which has Windows XP home) and switched on the laptop while pressing 'C' key so as it could install it back to factory default.
A blank screen shows up displaying "Checking boot CD room". It runs for some 20 mins, the DVD ROM's light blinks and I can hear the CD revolving sound like its reading the CD, but after 20 mins it displays the error "No bootable CD found in ATAPI CD-ROM" and a cursor blinks on the screen.
I have tried other bootable cds, a couple containing windows XP and one containing WIndows Vista but same result for all. I have tried to change the boot sequence from BIOS and the F12 technique to display boot menu...
Any help
Regards,
Talha
Muhammad Talha

Well I have already cleaned the lens of the CD ROM. In fact this is the very first thing I did, it's a DVD-RW in good condition.
Tell me one more thing, is there a possibility that I could make a bootable USB and boot the system with the help of that, i.e. I copy the contents of the DVD Recovery in USB and boot the system with the help of that.
I did make an MS-DOS bootable USB but then found that the BIOS has no option to boot from a USB device. It only boots from one of HDD,FDD, CR-ROM or LAN. Or do I need to update BIOS first, if there is an updated version available for the A105-S361 series, to boot it from a USB device.
Thanks,
Talha
Muhammad Talha

Lost Satellite 2410-504 recovery boot disk

Can anyone tell me where i can locate a recovery boot disk as i have lost my original copy

Hi Karl,
You can obtain replacement recovery CDs from your nearest Authorised Service Partner. You can find details of your ASP from the support section of the Toshiba Web Site.
regards,

Satellite L300D-13S - How can i restore with corrupt disk 2

The laptop is a Satellite L300D-13s.
I tried to restore the laptop using the restore disks, the first disk worked fine but it did not recognize the second disk. No matter what I did I could not get it to read this disk.
I then tried to us the F8 option to restore the drive but I got the message Bootmgr missing. I have tried F8 using the DVD but this does not have a restore option.
Using the boot option with logging I did manage to access the E drive and view the HDDRecovery directory but could not find anything that would allow me to run a restore.
Is there an option to do a restore this way, or can I restore another way?
Your help would be gratefully appreciated.

Hello
Recovering procedure can be done on two ways:
-Using recovery CD/DVDs or
-Starting recovery procedure from HDD
If there is problem with created discs then you must try to use option two. It works as follow:
-Start your notebook and press F8 to enter Advanced Boot Options
-There you will see option Repair my computer
-Choose this option and follow menu on the screen.
-Then you will come across System Recovery options
-The last option is Toshiba recovery procedure. Choose it and follow menu on the screen.
Please note: this will work if you didnt change partition structure, installed own OS or removed HDDRecovery folder.
At the end I must say, if nothing helps and if you are not able to install OS using any of these methods I see one solution only: you must order new recovery DVD.

Satellite L300-1BW - Error code 19 on CD/DVD drive

Allo Folks, My wife's Satellite L300-1BW has lost it's DVD drive - The Hardware Manager properties gives the following error:
'Windows cannot start this hardware device because its configuration information (in the registry) is incomplete or damaged. (Code 19)'
I tried uninstalling the DVD driver, then rebooting to let it re-install, but it still comes back with the same fault :-(
Any ideas anyone? ?:|

Hi!
Try to remove the upper and lower filters as in this Microsoft Knowledge Base article suggested:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314060
1) Run Regedit (Start > Run > Regedit)
2) Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Class{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
3) In the right pane, delete the "UpperFilters" key, and delete the "LowerFilters" key.
4) Reboot.
Bye

Satellite L300-215 - Recovery disk couldn't be installed on this hardware

Hi, after running fine for several months I shut my notebook down recently and when I went to boot it up again it told me there was an error with Windows and had to run the repair center.
Well after waiting for four hours and getting no-where I decided to use the recovery disks I got the last time I sent it away. After installing all the neccesary components it then told me it was installing Windows. After doing this for ten minutes I got a pop up block telling me that "Windows could not be installed on this hardware". After it shut itself down and I rebooted it told me the same message and suggest I reinstall so I tried the process again and it ended in the same result.
Whats the problem?

Hello Richard
I really don't understand what is wrong there and the whole story is somehow strange for me.
Original Toshiba recovery disc contains recovery image that include operating system, all necessary drivers for notebooks hardware, different Toshiba tools and utilities and some additional software.
Such images are designed for each model separately and if you use the right one it should be installed properly. Of course the disc should not have some scratches and HDD must be OK.
Due to these facts I don't understand how you can get this message Windows could not be installed on this hardware. It is not logic to me.
When recovery installation is finished there is nothing you must do except go through set-up procedure and just define username (account). Thats all.
I don't know which disc you got from service. Is this original recovery for your notebook mode?
As previous user wrote you can try to obtain Microsoft Vista installation disc and try to install own OS and test if the installation will ends properly.
Try also to contact guys from service and try to clarify this. Explain the situation again and I just hope they will understand what the problem can be.

