SYSTEM RECOVERY: SATELLITE A215- S7416

I have a Laptop Model # PSAFGU-02K001 & am planning on performing a hard drive recovery to out-of-box state. It is a Windows Vista Operating System. I know basically how to boot up computer using the factory recovery discs. I am going to make a back-up right before I perform the recovery using CD-RW discs. My questions are what would I need to copy or write down? What exactly will be erased on the hard drive? What else should I do before trying to perform the recovery?

I haven't test these old links to see whether they work.
   Backup & Recovery Free by Paragon
   EaseUS Todo Backup Free
   Macrium Reflect Free
   AOMEI Backupper
   DriveImage XML
   Clonezilla

Similar Messages

Satellite A215- S7416 Laptop

I would like to view the Clipboard or Clipboard Viewer. I have Windows Vista Home Basic system. I've read where I have to copy the clipboard viewer from a Windows XP computer & then downloading? it to my Vista sysem. If this is not right, how is it possible to access it on my Vista System?
What I am trying to do is find a way to take screenshots of say keyboard properties & paste it directly to Toshiba Forums. The only way I've been able to do this is to upload from my computer & add as an attachment.

Satellite A215-S7416
I would like to view the Clipboard
I have attached Clipboard-Viewer.zip which unzips to clipbrd.exe from Windows XP and probably will work just fine.
What I am trying to do is find a way to take screenshots of say keyboard properties & paste it directly to Toshiba Forums. The only way I've been able to do this is to upload from my computer & add as an attachment.
The clipboard viewer won't help you at all to paste an image into your reply here.
The trick is to click on the following icon in the toolbar. It enables you to browse to the image file on your hard drive and insert it rather than attach it.
-Jerry
Attachments:
Clipboard-Viewer.zip ‏46 KB

Help needed with system recovery Satellite L300-149

Hi
We have a Satellite L300-149.
Was running really slowly so wanted to reset it to factory settings.
Did the 'press F12 when starting, put disk in' etc etc BUT have a horrible feeling that I put a disk in that actually belonged to a different Toshiba we used to use a U300.
The 'give away' was that the user manual for the U300 is now on the desktop on the Satellite :-/
I hoped that this wouldn't be a major problem BUT the F8 key has now disappeared making it impossible to connect to the internet.
I looked online and read that the L300 sometimes doesn't come with a disk as the info is kept on a separate part of the hard drive so hoped I could reset it back to factory settings again but when I click F2 on start up and go to the option to restore it, noting happens.
Can anyone please help??????

Hi
Forget the HDD recovery now
You have recovered the system using another disk and this has deleted the HDD recovery image files. So this option is NOT possible!
You are right the L300 and all other notebooks are not delivered with Recovery disks.
The recovery disk has to be created using the preinstalled software called Recovery Disk Creator. But this is also NOT possible because you removed the preinstalled system and the files which are needed for such recovery disk are not available anymore!
But if everything work properly except of the WLan FN + F8 key, then I would recommend to install only the Wlan driver. I think the key does not work because the right WLan driver is not installed.
I think the Satellite L300-149 supports the Wlan Realtek RTL8187B chip.
So install the right Wlan driver which you can find here:
http://aps.toshiba-tro.de/wlan/?page=downloads

CD ROM Drive Issue with a Satellite A215-S7416

Hello,
I wonder if someone can please help me. I don't know why this issue is happening with my laptop, but maybe someone else here has had the same thing.
I don't really use my CD ROM drive all that much, but for some strange reason all of a sudden now it seems like it:
A) DOES read and recognize the material on store-bought pre-recorded CD's (just as it should),
BUT...
B) Does NOT read or recognize material on CD's which have been burned by a friend of mine. By the way, the player in my car DOES read the CD material which was burned on my friends system, so I know that something is on those CD's.
ALSO...
My CD ROM drive no longer seems to give me the option to burn a playlist to a disc. Instead, when I insert a blank CD disc, all I hear is the cycling noise making a continual irritating sound, seemingly forever. It makes this exact same noise when I insert the CD disc that my friend burned for me. But (as already stated) when I insert a store-bought pre-recorded disc, it reads and recoginizes it within 30 seconds, and displays the contents of the CD.
I don't know if this matters, but I just updated to the newest iTunes version (which is the software I use), however I have noticed that WMP is doing the same thing, as well. Additionally, when I ran the iTunes Diagnostics, all that happened was that it just continued doing that ridiculous cyclic thing (with my friend's burned CD). However, when I inserted a store-bought pre-recorded CD, the iTunes Diagnostic worked like a charm.
Does anyone know what's going on, and/or how I can fix this?
Thank you.
PS --- BTW, my CD/DVD ROM Drive is:
D: TSSTcorp CDDVDW TS-L632H, Rev TO02

Try taking a look at this article.
What can I do if my CD or DVD drive doesn't work properly in Windows 7?
It's also possible that the drive is beginning to fail.
- Peter

Blue screen of death on Toshiba Satellite A215-S742 System Unit

i got the blue screen of death on my laptop. whenever i turn on my laptop, it loads up until the login page. then the blue screen of death appears and my laptop restarts and repeats. i have to do a hard shutdown. i can go into safe mode but i can do a system recovery (there are no recovery dates). even when i go into recovery mode, the blue screen of death appears after about 30min to an hour. i've tried updating the bios but it didn't work. i also tried using bootable cds with rescue programs but the cds dont boot (maybe im booting them the wrong way). what other ways are there to try to fix my laptop. please help!!!!!

