Satellite Pro L300D Recovery Partition

Hi,
How do I start the recovery program using the recovery partition? The manual states that I should press and hold down the 0 (zero) key while powering on the laptop. I've tried that, holding the zero-key down but then the computer starts "screaming" at me until I release the key, and then Windows tries to boot. Any ideas?

are you holding zero above P? if it doesnt work use the recovery media you were supposed to make. if you didnt make them you can order online
-civicman4-
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Hello to all in the Toshibe Satellite Pro forum - my first post.
I've been a happy owner of other Tosh laptops without any problems, but this time I'm unhappy :o(
We bought a Satellite Pro L300D 110 (AMD Athlon Dual Core) laptop just a few days ago for business use. We bought it on the understanding that it could be down-graded to XP Pro - mainly because some of the software we use on a daily basis won't run reliably on Vista, but also because all the other Desktops/Laptops in our network (includes a WLAN) are all running XP Pro, so adding another machine to it should've been easy.
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Logged into the BIOS setup - yep, it was listed there OK, but trying a few nips and tucks I've learnt over the years, I still couldn't get XP Pro to discover the device.
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If it were a PC, I'd shut down the machine, open up the case, disconnect the writer, boot up, shut down, reconnect the device, shut case and bingo. But not with a laptop maybe...
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>I'm happy again now :o)
Great to hear that!
Just for info:
The newer notebook series supports newer SATA HDD controllers and therefore the OS cannot be installed if the SATA drivers are not included and preinstalled.
So if you want to use the SATA features you need to install firstly the SATA driver.
But you can also turn the SATA mode to compatibility mode (in BIOS) and this would allow you to install the Win XP without the needed SATA drivers.
Bye

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Usually you can do this with Windows option in disc management but can you please tell me something at first?
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This option is not offered on this notebook model. Because of that Toshiba gives DVD recovery that can be used for operating system installation.
>I do have the Toshiba Recovery Disk that came with the computer, but have been warned NOT to test it, otherwise it may actually cause me problems!
Such info can come just from people who dont know what they are talking about. Please ask this person what he means exactly and I will offer you the right explanation about recovery procedure if you want.

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In my opinion you should install own OS version. Check Toshiba US download page and check which operating systems are supported. For supported operating systems Toshiba offers all necessary drivers, tools and utilities for download.
Obtain Microsoft installation disc, install OS and later download and install all drivers and Toshiba specific tools and utilities.
OK you must install them one by one but I think you can do it.
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> Is there a reason the recovery partition, labled Data, is half the size of the drive?
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> Can this partition be resized to give more storage without compromising the recovery wizard?
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>Now recovery disk Nr.1does not restores the system and the laptop switches off after appearing to function normally for about 20 seconds.
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