Satellite L305D-S5938

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i have Toshiba Satellite L305D-S5938 and i lost my recovery cd how i can get 1 or download it ??
and how i can downgrade it from Vista to Windows XP ???
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QUERY: i lost my recovery cd how i can get 1 or download it ??
RESPONSE: No download is allowed, must pruchase the Reovery Disc, go to www.toshiba.com or use (800) 457-7777 speak to customer service=have full model# available. Keep in mind that those discs wil be for the factory installed OS. Also, your unit has a software utility entitled Toshiba Recovery Disc Creator whereby you can make your own recovery discs.
Query: how i can downgrade it from Vista to Windows XP ???
RESPONSE: Buy a retail copy of XP omar, full version and not an upgrade, need to make a floppy of the SATA driver for reinstall recognition or reset BIOS to compatability. The specs on your unit are quite powerful, sure you want to downgrade? That was an initial heavy expenditure. Such is life.

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My Toshiba Satellite L305D-S593 has suddenly shut off. At first I thought it had just over heated or something, but when I tried to turn back on it gave me a message saying disk read error press ctrl alt dlt to restart. I did multiple time to the same effect. So then I tried reinstalling windows I got lucky if it showed the installation screen once it did I followed the instructions for a clean install (I had to do this once before but for different reasons).
Once it brought me to menu were I select a partition to install on I told it to do it on the main HDD after that and some loading time it told it was unable to complete the formatting required. So I redid the process and I noticed the the partition said it had 288GB of memory available but before this I only had about 40. So instead I clicked the format button and it said it could not complete the action because the disk is about to fail.
P.S. My processer is a 64 bit AMD Turion dual core mobile processor, with 4GB of RAM

Hey,
In my opinion it has something to do with HDD itself I assume its a defective sector if Windows installation cant format the HDD properly. I mean before you tried reinstalling Windows the system could not start due to a disk read error. This would mean the files on HDD are muddled up due defective sectors
Can you install Windows from Toshiba recovery disk?
If it doesnt work too I would try to replace the HDD. Usually this is not complicated and can be done in 5 minutes.
Furthermore you can check the HDD for errors with special diagnostic tools like Drive Fitness Test. Google a little bit for such tools, they are freeware so its no problem to find them. ;)

Satellite L305D-S5934 Boot Problems - HELP!

I'm sure this question has been asked, or I could find the information elsewhere, however, I'm neither computer savvy nor patient enough to look for this info. Therefore, I need some help with a problem on my Satellite L305D-S5934 laptop. When I "power-up" the unit, I get this Windows Boot Manager message:
Windows has encountered a problem communicating with a device connected to your computer.
This error can be caused by unplugging a removable storage device such as an external USB drive while the device is in use, or by faulty hardware such as a hard drive or CD-ROM drive that is failing. Make sure any removable storage is properly connected and then restart your computer.
If you continue to recieve this erroe message, contact the hardware manufacturer.
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           Status: OxcOOOOOe9
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ENTER=Continue                                                                                                                            ESC=Exit
Every time I get to this point, and then hit enter to continue, it acts like it might boot up, then it goes blank. I don't know a lot about computers. We've had this laptop for roughly 6-7 weeks now, and haven't had a problem. We've never used a portable storage device on it, ever, and it is used for nothing more than my wife on Facebook, and checking e-mail and IMDB while watching movies. Basically a play computer while watching TV. It worked fine until last Wednesday, then it just did this after shutting down one night. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you very much!

Satellite L305D-S5934
See this Toshiba document.
How to launch the Windows Recovery Environment
In that System Recovery Options menu, first try Startup Repair.
If that doesn't work, try System Restore.
Otherwise, follow the instructions in this Microsoft document.
How to use the Bootrec.exe tool in the Windows Recovery Environment to troubleshoot and repair start...
-Jerry

Satellite L305D-S5934 - Serious Over Heating.

