Toshiba Satellite Laptop recovery help

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Amdrin - Jun 4, 2011 at 07:15 PM
 Anonymous User - Jun 4, 2011 at 10:51 PM
Hello,
I have a Toshiba Satellite A105-S4201, which I believe came with a recovery disk originally (received the laptop as a gift, am entirely unsure) and need to recover to factory settings. there is a partition titled "Microsoft Windows Recovery Console" but am unsure how to use it.
Can anyone provide information on how to restore this laptop to factory settings?
thank you in advance.


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Anonymous User
Jun 4, 2011 at 10:51 PM
Hi,

Toshiba laptops from mid 2007 onwards dont have a recovery disc supplied with a purchase of a laptop. Instead, Toshiba has added a hidden partition on the hard drive which contains the same files on a recovery cd / dvd. For you, it is the partition named "Microsoft Windows Recovery Console".

To reinstall your laptop to the factory settings / "out of the box" settings, please follow these steps.

ALL DATA WILL BE ERASED ON YOUR HARD DRIVE IF YOU PROCEED. YOU WILL NEED TO ENSURE THAT YOU HAVE THE POWER ADAPTER PLUGGED IN. DO NOT SWITCH OFF OR RESTART YOUR COMPUTER DURING THIS PROCESS.


1) Hold down the power button for 10 (ten) seconds to switch off your machine.

Please note: Holding down the power button on the machine forces it to switch off. Any unsaved data will be lost.

2) Press and hold the 0 (zero) key and at the same time, tap the power button once to switch on your notebook.

3) When the machine Starts beeping; release the 0 key.

4) When prompted by the warning screen; select Yes to continue with the system recovery.

5) Select Recovery of Factory Default Software; click Next.

6) Select Recover to out-of-box state. Click Next again.

7) Click Next to Start recovery.

Good Luck!
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