My toshiba laptop has been dying out on me constantly so it was suggested to use the recovery dvd that came with it (the one that erases everything then installs the factory stuff). However, every time the cd is running I get an error message and the program aborts itself. First attempt I got 70% done, but at this point I can't even get 10% done. Nothing is working, and I want my laptop to work. Model is Toshiba Satellite M35-S359. Any help is appreciated.

I tried that originally, but at this point the computer can't make it that far without crashing. That's why I've been forced to run the Restore disc that came with the laptop originally.

Are you using the restore disk from within windows or by booting from it? Try booting from the disk and restoring that way.

 

 

 

If you have trouble booting from the disk, make sure the cd-rom drive is the first boot device. To check go into the bios by pressing del repeatedly when starting the computer to you see a (usually blue) screen.

i had an issue with a restore dvd and a laptop one time i had to wipe the disk and then install. Why? because alot of laptops with recovery dvds/cds like to use recovery partitions and it gets confused with the cd/dvd. Atleast that is what i have noticed.

Sloter is correct. You MAY have to wipe the drive but don't yet. It might be worth the money to bring it in to a tech place.

This is what happens when nothing is backed up. If it was i would just wipe. Any how i couldn't think of a similar situation of not backing up.

I've been at the point of wiping the harddrive (that's what the recovery disk does), but the thing is the recovery disk hasn't been able to finish because it always has an application error. I didn't hesitate as much when starting the process because I have nothing important on the laptop so I don't mind having to reinstall all my usual programs. If you guys are wondering about anything else I'll try to figure it.

What you don't understand i guess is most likely there is a recovery partition that usually uses 10GB of your HDD and you need to clear because that disk is getting confused or there is and error with that recovery partition there for just wipe it. This is why most recovery disk are looked down upon. If i was you i would grab and XP/Vista disk and use that your code for windows is probably on the bottom of your laptop.

Well actually I got the recovery disk to work all the way through. Yet again while I was updating everything to back to current days, the hard drive went crazy during the XP service pack 2 update, and simply put my laptop is no more. (The problem with the disk not running through was caused from a power error of some type according to one of the computer people). So thanks for all the help *goes back to looking for a new laptop*