Windows Vista Home Premium Recovery Disks won't work

Have original disks for this Toshiba A215. The hard drive failed so put in new hard drive. Got the missing boot manager message. so a tecn person used a cd and reformated the new hard drive. Still wouldn't run the recovery disks to install to factory defaults. the Windows Vista sticker still on the computer with the activation code. So borrowed an install disk from a friend, but won't activate. Says it's not a valid activation code. and still won't recognize my recovery disks. starts to run the recovery program then gives message - cannot enumerate. What does it want to enumerate??

cannot enumerate.
Try resetting the BIOS from AHCI mode to IDE or Compatibility or whatever you find there.
Most likely the trouble is caused by a hard disk with advanced-format technology. After restoring, there will be more to do.
Which Satellite A215? Always tell us that. There is a label on the bottom.
-Jerry

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Hi xbill,
What is the exact message you have?
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Windows Vista Home Premium (64-bit) is slow. Which start-up services should run?

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Sydney,
I don't have an IQ818 at the moment, all I have is an IQ506T - from last fall. I had just done a recovery of it.
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Good luck on this.
-dm (an HP employee, but the comments/etc, are mine, not HP's)
Name,Status ,Startup Type,,
Andrea ADI Filters Service,Started,Automatic,,
Application Experience,Started,Automatic,,
Application Information,Started,Manual,,
Application Layer Gateway Service,,Manual,,
Automatic LiveUpdate Scheduler,,Disabled,,
Background Intelligent Transfer Service,Started,Automatic (Delayed Start),,
Base Filtering Engine,Started,Automatic,,
Bluetooth Support Service,Started,Automatic,,
CalendarSynchService,Started,Automatic,,
Certificate Propagation,,Manual,,
CNG Key Isolation,Started,Manual,,
COM Host,,Manual,,
COM+ Event System,Started,Automatic,,
COM+ System Application,,Manual,,
Computer Browser,,Automatic,,
Cryptographic Services,Started,Automatic,,
DCOM Server Process Launcher,Started,Automatic,,
Desktop Window Manager Session Manager,Started,Automatic,,
DFS Replication,,Manual,,
DHCP Client,Started,Automatic,,
Diagnostic Policy Service,Started,Automatic,,
Diagnostic Service Host,,Manual,,
Diagnostic System Host,Started,Manual,,
Distributed Link Tracking Client,Started,Automatic,,
Distributed Transaction Coordinator,,Manual,,
DNS Client,Started,Automatic,,
Extensible Authentication Protocol,Started,Manual,,
Function Discovery Provider Host,Started,Manual,,
Function Discovery Resource Publication,Started,Automatic,,
GameConsoleService,,Manual,,
Group Policy Client,Started,Automatic,,
Health Key and Certificate Management,,Manual,,
HP Health Check Service,Started,Automatic (Delayed Start),,
HP Touch Screen Enhance,Started,Automatic,,
Human Interface Device Access,Started,Automatic,,
IKE and AuthIP IPsec Keying Modules,Started,Automatic,,
Interactive Services Detection,,Manual,,
Internet Connection Sharing (ICS),,Disabled,,
IP Helper,Started,Automatic,,
IPsec Policy Agent,Started,Automatic,,
KtmRm for Distributed Transaction Coordinator,Started,Automatic (Delayed Start),,
Link-Layer Topology Discovery Mapper,,Manual,,
LiveUpdate,,Manual,,
LiveUpdate Notice,Started,Automatic,,
Microsoft .NET Framework NGEN v2.0.50727_X64,,Manual,,
Microsoft .NET Framework NGEN v2.0.50727_X86,,Manual,,
Microsoft iSCSI Initiator Service,,Manual,,
Microsoft Office Diagnostics Service,,Manual
Microsoft Software Shadow Copy Provider,,Manual
Multimedia Class Scheduler,Started,Automatic
Net.Tcp Port Sharing Service,,Disabled
Netlogon,,Manual
Network Access Protection Agent,,Manual
Network Connections,Started,Manual
Network List Service,Started,Automatic
Network Location Awareness,Started,Automatic
Network Store Interface Service,Started,Automatic
NVIDIA Display Driver Service,Started,Automatic
Office Source Engine,,Manual
Parental Controls,,Manual
Peer Name Resolution Protocol,,Manual
Peer Networking Grouping,,Manual
Peer Networking Identity Manager,,Manual
Performance Counter DLL Host,,Manual,,
Performance Logs & Alerts,,Manual,,
Plug and Play,Started,Automatic,,
PnP-X IP Bus Enumerator,,Manual,,
PNRP Machine Name Publication Service,,Manual,,
