T61 recovery DVD and OS CD

I have changed my harddisk. How can I get my recovery DVD and my windows xp operation system CD?
Thank you

mjalliso, welcome to the forum,
you mention recovery dvds, did you create them yourself, or are they from Lenovo?
You should have one disc as boot disc; are you booting from it or are you using the R&R accessed through the ThinkVantage button?
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The recovery DVD and the driver CD

I assume if a complete drive failure occurs, that this DVD (which indicates Lenovo recovery DVD) and the CD (which indicates drivers) can completely restore the system to factory default if the hard drive was to be replaced.
Currently, I know using the one touch key (or F2) during the Lenovo boot up screen activates a complete recovery, but this works only if the hard drive is working.
What if a new hard drive, is a one touch done with the DVD in the drive?
I have booted off the DVD before, without hitting the key, this method just activates Windows Vista install menu.
The 330MB system backup and restore software that can be download only "backups" the current windows install condition or only restores a previous backup, neither of which is the factory default. If using this backup/restore software and telling it to access the DVD to look for factory default, it doesnt indicate a "backup" is on this DVD, nor can it find a previous version on C or D hard drives. So I am curious to how the system can be put back to factory status if the hard drive is replaced and a backup isn't performed using this software of which has to be downloaded and installed. If a system crash, I would not bring back to current conditon, I would rather start from a fresh factory restore.
Thanks.

the recover dvd which contains vista will install all the software that came pre-installed with lenovo systems .
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Satellite U400-183 - Need Recovery DVD and AHCI drivers

Hi there,
I tried to reinstall Win Vista Home Premium to my Satellite U400-183. I used a Win OS DVD that came with my other Notebook from an other manufacture and the Key which came with my Toshiba notebook. Everything worked just fine but in certain areas of Windows still are some specific settings from the other manufacture. Now is there a possibility to get a Windows Vista DVD from Toshiba?
Another question is where I can get the AHCI drivers. There is only a exe file on the support site which i can't use while installing Windows. There have to be these .sys files but I can't find them on the Toshiba site, so I had to install Windows in compatibility mode.
THX in advance!
PS: Sorry for my bad english, I'm from Germany...

Hi!
A new recovery DVD you can get from your local ASP (authorized service provider).
Or you order a DVD from Toshiba directly:
https://backupmedia.toshiba.eu/landing.aspx
The AHCI drivers or lets say Intel Storage Manager you can download from the Toshiba website as you already said.
The .exe file you must extract to use it during the installation but with the recovery disk you dont need them.
Please read the readme file in from the Storage Manager, there is an example how to extract it. Use he command line
For example: -A -A -PC:\<path>
Bye

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?
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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.

NX6325 Recovery DVDs

Hi all
So i have this "slight problem"...i have the HP (Compaq) NX6325 which i bought new at the beginning of 2008. Now i know it's an old machine but it has been a rock, kept running when all my other machines have given up the ghost.
Just recently the hard drive gave up for good, died, dead, not a peep, not bad for 6 years of heavy useage but a PITA for me. So i bought a new one and gave the laptop a treat by going for a 7200rpm unit and 32mb cache and then, as you do, stuck in disc one of my recovery DVDs and all seemed to go well up until the actual installation routine when it froze...solid, nothing, zero, zip, nada. So i took out the DVD and held it up to the light and what i saw made me go "ugh!"...little points of light! the dvd had degraded. It isn't scratched, it just has these little spots...and DVD 2 is exactly the same
I tried painting over the spots with a paint pen (on the label side of course) as i've done this before with successful results, but not this time unfortunately, the dscs are toast!
So, can anyone help me in my quest for the recovery DVDs for Windows XP Pro on my trusty NX6325?
I do have an OEM XP Pro but i'd really rather have it back to as it was (minus Norton of course!) as me and the old gal have grown accustomed to each other over the last 6 years and i liked her just as she was!
Thanks in advance for any useful help