Satellite A215-S7422
We need to know the Stop code on the blue screen. If there is a file name mentioned, we want that too.
You can prevent the rapid disappearance of the blue screen during a normal boot by choosing this at the F8 Startup menu.
Disable automatic restart on system failure
-Jerry

Invalid Key after 'out-of-box' recovery. (Satellite A215)

I did a out-of-box recovery with the recovery disc's. It goes through the full process but when you click on 'admin' to start the computer, it asks for a product key. I've entered the on off the computer, but say's invalid. Any ideas why this is happening. I've redone the recovery three times with all the same outcome.

Satellite A215-S7428 (PSAFGU-02E002)
In the Device Manager, these items are listed with a yellow question mark. Base System Devices (x3) Ethernet Controller PCI Device RTL8187B_WLAN_Adapter SM Bus Controller Video Controller (VGA Compatible)
No surprise there. You need to install the correct drivers and utilities for Windows XP.
The site for that model does not have them all (the chipset and display software, in particular). Best to get those for the European models in the same part number family (PSAFGx).
Go to the European download site and select Satellite A210 with Short Model No. PSAFGE. I don't see anything there you wouldn't want to install.
But the order of installation matters. It's important to install the AMD Processor driver and the ATI display driver prior to any other driver. Install the Common Module before any other Toshiba utilities.
-Jerry

Create Satellite A215-4747 Vista Recovery DVD

I want to create Vista recovery DVD, prior to upgrading to Windows 7.
How to do this? Do these recovery DVD usually work when needed? How to use recovery DVD if requiired?
Thanks for helping/

Satellite A215-S4747
Some models of that vintage came with a recovery partition and some did not. Take a look
1.46GB partition and other small partition are for the System Recovery Options and the factory softw...
Let us know what you learn.
-Jerry

System recovery error in satellite A300

Hi. Sorry for the bad english. I have a problem. In my satellite A300 Vista comes a blue screen error.
I followed the instructions in the manual to make system recovery. At the boot press f8 and select "Repair your computer". Seems to start properly restored, but leaves an error message that says: "Could not start the program installed. Click OK to turn off the computer."
I do not know what to do. Help me.
Thanks, Enrico

Thank you for the STOP 0x00000024 information, Enrico.
Bug Check 0x24: NTFS_FILE_SYSTEM
You may be able to resolve this by running a System Restore or Chkdsk /r from the Recovery Environment.
At the boot press f8 and select "Repair your computer". Seems to start properly restored, but leaves an error message that says: "Could not start the program installed.
Unfortunately, the only way to reach it now is with a Windows Vista installation DVD or by downloading a recovery disc from NeoSmart.
Windows Vista Recovery Disc Download
Maybe you can borrow an installation disc from a friend?
Which Satellite A300?
-Jerry

Satellite L755-S524 won't run safe mode or system recovery options

I am trying to startup my PC in Safe mode and I get the screen that says Startup repair and it jsut sits with the blue bar scrolling across and below it says "attempting repairs" It's been sittign like that over an hour..

Satellite L755-S5242
If you haven't burned a Windows 7 System Repair disc, download one by scrolling down to the link Windows 7 System Repair Disc 64-bit here.
Create a Windows 7 System Repair Disc
Then try a Startup Repair and a System Restore from the Windows Recovery Environment.
What are the system recovery options in Windows 7?
Let us know how it goes.
-Jerry

System recovery on Satellite M100 due to CD/DVD drive not being recognised

Hi.
My computer won't recognise the internal CD/DVD drive anymore (eg. if I go to rip a CD with Media Player it says to install a CD drive first).
I have followed the FAQs on the Toshiba support page, and it has lead me to do a System Recovery. I followed the instructions (switch off, start up while holding "0", release 0 when computer beeps ...) but it isn't working.
The comp starts beeping as expected, but when I let go of "0" it just starts up windows as normal.
Can anyone help? Do I need to do the recovery with a CD instead? Obviously that will be a problem if the drive doesn't work though :(

So... after months of trying to fix this issue it would make sense that less than an hour after I've put a post asking for help, the thing would fix itself for no reason.
Yep. Seems to be working now. I have no idea why :/

Toshiba satellite L300D-01, system recovery not working.

