Toshiba 2450 Recovery
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Heya All.
I have a Toshiba 2450. I bought it brand new about 4 months ago. I have the recovery disks but when i try to use it, i get the message "Wrong Machine, needs to be a 2450 (which it IS) etc etc".
When i changed the boot priority to boot to cd, hold down F12 as it states, go to the cd drive icon, it goes straight past my XP cd (seperate disk) and back into windows.
And as the machine doesnt have floppy i am kinda stuck!!
Could it be because i have partitioned the drive, therefore its now a CHANGED machine? thats the only difference with it.
I really need to clear my drive and start again ASAP.
PLEASE HELP!!
Thanks in advance.
I have a Toshiba 2450. I bought it brand new about 4 months ago. I have the recovery disks but when i try to use it, i get the message "Wrong Machine, needs to be a 2450 (which it IS) etc etc".
When i changed the boot priority to boot to cd, hold down F12 as it states, go to the cd drive icon, it goes straight past my XP cd (seperate disk) and back into windows.
And as the machine doesnt have floppy i am kinda stuck!!
Could it be because i have partitioned the drive, therefore its now a CHANGED machine? thats the only difference with it.
I really need to clear my drive and start again ASAP.
PLEASE HELP!!
Thanks in advance.
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You also mentioned an "XP CD". So, you have a separate Windows XP CD? If yes, we can probably get you out of your mess. Do you know how to perform a 'Repair' installation of Windows?
Before we get into that, please tell us what the problem is - why you chose to reinstall. Perhaps there's a more efficient way to address your needs.
I have managed to reload XP (Seperate CD, not from recovery disk) but didnt format the machine. So, i know have none of the toshiba tools or drivers etc.
I would like to know how to format and boot from cd to do so. I have an extra partition with my backup on it (files and folders only), so there is nothing to loose by having to format.
Do you think that because i partitioned it, the recovery disks now wont work? as that is the only change i have made.
Is there anyway to use the recovery CD at all?
What i am frustrated at is i paid so much for this machine and its own recovery disks dont even work!
-Edit-
Well since you can get the drivers, why not just do a fresh installaton (format and install) and download the drivers?
If you can't get into the BIOS to change boot order, you still should be able to perform a clean Windows installation. Insert the CD when your system is booted into Windows; the CD will start itself. If not, look for the setup.exe file to manually start it.
Or better yet, try a "Repair" installation; that would preserve your Toshiba software. Once the installation has checked your software, you will get a prompt to Install, Repair (press 'R'), or (forgot the last option). Don't select Repair at this stage; 'R' takes you to the Recovery Console. Select "Install". The next screen will give you the option to perform a Repair Installation. Unless your OS presently is really, really screwed up, you should be able to perform the Repair Installation.
Hmm...have you run Scandisk on your OS partition? XP's Scandisk is very effective.
I just had this problem trying to recover the system for my friend an hour ago. I tried to find a solution on the Internet but there's no information related except this topic in the forum. I have tried almost anything: re-format the hard drives, delete the logical drive, change the file system to NTFS, etc...then boot from the recovery disc, Nothing worked but ..... If you access to the CD drive (the recovery discs) through DOS, you will find a folder called Base. Just run the file called OS.BAT => problem solved
Most, if not all of the Toshiba utilities is downloadable from their support page.