Toshiba satellite installation of windows 7. Simple instructions: How to install (reinstall) Windows

If you notice that your Toshiba laptop has become slower than before, or errors and glitches have begun to appear in its operation, then it’s time to reinstall the operating system. Freezes and other problems can also be related to the hardware component, but most often they arise due to incorrect operation operating system and programs. In any case, before you disassemble the machine and start digging into its components, try reinstalling Windows on your Toshiba laptop. Using a proprietary recovery disk, you can complete this procedure in just a few clicks.

Instructions for reinstalling Windows 7 on Toshiba laptops

Open the CD/DVD drive using the button on the drive cover.
Place here the recovery disk that came with your laptop.
Close the tray and reboot your computer.
In the first seconds after the computer starts booting, press the “F12″ button. In the list that appears on the screen, select “CD/DVD” - this is the device from which the system will boot. Press Enter.
In the window that appears, select “Toshiba Recovery Wizard”. Then click Next.
In most cases, you will be asked to choose between “Windows 7 32-bit” or “Windows 7 64-bit”. Make your choice. Click "Next".
Select "Recovery of Factory Default Software" and click the "Next" button. Here select “Recover to Out-Of-Box State” and click “Next” again.
Click "Next" again and then "Finish." The process of reinstalling Windows on your Toshiba laptop will begin. When all the necessary actions are completed, the computer will reboot itself and you will receive a newly installed Windows 7 operating system.

To reinstall Windows on a Toshiba laptop, you don’t need to do anything else. All that remains is to install the applications that are needed for work and restore the data. You didn’t forget to make a backup copy of all important documents at the very beginning?!

Installation (reinstallation) of WINDOWS XP

How to install Windows* on your computer. This article describes only the basic steps. Many people think that this is a complicated procedure, but in fact everything is not that complicated and an experienced user can do it on their own.

How to reinstall Windows.
If you decide to reinstall the operating system, then in addition you will have to reinstall all programs and drivers. We strongly recommend that you clean all HDD before installation to prevent debris from accumulating.
1) Copy all necessary data to external media
2) Find device driver disks for your computer or download drivers from the Internet. You can also use the DriverMax program, it will create a copy of all drivers and after reinstallation you just need to run the program and specify the path to the saved drivers
FURTHER

How to install Windows.
We will give an example of installing the Windows XP SP3 operating system on a Toshiba Satellite L300D-20M laptop.
1) First, let's make sure the computer boots from a CD. To do this, you need to enter the BIOS and select DVD-ROM as the first boot device. For this laptop, this is done like this: at the start screen, press the “F2” key, after which we get to the BIOS management screen. Select the “Boot” submenu, find the CD/DVD item and make it a priority (move it to the very top). Save with the “F10” key and exit the BIOS. (Alternately: at the start screen, press “F12” and select boot from DVD)**
2) When loading, a message will appear asking whether to boot from the disk (Press any key to boot from CD), just press any key.
3) Next, you need to mark the hard drive and choose where to install the system. We decided to split the disk into 2 partitions: the first one is for the system and programs, 100GB in size, the second one is for personal files (movies, photos, etc.), which will take up the remaining 130GB space. Delete all previously created partitions using the “D” key. Using the “C” key, select the creation of a partition and set the size to 100000MB. And once again, select the “unallocated area” and create a partition for the entire remaining space. After this, we will begin the installation by selecting drive “C” and pressing “ENTER”. Select “Format partition using NTFS system”.
4) After copying the files and starting the installation, the system will ask you to enter a key, then indicate: region, language, time and network settings. We configure it as it suits us.
5) When the installation is complete, the system will ask you to enter an account name.
6) The entire system is installed, install drivers and programs, after which the system is ready for use.

