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NorthumbrianBoro Posted on 26/11/2009 14:59 Toshiba Laptop Help Needed	Email Message To A Friend \| Reply To Message

I have a Toshiba Satellite Pro A120 laptop but have long since lost any CD that might have came with it for a full system restore. Its getting old and slow, having been used as a work laptop for three years or so, but with a reformat will be a decent little backup laptop. However, not sure how I can reformat it back to factory settings without the CD that came with it? I dont even remember if one did, as some laptops have a seperate part of their Hard Disk that is used for the system restore. Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Cheers folks
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Not_Smog Posted on 26/11/2009 15:05 Toshiba Laptop Help Needed	Email Message To A Friend \| Reply To Message


Does it have a CD/DVD drive? If so and you can get into the BIOS you don't need the original disc you can you boot from a bootable CD and reinstall windows that way. Alternately just clean up the installation already on the machine, remove unwanted programs from the add/remove programs menu , run �msconfig� check the startup tab and untick anything that doesn�t need to run. If you are not sure what should be running just google the .exe to find out what it is.
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boro_greavsie Posted on 26/11/2009 15:06 Toshiba Laptop Help Needed	Email Message To A Friend \| Reply To Message


Back up all your sound drivers etc on memory stick. Get a copy of windows xp or vista then install it then re intsall drivers etc off memory stick
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NorthumbrianBoro Posted on 26/11/2009 15:12 Toshiba Laptop Help Needed	Email Message To A Friend \| Reply To Message


I'm not sure I know how to back up all the drivers etc, and I don't have an XP or Vista disc anyway... Think its going to be too difficult to sort out
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NorthumbrianBoro Posted on 26/11/2009 20:50 Toshiba Laptop Help Needed	Email Message To A Friend \| Reply To Message


HUTH! For any other suggestions
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rutters Posted on 26/11/2009 21:27 Toshiba Laptop Help Needed	Email Message To A Friend \| Reply To Message


If you have a XP disc you can just re-format then see what drivers you need and download then from the Toshiba site. If you don't have XP it can be downloaded
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NorthumbrianBoro Posted on 26/11/2009 22:03 Toshiba Laptop Help Needed	Email Message To A Friend \| Reply To Message


Wouldn't the downloaded version need a product key though? And if its dowloaed, wont it have viruses?
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rutters Posted on 26/11/2009 22:09 Toshiba Laptop Help Needed	Email Message To A Friend \| Reply To Message


Not at all..I have been using one for a while with no probs.
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Muttley Posted on 26/11/2009 22:12 Toshiba Laptop Help Needed	Email Message To A Friend \| Reply To Message


You can (entirely legally) extract the install key from your current install (google for key extractors), or it may be printed on the Microsoft sticker on the underside of the laptop.
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NorthumbrianBoro Posted on 26/11/2009 22:14 Toshiba Laptop Help Needed	Email Message To A Friend \| Reply To Message


Oh excellent... so where do I get XP?
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rutters Posted on 26/11/2009 22:20 Toshiba Laptop Help Needed	Email Message To A Friend \| Reply To Message


Go to a good torrent site. I find Black XP to be the best version. Comes with a few progs installed. You have to burn it as a bootable ISO disk, Easy with MagicISO
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NorthumbrianBoro Posted on 26/11/2009 22:24 Toshiba Laptop Help Needed	Email Message To A Friend \| Reply To Message


Thanks Rutters - will Black XP not require a dfferent XP serial number though, or will a standard one suffice?
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rutters Posted on 26/11/2009 22:32 Toshiba Laptop Help Needed	Email Message To A Friend \| Reply To Message


None required Fella
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NorthumbrianBoro Posted on 26/11/2009 22:37 Toshiba Laptop Help Needed	Email Message To A Friend \| Reply To Message


Just did a quick search and it looks as though it needs to have 3 or 4 DVDs to burn it to! My laptop isn't particularly powerful so not sure Black XP is way to go!! What do you think? :)
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rutters Posted on 26/11/2009 22:40 Toshiba Laptop Help Needed	Email Message To A Friend \| Reply To Message


you just need to burn it as a bookable ISO. Goes on on one DVD easy
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NorthumbrianBoro Posted on 26/11/2009 22:41 Toshiba Laptop Help Needed	Email Message To A Friend \| Reply To Message


Cheers Rutters!! Have a pint
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