Thanks very much for your help.
Unfortunately i'm in the UK and by the time shipping is added to the "third party" website option it comes to $40, quite an expense for a laptop that is probably only worth $50 in todays market :/
It may end up being an OEM install and then adding all the drivers.
Shame really as i did like the speed and ease of the option of reinstalling everything from a partition...bugger :/
Edit*....It does run Win7 Ult 64bit slick as you like as i upgraded it to a TL-68 (Dual Core 2.4ghz) and have the option of 8gb if i end up installing a complete new OS

Factory recovery dvds will not work. hp g62t vu636av

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it's been so long i dont remember how/when this started. it was either a windows update or a hp total care update, after the update my computer would load the hp logo bios screen then would either say boot mgr missing or no bootable device. i got out my factory recovery dvds and ran them. it would read the disksload the files but when writing them onto the hdd it would stop at 12% i tried it a number of times with the same result. then i found a win7 disk of the same release, loaded a fresh copy of win 7 and it worked great. then my computer did a few updates and the exact same thing happened, no bootable device, etc. called hp customer care. they decided i needed new recovery media. did not work. same 12% result. hp decided it was a hdd issue. they sent me a new hard drive, and new recovery media. same 12% result with new hard drive and new recovery media. i have no idea what to do now. help.

If all has been replaced except the system board then it is time to contact warranty services again.
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Recovery DVDs show error 0xe0ef000e

I bought a HP G-62 361TX Notebook PC in October and got a set of 4 recovery DVDs. A few days ago my system was malfunctioning so i decided to recover it to the factory state using those DVDs,so i booted my system using the first DVD and when the recovery manager started i selected th option to restore it to the factory state,it formatted my hard disc and started copying the files. At 27% it asked me for the next DVD, i inserted it and copying started from the second DVD. But at 49%, an error message occured displaying an error code 0xe0ef000e and the system rebooted. After rebbot the system showed Boot Manager Missing. What is this Problem and how can it be resolved? Will it be covered under warranty? Please reply as early as posible, I am facing a lot of problem.

Hi, There is certainly no harm in trying the procedure below - it simply wipes the Hard Drive before reinstalling the operating system. Make sure though, that you have created the bootable CD mentioned in my previous posts - it's on the link below. http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareDownloadIndex?softwareitem=pv-80183-1&cc=us&lc=en&dlc=en Now try the following process ( don't worry about the name KillDisk as all it does is wipe the Hard Drive ). Download and install Killdisk on the link below. http://software.lsoft.net/KillDiskSuiteFree-Setup.exe Download and install ImgBurn on the link below. http://download.cnet.com/ImgBurn/3000-2646_4-10847481.html Go to the Kill Disk application you have installed in All Programs, open the main folder, then select Bootable Disk creators and from that select Bootable DOS CD Creator which will burn the bootable ISO to a blank CD. During the next process do not worry about any warnings as your Recovery DVDs will reformat and partition the HDD. Insert this CD in to your PC that is unable to load Windows 7 properly. Shut the PC down, then start it again to boot from the Killdisk CD and follow the on screen instructions for Kill Disk. A brief description of the process is here Killdisk. Use this to wipe the whole of the Hard Drive ( f10 ) - ( make sure you include all partitions and then start the process - this may take a couple of hours! ). When the drive is wiped, retry the process of first loading the bootable CD you created earlier, insert it into the system that is unable to boot, restart it and wait until you see a window with a green check mark. Then remove the CD and insert your first Recovery DVD and restart the PC to start installing the Operating System. Let me know how you get on. Best wishes, DP-K

Replaced hard drive, locked out of Windows, Recovery DVDs freezing?

My fiance has an HP Pavilion G61 laptop. He purchased it through a rental company back in 2010. Last month, the hard drive fritzed out and died on him. We had it replaced through a local computer repair store, as his laptop was no longer under warranty, but when we got the laptop back, Windows was not activated on it. We called them back and asked them to fix the issue, but after a few days, they discovered that the Windows code had been locked out and was unusable. We searched online for similiar instances and he was told to purchase the HP system recovery DVDs and run them, and that when the recovery was done, it would be back to factory settings and Windows would be activated. We received the discs in the mail after buying them from HP, and can get Disc 1 to run fine all the way to completion. Then we get to the "Insert disc 2" screen, and we put the disc in and...nothing. Absolutely nothing. It freezes on this screen every single time and does NOTHING. We're incredibly frustrated and he is talking about trashing the laptop because it's completely useless at this point. Can ANYONE help me out and tell me what is wrong and how to fix it?
For reference, it's Windows 7 Home Premium edition that was on his laptop.

