Toshiba laptop restore disk and a new HD

Rcox4 · 08-24-2007, 01:10 PM

My Toshiba Satellite M35-s320 experienced a hard drive failure. I installed a new Seagate-100 MB, 7200 rpm replacement. Now my Toshiba cd-restore disk is not recognized and will not install. The original drive must have had a Toshiba ID because I have restored it from the same disk previously.

The Toshiba website is not helpful and Tshobia charges $30.00/hr for out-of-warrenty tech support. What can I do to work around this problem?

Thanks
Rcox4

**TheMatt** · 08-24-2007, 05:13 PM

Hi Roger, and welcome to TSF!

What specifically happens when you attempt to boot from the CD?

I have seen some recovery CDs that will not work unless the disk is formated. Have you used a bootable utility to format the hard disk yet?

08-24-2007, 01:10 PM	#1 (permalink)
Rcox4 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Springboro, Ohio Posts: 2 OS: Winsows XP Home	Toshiba laptop restore disk and a new HD My Toshiba Satellite M35-s320 experienced a hard drive failure. I installed a new Seagate-100 MB, 7200 rpm replacement. Now my Toshiba cd-restore disk is not recognized and will not install. The original drive must have had a Toshiba ID because I have restored it from the same disk previously. The Toshiba website is not helpful and Tshobia charges $30.00/hr for out-of-warrenty tech support. What can I do to work around this problem? Thanks Rcox4 Last edited by Rcox4; 08-24-2007 at 01:12 PM.

08-24-2007, 05:13 PM	#2 (permalink)
TheMatt TSF Enthusiast Join Date: May 2006 Location: Boston Posts: 13,702 OS: Win 3.1, 98, NT 4.0, XP Debian 4.0, Kubuntu 6.06 My System Blog Entries: 3	Re: Toshiba laptop restore disk and a new HD Hi Roger, and welcome to TSF! What specifically happens when you attempt to boot from the CD? I have seen some recovery CDs that will not work unless the disk is formated. Have you used a bootable utility to format the hard disk yet? __________________ - Matt M - KB1OSC - Folding@Home 85015 [url="http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/"] If TSF has helped you, please consider donating. If I have stopped responding to a thread, feel free to send me a PM with a link to the thread. It is advisable to subscribe to threads so you will receive updates when replies are posted. You can subscribe to threads from the "Thread Tools" Menu. »Memtest86 »Prime95 »UBCD »SpeedFan »NHC Personal »Everest »Sandra »PC Wizard »RivaTuner »ATi Tool Click here for Useful Articles and Guides