Cannot Repair/restore MBR Toshiba Notebook
Jun 21, 2008
I can not figure out how to repair/restore the MBR on my Toshiba Satellite notebook PC. Used to be easy with WinXP, I just popped in my legal copy of WinXP and chose the option, or in a command prompt typed fixmbr. But with Vista and a Toshiba laptop that has recovered CDs (two) I am clueless. I have tried the recovery CD, but it looks like it wants to toast the system, wipe everything, to do this. No option to restore MBR.
This all came about when earlier today I installed XUbuntu Linux 8.04. But I want linux off my system, it is gone, but its GRUB bootloader remains. I can boot into Windows VISTA, but I would prefer to just get rid of that linux grub bootloader and restore the Vista MBR bootloader. But how do I fix the Vista MBR using recovery CDs that came with the laptop?
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Jun 7, 2009
how to get the Toshiba ConfigFree Icon to show on the Notification Bar on a Toshiba Satellite with Windows Vista installed?
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Feb 27, 2009
My vista machine is in repair. Is there anyway to restore the vista backup to another laptop I use that runs XP?
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Oct 13, 2009
I began a Startup Repair more than five hours ago. Surely this can't be right. If I shut down and try to Restore to an Earlier Point,
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May 15, 2010
A while ago on my desktop Vista I was installing some updates. After I restarted the computer, it went straight to startup repair. I used system restore to restore to a point before I installed the updates. My computer worked fine. Thinking it hadn't been the updates that had caused the problem, I updated again but with the same results. This has also happned on other computers of mine. Ever since then, I have never installed a single update. I am wondering if this is a good idea or not.
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Apr 22, 2010
Running Vista 32 bit, have the normal start up repair loop going on details below
Problem Event Name: StartupRepairV2
Problem Signature 01: AutoFailover
Problem Signature 02: 6.0.6000.16386.6.0.6000.16386
Problem Signature 03: 6
Problem Signature 04: 2031645
Problem Signature 05: No boot failure
Problem Signature 06: CorruptFile
Problem Signature 07: 3221225624
Problem Signature 08: 3
Problem Signature 09: WrpRepair
Problem Signature 10: 10
OS Version: 6.0.6000.2.0.0.256.1
Locale ID: 1033
It won't start in safe mode & system restore (6 points) has not enough free space to restore the disk (I was backing up files into a folder to copy to an external drive filling the drive when it crashed - doh) & it says the Recovery X the disk is not in the selected restore point. Is there a way of copying files to enable the system resore to work or some other things to try.
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Feb 1, 2010
Vista isn't booting on a friends laptop. I'm trying to fix it but have tried everything I can think of. See below
Startup Repair cannot repair automatically (lists the following details)
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: StartupRepairV2
Problem Signature 01: AutoFailover
Problem Signature 02: 6.0.6001.18000.6.0.6001.18000
Problem Signature 03: 6
Problem Signature 04: 1310740
Problem Signature 05: 0xf4
Problem Signature 06: 0xf4
Problem Signature 07: 0
Problem Signature 08: 2
Problem Signature 09: WrpRepair
Problem Signature 10: 267
OS Version: 6.0.6001.2.1.0.256.1
Local ID: 1033
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When my laptop is awakened out of sleep, it should enter right into Windows, but instead comes up to a screen that gives my name and underneath my name it says *locked* --- I click on my name and then Windows opens up.
Instead, I would like to see the machine come out of sleep mode and go instantaneously into Windows.
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Aug 22, 2009
i have toshiba laptop running on vista, when ever i start the laptop it give me 2 choice
1- lunch startup repair (recommended)
2- start up windows normally
when ever i choose on of these choices it gets me into " windows loading files" then its go to windows logo "microsoft corpartion " then after this its goes to the black screeen. i dont know what to do i've tried to go into safe mode and the same thing " windows loading files" then black screen even in the advanced boot when ever i choose any choices i get this " windows loading files " then the black screen
oh and btw i have the recovery disc for vista BUT when ever i boot up with disc its goes the same thing!!!!! "windows loading files " then the black screen, so pleasse is theres anyway to fix this? dont tell me to format my laptop cause theres files i want it in the laptop, so is theres anyway to atleast go into the safe mode and fix the proplem ??
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Oct 30, 2009
Friends Toshiba a205-s5000 satellite laptop w 32bit Vista
Will boot fine into safe mode/sm w networking..
Normal boot just sits at loading screen..
Have tried:
Disabling all startup apps and services -same
System restore as far back as it will go - completed, but the same
Recovery functions from boot menu - complete, but the same
Last known good config - same
Disable Driver Signature Enforcement - same
Enable low resolution video - same
Biggest problem is no Toshiba/MS restore CD/DVD available.
I do have a clean copy of XP I could try.
I have no problem formatting and starting over w XP, but it just seems like if it will boot to safe mode, it should be fixable ... software/drivers being the issue.
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i m beginning to think there is no snipping tool for vista basic that i have in the toshiba.
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Mar 23, 2008
each time I boot my Vista PC the system is very slow to establish a connection to the network. How do I go about troubleshooting this problem? I have a SOHO network config. One Vista PC, one W2K3 server on the network. Verizon supplied FIOS router gets me on the internet. The network runs great once it is connected. When I click diagnose and repair on the network icon the result is a "cant repair the problem" answer.
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Sep 20, 2009
I am looking for some perspective on an issue I am having. I have a Toshiba A305-6860 and it has been having driver issues for a little while. I just now got done doing an out of the box restore and the same issue is there, which hasn't happened before. The main current issues is with the optical drive driver. When the computer was new a while ago it had vista x64 hp installed. the optical drive then was called the Toshiba (TSST) TS-L632 it worked well, needed an update to take care of some 301 error but still worked after that.
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Notebooks don't come with DVD's. If I copy the DVD to a Flash
Drive.would Small Business install from the flash drive? Or, as I have
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Workgroup : checked and was the same as my desktop
Network : Private
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