*) the article is about installing Windows XP
**) Initially, during installation, the system gave blue screen, this was due to the operating mode of the SATA controller (in this build of Windows there are no drivers for the operation of this laptop if the SATA controller mode - AHCI) is enabled. To solve this problem, you need to either write the drivers for XP onto a floppy disk and load them with the F6 key at the beginning of installation or go into the BIOS, in the “Advanced” submenu, select “SATA Controller Mode” and select the “Compatibility” mode. There is another way in which you do not need to disable the mode SATA. To do this, you need to download SATA drivers for this laptop, write them to a floppy disk and load them by pressing the "F6" key during system installation. (Also, you can not use a floppy disk, but add SATA drivers to the distribution using the Nlite program and write installation disk for laptop)

IT option -

The following describes how to restore a Toshiba laptop with pre-installed operating system Windows Vista or Windows 7 with hard drive through the recovery procedure from the hard drive.
There are two different recovery wizards discussed below. The first is the "Toshiba Hard Drive Recovery" tool and the second is the "TOSHIBA Recovery Wizard".

Note. First of all, you need to back up your important data!

a) Tool “Recovery from Toshiba Hard Drive”

Step 1 - Starting the recovery procedure from the hard drive

Step 2 - Performing a recovery from the hard drive

Step 3 - Completing the recovery process

b) TOSHIBA Recovery Wizard

Starting the recovery procedure from the hard drive

Process No. 1 - “Recovery” software"factory default" (restoring the system to the condition it was in when purchased)

There are three ways to restore a laptop.
All of them will be discussed below.

“Recover to out-of-box-state” (including the System Recovery Options utility)

This option allows you to restore your laptop to the default state it came from the factory. The partitions will be deleted and recreated as they were when you first booted.
Next.

Next.

After initialization, the recovery process will begin automatically.

After the recovery process is completed, the CRC checksums will be checked.

After checking the CRC, the recovery will be completed and you will need to click the button Finish to restart your computer.
"Recovery without change" hard sections disk" (Recover without changing the hard drive partitions)

The following warning message will appear on the screen:
The first section will be deleted. You will lose all data in this partition.
Are you sure you want to continue?
To start recovery, click the button Next.

If you are sure that you have saved all the data and want to start, click the button Next.
The section will be initialized.
“Recover to a custom size partition”
Select your desired size system disk C (for example 260 GB), then press the button Next, to continue.
The following warning message will appear on the screen:
All partitions will be deleted. You will lose all data on your hard drive.
Are you sure you want to continue?
To start recovery, click the button Next.
If you are sure that you have saved all the data and want to start, click the button Next.
The section will be initialized.
From this point on, the further procedure coincides exactly with the restoration process discussed above to the state in which the system was at the time of acquisition.

Process 2 - “Erase the hard disk” (removing all data and partitions from the hard disk)

There are two ways to clean your laptop hard drive.
They will be discussed below.

“Delete all data and partitions from the hard disk” (quick deletion process)

The following warning message will appear on the screen:
CAREFULLY!

Click the button Finish to turn off the computer.
“Delete all partitions and overwrite all sectors on the hard disk” (very slow deletion process)
This process may take several hours. Its duration depends on the size of the hard drive.
The following warning message will appear on the screen:
CAREFULLY!
As a result of this operation, you will lose all data on your hard drive
Data on the following hard drives will be deleted.
1. Toshiba MKxxxxxxxGSX (example)
If you do not want to delete the data located on the hard drives listed above, click the “Cancel” button.
If your system is connected external hard disk, it will be among those listed above.
However, if you do not want to delete the data on your external hard drive, disconnect it from your computer.
A few seconds after disconnecting, the name of the hard drive will disappear from the list, then you can continue.
To begin deleting data located on the hard drives listed above, click the "Next" button.
Data on hard drives will be deleted.
Once the deletion is complete, the following screen will appear.
All data and partitions have been deleted.
Click the button Finish to turn off the computer.

Consequences windows updates up to 10 everyone knows. Some people just don’t like it, others are not comfortable, etc. But when they bring a laptop and say you need to reinstall windows to save your data, you think it’s no big deal... But it’s better not to say that at first :)

And so, a Toshiba laptop appeared on my desk. In principle, a trivial task: save, install and give away. But something went wrong...