I would test the hard drive and memory just to be sure there is not some hardware issue causing the problem with the recovery discs.
When you first power up the notebook, use the F10 key (tapping rapidly) to enter the bios and run the diagnostics. Post back any messages or errors please.
I can help you get Windows installed without the HP discs but is a huge undertaking and should be a last resort.
Also, Please post your full product Number for me.
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Mountain Lion Recovery DVD - How can I make one, ML was installed on my iMac and BBP

Mountain Lion Recovery DVD - How can I make one, ML was installed on my iMac and MBP when I purchased them. When I look at the App Store, it dose not show ML as purchased (to download again) - do I have to purchase it again to make a Recovery DVD?
Thanks for your help.
Regards
NGI

do i have to purchase it again to make a Recovery DVD?
No. You can still make a bootable recovery DVD, but you will not be able to make a full bootable copy of ML without purchase.
1) Enable the debug menu for Disk Utility via Terminal Application. Navigate to terminal by typing "terminal" in spotlight. Copy the bolded text below and enter it into the command prompt:
defaults write com.apple.DiskUtility DUDebugMenuEnabled -bool true ; open -a "Disk Utility" ; exit
2) From the Debug Menu > Select Show every Partition > Recovery HD should appear
3) Right click (control + click) the Recovery HD partition and select "Mount"
4) Right click again the partition again > "Reveal Recovery HD in Finder". Leave this window open
5) At this point, you will need open terminal again and enter the following command:
sudo chflags nohidden /Volumes/Recovery\ HD/com.apple.recovery.boot/BaseSystem.dmg ; exit
Type your password when prompted.
6) Navigate back to the Recovery HD finder Window > com.apple.recovery.boot > BaseSystem.dmg
7) Drag "BaseSystem.dmg" into Disk Utility's sidebar.
8) Insert your DVD
9) Select "BaseSystem.dmg" in the sidebar and hit "Burn"
Once the burn is completed, hold option down at startup and select the DVD to boot. This is a bootable Recovery partition, not a bootable copy of ML.
Note: to disable the debug menu,
defaults write com.apple.DiskUtility DUDebugMenuEnabled -bool false

Who can copy and send me Qosmio G30-117 Recovery DVD

I don't have recovery DVD.My friend buy it for me from England and bring it to me.We didn't find the recovery DVD in the pack.I asked the seller,but they didn't interested with my problem.I asked Toshiba service in Turkey,but they said me they couldn't give or sell me a new recovery DVD.I have windows xp mce licence key.How can I resolve this problem.Could anyone send me a copy of G30's recovery DVD?,could anyone help me?

Hi, Thanks your interest with my problem. I live in istanbul/Turkey. My friend who bought qosmio for me didn't help me.
Someone gave me Toshiba service center telephone in England, but I speak english very little. I can inform the notebook's serial number, model, etc.
Could someone help me to buy Recovery DVD from the service center and send it to my address. I can pay through PayPal or another way.
Thaks everybody.

Questions and answers about ordering Recovery DVDs

There are some Frequently Asked Questions about the ordering process for Recovery DVDs:
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I will explain some things out.
EDGE network is very slow and actually EDGE is for light internet usage. However some operators, like Elisa Oyj in Finland, can handle 200 kbps in EDGE. If so, you can use 160 kbps Spotify without any problems. But keep in mind, some networks may be slow in EDGE and speed may be lower - in this case just use 96 kbps sound quality.
Personally I would suggest 384 kbps or faster Mobile Internet. Because when you use 320 kbps in mobile, EDGE network isn't enough to handle Extreme quality. The Unlimited is good, but you should be fine with 1GB, just stream then 96 kbps or 160 kbps. I use 0.5M Unlimited 3G Internet and I can say it works like a charm with Extreme sound quality.
If in your country no way for Unlimited, you always can download Spotify playlists to Offline mode with your wifi. But I would say there is no need to fast 3G internet like max. 21M packages - Spotify will work fine with 384 kbps in any sound quality and in slow network too. However in this case you might want to use lower sound quality.
Also remember if you use Unlimited or Free and there no plans to Premium, just ignore those. Free and Unlimited use only 160 kbps and no Mobile or 320 kbps support, so you will be fine with 256 kbps Internet. Personally I suggest to everyone 8M/1M Internet for Home use and to Mobile use something like 0.5M or 1M.

