I ended up erasing my hard-disk entirely in order to install Ubuntu. I want to get my Win XP back. Any idea?
Mine is a Toshiba Satellite M70. Since i completely erased my hard-drive the recovery disk does not recognize my computer. When i called the support, they said that i need to run a ‘disk manager’ and that it’s going to cost me some. I was wondering if there is any way around it. And i also that that a recovery disk is supposed to help you recover no matter what.Any ideas, folks?
You will have to pay to have it restored.
perhaps that will teach you not to mess about with things you do not understand.
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You will have to pay to have it restored.
perhaps that will teach you not to mess about with things you do not understand.
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I can not imagine anyone wanting to go back to Windows.
Were you using Ubuntu 10.04? If so, switch over to 9.10 it works good. And Linux Mint 8 is good.
If you must put XP back, then you should have a cd that came with your computer that would fix it. Ask around for help- you shuld be able to find someone who will help- you shouldn’t have to pay for this.
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Most name brand computers partition the hard drive before you buy it and have a recovery partition with the Operating System on it. Before you start spending any money, try hitting a few of the Function / F keys at the POST splash screen (when it first boots and says (most likely) Toshiba, before where Windows would start launching). Try F2, F10 and F11 – those are the usual ones.
It sounds as though you actually have a recovery disk and have it in the drive but it isn’t recognizing your drive.
http://www.ranish.com/ has a really good freeware partition manager that can blow away the existing Linux partition and format the drive for a Windows installation. Windows would be either FAT32 or NTFS. If I were you, I would opt for FAT32 and then when up and running type:
convert c: /fs:ntfs
to convert to NTFS, or do so during the installation
Don’t forget to make the partition active within the Ranish part.exe software.
Unless you are a bit of a Linux whizz, you’ll need to find a friend with a computer and CD burner to put the program onto disk for you (you may also create a bootable USB drive – I haven’t done that for a while but the instructions are somewhere on http://www.pendrivelinux.com/ ). You will need to make the CD that (s)he copies the file(s) to be bootable.
http://www.nu2.nu/bootcd/#wxp provides a downloadable image that you could use.
It would make sense for your friend to also copy the drivers for your Toshiba onto the CD for you. You SHOULD be able to get those drivers here: http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/support/jsp/home.jsp – oddly though, I don’t see any drivers for an M70 … try downloading the drivers for the M65 just as a backup but the recovery CD that you have should have the version you need (you’d normally check support.toshiba.com for updated drivers)
It wouldn’t be a bad idea to also put the latest SP onto the CD to save time later: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=049C9DBE-3B8E-4F30-8245-9E368D3CDB5A&displaylang=en
Assuming that the computer came with Windows installed, you will also need the license key during installation. The license key is usually on a sticker attached somewhere on the computer.
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