Yesterday I was just on my laptop then it just suddenly turned off, with a blue screen (that didnt stay on long enough for me to read) when i tried turning it back on it would go as far as the green bar loading, then a black screen, I tried waiting for a bit sometimes load up is slow you know, but nothing happened, tried same thing over and over again, still the same outcome. so then I tried the system recovery to the out of box state, it finished but the drivers did not install.
and what happened was when I did that it said it was finished made my account name and stuff then the blue screen popped up again then shut off and restarted, then when I tried restaring again the same thing would happen over and over again. I tried one last time on the system recovery and my laptop would not stay on long enough to finish. so I dont know what to do, or whats going on or if theres even a wzy to fix this. if someone could give me any information please thank you..
also, Im kind of broke so cant afford to buy new expensive parts for it, and I live in a very small town thousands of miles away from a repair shop.

hello?? anyone. im tired of searching through everything online can anyone hgive me an answer please.

Satellite A200 System Recovery from USB drive

Hi all,
I have a A200-1BW laptop, the issue is that its CD/DVD is not working. I have all the 3 recovery CDs for Windows Vista (Ultimate) provided by Toshiba, but I cannot restore my system. Is it possible to copy the recovery CDs on USB drive and then execute the system recovery for windows vista (ultimate).
Regards,
Asad

Hi
I never tried that but I found this thread:
http://forums.computers.toshiba-europe.com/forums//thread.jspa?messageID=228171
Check this. Maybe it would be helpful
You can also try to install fresh copy of Windows OS using the USB pen drive.
There are many instructions how to do that with Win 7. Just google
After installation of fresh Win 7 you could install the drivers from Toshiba European driver page.

Vista services hanging on Satellite A215-S4767

Satellite A215-S4767 Vista Ultimate w SP1. 4Gb Memory
Strange problems starting to happen over the weekend.
Apps fail to load in taskbar; printer drivers, antivirus apps, etc. Did a boot with rescue CD and cleared out some malware but trouble persists.
Also Vista SP update failed to install three times and finally gave up on it. This was a couple of days prior so I don't think its related.
Unable to connect to any network wireless or landline. Seems to hang when I try to run "Network and sharing center". Many services fail to start.
Cannot run many control panel apps. For example eventviewer, diskmanager, services. They seem to hang. Once that happens I cannot close the administrative app.
Most of the apps that start automatically are not. Printer driver, antivirus app,
Disk mgmt never displays the drives; stays at connecting to virtual disk service
Cannot run system restore; seems to hang. When I try to run it again it says it is already running but I can't see anything.
Everything seems to function in Safe mode.
Any help.

hi telhack,
to me it sounds like a corrupted os.
install or recover the system again.
if many apps and services are not loaded there is a serious problem...
check your hdd for errors first!
check memory! deinstall the half of it for installation!
btw: you cant upgrade to win7 with a damaged system!
hope you made your recovery disks before...
if you have spyware deleted this can also cause your system to hang - in my point of view your only solution is to reinstall....

Satellite A215-S5849

I have a Satellite laptop and was trying to reinstall OS image and found from this similar message i am not the first to encounter this. What does it mean? Is there a work around? Please advise. I am hoping that someone can help me out on this. I have a Satellite A215-S5849 laptop and everytime I go to restore the drive to it's factory settings using the Toshiba recovery wizard I get the following error: ERROR: 03-EEEE-0000, AN ERROR HAS OCCURRED, PRESS [OK] TO TURN OFF COMPUTER. My laptop model and error message are recorded as seen, any help would be appericated.

Did you try the solution given in one of the forum threads?
1. Boot the Recovery disc or HDD image and select System Recovery Options.
2. Follow the prompts until you get to the menu and then select a command prompt.
3. Copy the \zzimages\zzimages directory for all recovery discs to a temp directory on the hard drive (c:\temp).
4. Change to the Bin directory on the first recovery disc and run "tosimagex /apply c:\temp\preinst.swm 1 c:\ /ref c:\temp\preinst*.swm" without the quotes.
That is it. It will take a long time to copy the files since they are large and a long time to run the image program, half an hour on my computer. Also, based on Imagex syntax, it looks like the "1" in the command above might be replaced with another number for models that come with more then one Windows version on the same recovery media.
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.

Factory Reset Satellite A215-S5837

I'm trying to factory reset my Satellite A215-S5837 to sell, I've been trying to do that hold 0 when you start the laptop but all it does is stay on this black screen with toshiba leading innovation and it stay on it till i realese the 0 button,

I agree that it's confusing. And I could be wrong.
All that is in the section Hard Drive Recovery Utilities, which begins on p. 59 of the User's Guide.
   Satellite A200 Series User’s Guide
Just below that section heading is this disclaimer.
   (Available on certain models)
If you inspect the spec for your model, you'll see that there is no software listed to burn recovery discs from that hidden partition. That was the basis of my inference. But it may have been left off the list in error.
It's easy to discover whether the partition is there or not. Simply open Disk Management (diskmgmt.msc) and take a look.
   1.46GB partition and other small partition are for the System Recovery Options and the factory softw...
If I was wrong, you have my apologies.
-Jerry

SYSTEM RECOVERY: SATELLITE A215- S7416

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for