Vista DVD and Recovery CD's

My father (aged in his 70's) has just purchased a Lenovo 3000 series desktop. It seems a good machine but it was supplied with no Vista DVD. I tried to create a Recovery disc for him, but when you follow the customer care help it tells you to go to a particular menu screen and select the Create Rescue & Recovery Disc option, however this menu option is not there and there is nothing that sounds like it will do this task in any of the sub-menu's. So, the first questions is how do we create a recovery disc for the computer?
Secondly, I'm concerned about the absence of a Vista DVD. What if, for example, his hard drive dies after the computer is out of warranty and he has to buy a new one? How does he install his licensed copy of Vista on the replacement hard drive if he doesn't have the DVD? I don't understand how you can purchase a license and not receive a copy of the software that goes with it.

There is no LenovoCare menu but there is a LenovoCare Tools option in the Welcome Centre. Under that menu there is no option for "Create Recovery Media". Under LenovoCare Tools there is a Data Protection and Recovery option, and under that there is a Rescue and Recovery option. However even within the Rescue and Recovery option I can't find any option to create recovery media. It has 3 sub-menus: "Back up your system", "Restore your system", and "Manage settings". None of these has any sub option to create recovery media.
I have all the screenshots but I cannot figure out how to display them here.
My other concern is that the PC was supplied without a Windows Vista disk. I cannot see how to create a Windows Vista CD/DVD from the system, so my dad has a licensed copy of loaded but no actual copy of the installation disk. How do we do this? If the hard drive fails after the warranty period, how would my dad install Vista on his new HDD?

Cannot burn recovery dvd disc in toshiba recovery media creator and windows 8

I just purchased a satellite Pro L875 with blu ray writer.
When I use the recovery media creator, error message come up, asked me to check if the media was broken or scatched.
The dvd had some data written on it and it was not blank after the error message.
I tried to burn dvd disc in windows 8 alone. it did not start burning. I only added the file to be burnt on the optical drive.
I played dvd and blu ray on the drive. it had no problem.
How to get it burn recovery disc and normal data disc?
I found information about try to use the appropiate dvd disc with the speed that matches the burner speed.
How to know what blu ray rw, dvd rw speed my blue ray writer support?
it would be great if anyone answer my questions and will get the drive to burn some disc..
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Lost my recovery dvd #1 (still have got #2 and 3)

Could anybody help me to find a solution?
I've Lost my recovery dvd #1 (still have got #2 and 3) so no way to recover my HP DM1 3235SF to its original state.
I've tried to make a usb flash disk (and it seemed to work) but I can not boot on it (even though I registered the usb devive as first bootablle device in the BIOS setup)
Is there a way to find that dvd #1 some where (without paying for it?)
Or could you tell me how to have my notebook recovered with the USB flash disk?
Thank you

Hi,
The set of disks contains the data to reload the Operating system and all the disks are needed. If you dont have any one of the disks then you cannot reinstall it. Only option to to get the complete set of disks from HP.
Recovery disk Order
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=bph07143&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en
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System restore and formatting from the recovery dvd

initially i had only one drive but after partioning it to one more drive. i had along with the onekey recovery probelm i had system restore unsuccessful problem and also with the recovery dvd, it doesn't give option to choose drive to format, it start formatting the whole system. any solution to these?????

rajesh,
The recovery DVD you use makes the default partitioning scheme that your system obtained from the factory.You cannot make custom partitions with the recovery dvd set
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