It all started with the fact that the data refused to be copied normally to an external hard drive. But a strange decision was made at that time to copy it to a second logical drive. Everything seemed to go well after that, the data was saved. We successfully rebooted, went into bios, disabled security boot and uefi. And they started installing Windows 7... Seven immediately said, there is no hard drive. To say that I was surprised is to say nothing. Anyway. Let's go hard Acronis disk director, which tells us that the disk is in gpt. This is where the first mistake on my part was. Well, I think we’ll convert the first logical partition to mbr, and leave the second one to gpt. But apparently Acronis disk director had a different opinion and decided not to bother like me, but simply took and converted the entire disk into mbr.

Well, all the data is already lost! What we need to do next is boot again from 7 and start the installation... After the first reboot after installation, the installation does not continue, we get a black screen with a logo and wild attempts to boot... The effect is zero! I start smoking forums, everyone has everything right next to me... I look at the sticker on the bottom of the laptop, and there 8 is looking at me... Well, I think, that means we’ll set it to 8, the client doesn’t care, the main thing is that it’s not 10... We load 8, start the installation and we get:

Well, I think it means the distribution kit is crooked... It happens... But having tried all the available distribution kits, I realized that the problem is not with them...

Not only is it already 4 am, but I also got a laptop that is outliving its usefulness and is shutting down due to overheating... It was decided to take a break and think.

The next day I decided to still give it a 7, but to approach this issue differently. I booted from the distribution and went into recovery, waited until Windows successfully dismissed me with the words “Well, no, I backup copy"... Launched everyone's favorite console :)

MS DOS

diskpart list disk select disk 0 clean exit

diskpart

list disk

select disk0

clean

exit

CLEAN - Clears configuration information or all data on the disk.

After rebooting and trying to install Windows 7 again, everything finally fell into place and began to work as it should.

For reference, the patient was: Toshiba Satellite l50-a-k8s

Another article in the series dedicated to laptop restoration various manufacturers to factory settings from the recovery section, dedicated to Toshiba laptops.

I would like to warn you right away that restoring Toshiba laptops to factory condition takes much longer than similar actions with laptops from most other manufacturers (although this is a rather lengthy process for all), so it is very important that the laptop is connected to the mains and has full charge battery in case of power failure.

And, of course, it is necessary to make all the necessary preparations. I wrote about this in more detail in the article, so read it if you haven’t already. All further actions assume that you have followed all the recommendations described in it.

So, to launch the recovery environment from the recovery partition stored on the hard drive of the Toshiba laptop, we must press the F8 button when turning on the computer, as if we wanted to select the boot mode. If you have never done this before and do not know at what point you need to press the button, then after turning it on, simply click on it until the following menu appears on the display:

Select the item “Troubleshoot computer problems”, which is first in the list and press the Enter key.

You will soon be prompted to select your recovery language. After selecting the language settings we are interested in, click “Next”.

After this, we will be asked to select the user on whose behalf the procedure will be launched. You will also be required to enter a password if you have one.

Once you have completed the necessary steps, click OK.

When you launch the utility, a warning appears stating that all data will be overwritten. We will also be warned about the need to connect the network adapter.

Since it is assumed that we have completed all the necessary preparations at this point, we press the “Yes” button (I apologize for the poor quality of the image).

Now you will need to select the recovery option. Since the article is devoted to restoring Toshiba laptops to factory settings, select “Restore factory default software” and click “Next”.

Select the recovery method as “Restore to the state at the time of purchase (Taking into account system recovery options)” and click “Next” again.

We will be warned again that all data will be lost. Click “Next”.

After these steps, preparations for system recovery will begin.

And soon the recovery procedure will start, which will take some time.

We must wait until a message appears indicating that the recovery is complete and we are asked to click the “Finish” button to restart the computer. Click “Finish”

But that's not all. As they say, the haircut has just begun. As I already mentioned, the process will take a long time. The consolation is that our presence is not required. All further actions will be performed automatically, including periodic reboots of the computer. In the meantime, you can do your homework.

A signal that the recovery is complete and the laptop is ready for use will be an invitation to select the operating system language.

This concludes the article on how to return a Toshiba laptop to factory settings.

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