Can't figure out what is wrong with recovery DVDs

Last year, right after turning my laptop ON, I've created 4 DVDs as such: http://i56.tinypic.com/6i79rn.jpg
Recovery DVD Disk 1
Recovery DVD Disk 2
Recovery DVD Disk 3
Windows Recovery Environment 64-bit
My Laptop is Qosmio F60-14R, with Windows 7 Home Premium.
Now all I want to do is format my laptop and re-install windows 7 Home premium using those 4 DVDs. However I can't figure out why I cannot re-install or get the laptop back to the factory state.
This have wasted 8 hours straight of my time and frustrated me by great deal. Can you kindly tell me what I have to do? I am lost!

Here is what I have done so far:
I inserted 'Windows Recovery Environment (64-bit)' DVD and booted the laptop from it.
First thing that loads up is a window with two options:
- Toshiba Recovery Wizard
- System Recovery Options
Taking Toshiba Recovery Wizard as choice, clicking Next.
It asks me: "Please set 1st Recovery Media and press Next to Continue.
So, I insert Recovery DVD 1 and then click Next. However it ejects the disc drive (seems Recovery DVD 1 is not the correct Disk!).
So I repeat the same process with Recovery DVD 2 and Recovery DVD 3 and again the Disk Drive ejects the Disks.... As a desperation attempt I even put the Windows Recovery Environment Disk inside but that as well get ejected.
Okay, so the Toshiba Recovery Wizard is not the right choice 'it seems'.
So, I restart the laptop and inserted 'Windows Recovery Environment (64-bit)' DVD and booted the laptop from it.
First thing that loads up is a window with two options: (First choice failed, now trying second choice)
- --Toshiba Recovery Wizard--
- System Recovery Options
So, choosing System Recovery Options this time and clicking Next. I Choose US as Keyboard, then click Next. A small window appears which gives me two further options:
- Use Recovery tools that can help fix problems starting Windows. Select an Operating System to repair.
- Restore your computer using a system image that you created earlier.
So, I already tried the first choice and it takes me to another window with several recovery tools. One of the tools is System Image Recovery but when I click it, it gives a Warning messagebox that says:
Windows cannot find a system image on this computer. etc.
But when I insert every disk, still the warning messagebox shows up as if all the four recovery DVDs are irrelevant.
So, it seems the first choice doesn't lead me anywhere. So, remains the second choice:
- Restore your computer using a system image that you created earlier.
Turns out it is exactly the same 'System Image Recovery' from first option mentioned few lines earlier. So, there you have it, checkmate.
Please guide.

Qosmio F30 PQF32E - How to get English version of recovery DVD

Dear All,
How to get a English version of recovery DVD disk for this model. I already have but it is in Russian. I don't want to install Russian. Want to re-install system. please if it possible assist me to find ENGLISH version of this DVD.
Please put it somewhere that i can download!
Thanks in advance,
Ilyas

You will be not able to buy an English Recovery for this notebook model.
I assume you have purchased this notebook in Russia and therefore youve got a recovery disk with Russian language.
If you want to use a Vista in English language then you have to purchase a full English Vista version and then you could install it on your notebook.
There is also an Microsoft Vista language package which allows to change the OS language but this works only with Vista Ultimate version.
Your Vista seems to be a Home Premium and therefore this will not work!

Recovery disk Creator & data partition won't work - Satellite L300

My niece asked me to re-install her Toshiba Satellite L300 laptop, because the windows installation is rather buggy. She didn't have a recovery disk. Using Toshiba's Recovery Disk Creator I tried creating a recovery disk.
However, the program wouldn't start. Checking the directory of the program, it would seem that the program simply isn't there. Afterwards, I checked the data partition of the laptop.
There was a map with HDD recovery. However when using Windows' advanced boot (F8 before Windows startup) there was no choice of repairing the notebook. They only choices were the standard windows options (Save mode, normal start, etc.).
In short, it seems impossible to re-install the notebook with the current information at hand.
What would be the next course of action? Is it possible to order a recovery CD from Toshiba?
Another niece has the same notebook, would it be possible to use that notebook to create a recovery disk?
I'll appreciate and look forward to your reactions.

