Toshiba satellite A305 Factory reset

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Katzz Posts 3 Registration date Saturday April 29, 2017 Status Member Last seen April 30, 2017 - Updated on Apr 29, 2017 at 04:25 PM
Ambucias Posts 47310 Registration date Monday February 1, 2010 Status Moderator Last seen February 15, 2023 - Apr 30, 2017 at 04:27 PM
My laptop keeps shutting down and I was trying to do a factory reset.. Holding 0 then tapping power, however this boots up as normal and the blue screen never prompts to reset.

Can someone help its a toshiba satellite A305

Thanks

Katzz

2 responses

Ambucias Posts 47310 Registration date Monday February 1, 2010 Status Moderator Last seen February 15, 2023 11,166
Apr 29, 2017 at 04:26 PM
You are not doing it properly.

Press and hold down the power button for ten seconds to switch off your machine. Next, press and hold the 0 key and, at the same time, tap the power button once to switch on your PC. When the machine starts beeping, release the 0 key.

A warning message will appear on-screen, prompting you to verify your system recovery. Select Yes to continue.

Next, select the Recovery of Factory Default Software option, followed by Next. Then choose Recover to out-of-box state, and click Next once more to start the recovery.
Katzz Posts 3 Registration date Saturday April 29, 2017 Status Member Last seen April 30, 2017
Apr 29, 2017 at 06:35 PM
Followed instruction released after the beep and it brought uo tge starting windows screen and. Continued boot up as normal.

I did this successfully on another system and it worked fine.. It just seems not to be working.. Any other suggestions?
Ambucias Posts 47310 Registration date Monday February 1, 2010 Status Moderator Last seen February 15, 2023 11,166
Apr 30, 2017 at 04:59 AM
No ! Your recovery partition is probably corrupted.
Katzz Posts 3 Registration date Saturday April 29, 2017 Status Member Last seen April 30, 2017 > Ambucias Posts 47310 Registration date Monday February 1, 2010 Status Moderator Last seen February 15, 2023
Apr 30, 2017 at 11:53 AM
Is there anything I can do if this is the situation to restore it to factory settings?

Thanks for your responses
Ambucias Posts 47310 Registration date Monday February 1, 2010 Status Moderator Last seen February 15, 2023 11,166 > Katzz Posts 3 Registration date Saturday April 29, 2017 Status Member Last seen April 30, 2017
Apr 30, 2017 at 04:27 PM
Perhaps you could try to get a restore disk from Toshiba.

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