How can i restore my Toshiba laptop to its factory setting?
I need to restore my Laptop to its factory setting... Its a Toshiba Mod. # PSAA5U-02100R
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I got a System Recovery disk in the box with my Toshiba laptop, That restores your laptop to factory settings. It seems many teens throw the disks away with the empty box as they see no immediate use for them
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Your best option is a restore disc. It's the disc that came with the computer. This will completely return the laptop it to it's original settings. Barring that, get any windows disc. When you start your computer keep hitting the F keys. Depending on your laptop one of the F keys will open a boot menu. Mine is F8. Tell your computer to boot from disc. This will allow you to reinstall windows. And format your hard drive. Download drivers you need for your laptop here. http://eu.computers.toshiba-europe.com/innovation/download_drivers_bios.jsp FYI, drivers are what allows your various components (mouse, keyboard, webcam, wifi, etc...) to work with your laptop. Last resort - Hit the laptop with a truck. Send it to Toshiba and tell them that there is a factory defect giving you serious problems and they need to fix it. Bitch accordingly until you get what you want. Hope that helps.
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If you have the operating CD (windows vista for example) that I believe comes with toshiba laptops, insert it into your cd drive. Restart your computer and, very quickly, push the button that allows you to get to your bios. It will briefly say at the top or bottom of your screen, its usually F2. Next, arrow down to where to boot from, press enter, then arrow to the option that allows you to boot from CD drive. Now exit bios and save changes. Now, when your computer starts, it will load from the CD you inserted, and you will have the option to reformat your computer, thus returning it to factory settings. Note, when you do this, you will lose all saved data, files, and programs you have installed on your computer, so make sure you have backups of everything you wish to reload. You may have to spend some time downloading programs such as firefox or itunes, for example.
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If you mean OS system ie. Windows XP/Vista, you will need the restore CD that came with your laptop. Before you continue, save any important data/pictures to a removable media. You then install the restore CD or the installation CD, it will wipe your hard disc and re-install the original software as in the factory installation.
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