Hi
It looks like something has been changed on the HDD
However, fact is youve no Recovery disk and you cannot use HDD recovery option.
This means you need to order a new Recovery disk from Toshiba.
You can do this here:
https://backupmedia.toshiba.eu/landing.aspx
PS: one tip if you would use a search option of this forum, you would find the right answer too ;)

Satellite L300 Windows 7 back to Vista with Toshiba Recovery CDs

Hello all,
I have a Toshiba Satellite Series L300 (2008 model) laptop which originally had Vista but I installed Windows 7 Professional on it. I now wish to return back to Vista.
I noted that the 'Windows.old' folder created on the C:/ drive seems to be missing a lot of files and could have been altered since the date it was created. I think it would be too risky to use it to recover back to Vista.
So my question is can I use my original set of Toshiba Recovery DVDs to get back to Vista? I want to do a full factory reset to recover my system to when it was originally purchased with Vista.
If the Recovery DVDs is not an option and the only was is by using the Windows.old folder, if it is lacking important files could it leave my system corrupted? I am sure there is a way to get back to Vista by factory restore somehow.
Comments and feedback urgently required!
Thanks in advance.

Hello sauza
Wait a moment. You mix two different things. If you want to install original recovery image it can be done on two ways:
# Using created recovery discs DVDs
# Install image using HDD recovery method (recovery image saved on HDD)
>Ok but how do I use the Toshiba recovery disks to reset my computer back to Vista factory settings?
This question is related to method 1.
>I press F8 at start-up---> select Repair computer---> select my language----> Then it gives me Windows 7 Options to only Restore by Disk Image which I created at a earlier date.
This description is related to method 2 and has nothing with installation with Toshiba recovery disks as you wrote in your last posting.
Method 2 can be used if notebook has factory settings. After own OS installation recovery image is not available anymore and recovery image can be installed with recovery discs only.
I hope you understand now how it works.
If you have more questions please let me know.

Satellite L300 - Recovery wipes C drive then fails to rebuild

My Satellite L300 has just come back from Toshiba for repair under warranty and before having a chance to burn Recovery Disks came up with the BSOD. Removed hard drive and placed in a SATA cradle and ran chkdsk which repaired it to the extent that (back in the laptop) I could at least access the Recovery Console.
I selected return to Toshiba factory state (or something similar - can't remember the exact wording!). C prompt screen came up and all seemed to be going well until it came up with an error. Retried it twice but the error / failure notice came up both times. Tried to reboot to safe mode but no bootmgr. Removed the disk again and placed it in the SATA cradle and the C partition seems to have been wiped.
With no windows installation at all, is it possible to run the Toshiba recovery (start and holding 0 does nothing)?
Would a Windows Vista recovery disc do anything or enable me to reaccess Toshiba's recovery?
Any ideas? Help,Please!

Hi mate,
Wait a moment, please! Which error message you get exactly and what you mean exactly with the SATA cradle?
Notebooks are country specific so which L300 you have exactly? This is important because the HDD recovery works different on the notebooks or lets say there are different ways how to start it.
> With no windows installation at all, is it possible to run the Toshiba recovery (start and holding 0 does nothing)?
Another question: How you want to start the HDD recovery procedure if now Windows is installed? ;)
Right, thats not possible!
In your case I would order a new recovery disk. You should contact the ASP in your country!

What is right Recovery CD for Satellite L300?

I recently bought "Toshiba Satellite L300" which had Windows 7 operating system but the Recovery CDs had Windows XP.
And my hard disk was single partition and Microsoft office was not working on this notebook and I used that CD to fix these problems.
But I lost my previous Windows 7.
Now it is Windows Xp SP 3 on my computer.
But I am not satisfied with XP want Windows 7.
How can i get it again for free?
Please let me know that what is right Recovery CD for "Toshiba Satellite L300". ?

>I recently bought "Toshiba Satellite L300" which had Windows 7 operating system but the Recovery CDs had Windows XP.
Hmm this is strange I have no clue what Satellite L300 this is but usually an L300 series was preinstalled with Vista Home Premium
So Im wondering why Win 7 was preinstalled and why you get Win XP recovery disk
Usually the L300 should be equipped with an HDD recovery partition which would contain the Toshiba image.
It should be able to recover the new notebook using the HDD recovery and this should help you reinstall the Vista OS.
In my opinion you should talk with your dealer maybe the notebook was a replacement device????
Who knows

Satellite L300-13S - Recovery USB instead of Recovery DVD Disks?

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for