Portable Device Enumerator Service,Started,Automatic,,
Print Spooler,Started,Automatic,,
Problem Reports and Solutions Control Panel Support,,Manual,,
Program Compatibility Assistant Service,Started,Automatic,,
Protected Storage,,Manual,,
Quality Windows Audio Video Experience,,Manual,,
ReadyBoost,Started,Automatic,,
Remote Access Auto Connection Manager,,Manual,,
Remote Access Connection Manager,Started,Manual,,
Remote Procedure Call (RPC),Started,Automatic,,
Remote Procedure Call (RPC) Locator,,Manual,,
Remote Registry,,Manual
Routing and Remote Access,,Disabled
Secondary Logon,Started,Automatic
Secure Socket Tunneling Protocol Service,Started,Manual
Security Accounts Manager,Started,Automatic
Security Center,Started,Automatic (Delayed Start)
Server,Started,Automatic
Shell Hardware Detection,Started,Automatic
SL UI Notification Service,,Manual
Smart Card,,Manual
Smart Card Removal Policy,,Manual
SNMP Trap,,Manual
Software Licensing,Started,Automatic
SSDP Discovery,Started,Manual
Superfetch,Started,Automatic
Symantec Core LC,,Manual
Symantec Event Manager,Started,Automatic
Symantec Lic NetConnect service,Started,Automatic
Symantec Settings Manager,Started,Automatic
System Event Notification Service,Started,Automatic
Tablet PC Input Service,Started,Automatic
Task Scheduler,Started,Automatic
TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper,Started,Automatic
Telephony,Started,Manual
Terminal Services,Started,Automatic
Terminal Services Configuration,,Manual
Themes,Started,Automatic
Thread Ordering Server,,Manual
TPM Base Services,,Automatic (Delayed Start)
UPnP Device Host,Started,Automatic
User Profile Service,Started,Automatic
Virtual Disk,,Manual
Volume Shadow Copy,,Manual,,
WebClient,Started,Automatic,,
Windows Audio,Started,Automatic,,
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Windows Backup,,Manual,,
Windows CardSpace,,Manual,,
Windows Color System,,Manual,,
Windows Connect Now - Config Registrar,,Manual,,
Windows Defender,Started,Automatic,,
Windows Driver Foundation - User-mode Driver Framework,Started,Automatic,,
Windows Error Reporting Service,Started,Automatic,,
Windows Event Collector,,Manual,,
Windows Event Log,Started,Automatic,,
Windows Firewall,Started,Automatic,,
Windows Image Acquisition (WIA),Started,Automatic,,
Windows Installer,,Manual,,
Windows Management Instrumentation,Started,Automatic,,
Windows Media Center Extender Service,,Disabled,,
Windows Media Center Receiver Service,,Manual,,
Windows Media Center Scheduler Service,,Manual,,
Windows Media Center Service Launcher,,Automatic (Delayed Start),,
Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service,,Manual,,
Windows Modules Installer,,Manual,,
Windows Presentation Foundation Font Cache 3.0.0.0,Started,Manual,,
Windows Remote Management (WS-Management),,Manual,,
Windows Search,Started,Automatic,,
Windows Time,Started,Automatic,,
Windows Update,Started,Automatic (Delayed Start),,
WinHTTP Web Proxy Auto-Discovery Service,Started,Manual,,
Wired AutoConfig,,Manual,,
WLAN AutoConfig,Started,Automatic,,
WMI Performance Adapter,,Manual,,
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http://support.microsoft.com/kb/945011/en-usi
Although I am an HP employee, I am speaking for myself and not for HP.

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Hi there,
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I'm trying to synchronize all my iPod's (I have as many as 4 iPods: 2 iPod touch a 8 GB each and 2 iPod classic a 160 GB each) with my iTunes software (Version 11.3.1 which is installed on a Windows PC (Windows Vista Home Premium)). Unfortunately, the iTunes software refuses to run the command "synchronize with the iPod connected" regarding each and every iPod I have. iTunes just declares:
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I am brand new here and have never ever made a post in any support community anywhere in the world in my life. Well, and I am not excessively knowledgeable about the particular computer or mac language but I know the very basics or can find out about them.
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Yes, others have experienced the problem, a simple search of the forums would have revealed that and the simple solution.
Termporarily disable any security software on the computer.

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