I posted about this before and believed it fixed.
I use the laptop listed in the subject. Satellite L305D-S5934.
I downgraded to Windows XP Professional, after having numerous issues with Vista. Only change from stock features.
Recently I have noticed the left side of the laptop (Where the vent is) heating up to a almost burning state. The vent is untouchable. I notice the effect is at its fullest whenever a larger program is open. Warm when only system processes are running, hot when Firefox is running, and Foremen Grill style when World of warcraft is open.
I've tried QnC through Bios, it cools it, but at the cost of my laptop dragging so slow, nothing is possible. In Windows QnC only seems to work when the system is idle. Any activity (at all) reverts it back to standard speeds.
Can anyone suggest what could be causing this? Or suggest a program that might help underclock my processor to a speed faster then QnC but still slower then max speed.
Thank you in advanced. And I apologize for having so many issues. ;D
My weapon of choice: Toshiba Satellite L305D-S5943

Have you attempted to take the laptop apart, to see if the fan or heat sink fins are clogged with dust? It is actually fairly easy to do on an L305/L305D. If the fins are clogged, it will have serious issues with cooling. I just recently had to take my mother's laptop apart, as her's was getting hot enough to burn her leg. I found dust/fur/etc packed between the fan blades and the fins of the heat sink. It was about the size of a small pack of wrigley's gum. Once removed, her laptop runs at the proper temp once again.
I also suggest setting the laptop on a desk, tray table, or notebook cooler. Setting it directly on your lap will block the fan, and increase the risk of pulling in debris from your clothes.
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Satellite L305D-S5934 stuck on "checking system files" screen

Hey guys, so let me start off that I'm really not tech savvy and I've had this laptop since around 2009 and over the years it's had some problems but the most recent being that whenever I try to start up the computer, it'll give me a quick options menu and then enter into the "checking system files" screen, which is fine and everything until it's at 56%. It does this every time I try to restart the laptop and it just completley stops there even if I leave it alone for an hour or two. Hope you guys can help with my dilemma and thanks in advance!

Hi ! See if any thing here works for you!
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-system/laptop-stuck-at-checking-file-syst...
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-performance/stuck-at-checking-file-system...
PS If you have some bad sectors;which I'm suspecting you might have, this might take several hours to complete. When I run mine it takes nearly 3 hours and I have no bad sectors.
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How to get a Recovery media for Satellite L305D S5900

I am a Ghanaian who bought a Toshiba laptop about seven months ago. The model is Satellite L305D S5900. I am also in Ghana. I found out from the documents that came with the laptop and your forum that I can order for Recovery media for it with no charge on the software itself.
How do I get this Recovery media for my machine as I am in a different country? What are the things involved?
Thank You.

Your T500 can burn CD's at the least and if you can access Windows, you should be able to burn a set of recovery discs.
Other than that, I suggest calling support to see what they can do to help. The number in the U.S. is 1-800-426-7378.
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PLEASE HELP ME!!! IT IS VERY IMPORTANT!!!! ABOUT A SATELLITE L305D

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See this Toshiba document.
How to launch the Windows Recovery Environment
In that System Recovery Options menu, first try Startup Repair.
If that doesn't work, try System Restore.
Otherwise, follow the instructions in this Microsoft document to rebuild the BCD.
How to use the Bootrec.exe tool in the Windows Recovery Environment to troubleshoot and repair start...
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Bluetooth troubleshooting for toshiba satellite L305D-S5892

i can not get my laptop to sync up with my new cell phone (nokia 7510).
i could get it to sync up with my past cell phones with no problem.
it is not the cell phone, because i can sync it with my husbands phone.
i have tried to install drivers from the toshiba web site(when i do that, it wants me to "plug in bluetooth device and press ok"--well i don't know what that means!! so i plug in the bluetooth usb i have from another software and it doesn't work.)
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Satellite L305D-S5892
That model may or may not have a recovery partition. If Windows runs, you can check it out this way.
1.46GB partition and other small partition are for the System Recovery Options and the factory softw...
Look for a third partition.
-Jerry

DVD is not working in my laptop! HELP! Satellite L305D-S5938

My DVD is not working in this laptop, it should be right?
I thought this model can play DVDs AND CDs
Again my laptop is Satellite L305D-S5938
Please help why it is not playing DVDs.
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If you still need assistance, please feel free to post a new message or contact the Toshiba Customer Support Center at 1-800-457-7777.
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"Scroll Bar" appears when moving cursor - Satellite L305D-S5904

I just bought a Satellite L305D-S5904 for my mother.
It came with Windows Vista Home Premium.
I noticed that a tiny scroll bar appears at the cursor sometimes.
It makes navigation quite a pain.
Can you turn this feature off?
To clarify, when using the touchpad, moving the cursor, sometimes a tiny "scrollbar" appears at the point of the cursor's "arrow."
This is unbelievably aggrevating!
I've never seen such a thing before.
Thanks for the help!

> I've never seen such a thing before.
Maybe because you didnt work with such hi-tech touchpad??? ;) lol
This is a touchpad feature which can be disabled in touchpad properties.
Check you control panel-> mouse
There should be something about touchpad settings.
There you have to disable the Virtual scrolling.

Satellite L305D-S5881: Touchpad and FN keys do not work after Win 7 installation

I have recently installed windows 7 and all of a sudden yesterday my touchpad did not work.
I was not able to move my mouse arrow at all.
I had to purchase a wireless mouse so I could use my laptop.
When I press the fn key plus f9 nothing happens to see if it is enabled or disabled.
I have a satellite l305d-s5881
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Hi mate
The Satellite L305D-S5881 belongs to the Toshiba US series and has been released for US market.
You will need to visit the Toshiba US driver page in order to get all drivers.
To get the touchpad working, you will need to install the Touchpad driver.
Furthermore the FN buttons are controlled by VAP (value added package) and Flash Card Support Utility.
You need to install both; firstly VAP and then Flash Cards.
Here is the Toshiba US page:
http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/support/jsp/home.jsp
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Palm 755P (Sprint) not synchronizing with new Toshiba Satellite L305D operatig Windows Vista.

OK Please help the new guy....
I have a Treo that is a month old. It was previously synchronized with my old computer. My old computer took the dive. I bought a new Toshiba Satellite L305D-S5938t aht is running Windows Vista.
I tried to locate the Palm Desktop via the disk in the Treo box from Sprint. No dice. The Desktop loaded, but I can't synchronize my Treo. There is no available USB connection.
So, I played around with it and tried to get it to connect via bluetooth.... NO DICE.
Very frustrating.....
Does anyone have any advise at all?
Can anyone point me in the right direction?
Anybody out there have a solution?
Has anybody beside me encountered this problem too?
Please advise.....
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Hi.. Welcome to the Palm forums. My first assumption is your Vista is a 64bit version. That being the case there are no usb drivers available which is the reason for the problem trying to sync via cable. You are headed in the right direction as bluetooth is the only way your going to sync. First the computer has to be bluetooth compatible or you need to purchase a bluetooth dongle and get it installed and then get the two to pair. From there if you go the the windows hotsync thread here you will find a sticky that explains the process. Also here is a knowledge base article about how to sync via bluetooth. http://kb.palm.com/SRVS/nua/launchKB.asp?c=41559
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Satellite L305D-S95222 Blinking work light

Hi, i am having a issue with one of the laptop lights. The light that flashes when the laptop is working (accessing something or doing something, the 4th light from the right) is steadily blinking on and off when the computer is not doing anything. There are no significant background programs running that could cause this that i have noticed. Why is this light blinking? The same light on the same laptop in my store (i work at an electronics store) does not have this problem. Thanks!

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The fourth light from the left (second from the right) is the hard-drive light. You should expect that to flash because Vista is engaged in many background activities.
If you really want to learn more about this, download Process Monitor and set it to monitor the drive in question.
-Jerry

Satellite L305D-S590 No audio

I'm getting no sound on my computer. I've had my laptop for 4 months now and nothing like this has come up before. Any tips?

Satellite L305D-S5900
no sound
Most likely culprit is the little-known volume-control dial just to the right of center on the front of the laptop.
It's easy to bump inadvertently.
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When you open the camera assist software it usually hides the program on the left side of the screen. Try moving your mouse around the edges of the screen until it pops up. Or you can look for the utility in the toolbar and click "show toolbar". Then you can click on "start camera".
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