Toshiba Satellite P-25 S507 problem using recovery cd- it goes through first 2 steps and then reboots and starts over.

The Toshiba Satellite A10-S169 includes several utilities to improve the performance or security of the computer, and to reconfigure the system's settings. Toshiba Satellites running Windows Vista 32-bit and Windows XP come with the Toshiba HDD Recovery Utility, which allows you to create a recovery CD of your system and applications. The recovery CD will allow you to restore your system and its settings in case your hard drive fails.

Click "Start." Click "All Programs." Expand "Hard Disk Recovery Utilities." Click "Recovery Disc Creator." Select "CD" as the type. Check "Recovery and Applications." Insert a CD into the disc drive. Click "Burn." The Toshiba A10-S169 will begin writing the recovery content to the CD. Follow the on-screen prompts to burn your recovery files to disc. Hope this helps.

Hello, please follow the step,
Toshiba System Restore Vista Step 1 - "Initiating the HDD recovery procedure"
1. Switch on the computer and press "F8" key while Toshiba logo appears. You will see the following screen.
Choose the entry "Repair your Computer" and press "Enter":

2. Wait till the following screen appears, choose the keyboard layout which matches the language of your keyboard and click on "Next".
If unsure, just click on "Next".

3. the following screen a window with your username appears.
Type your windows password as you would log on to your account and press "OK":

4. The next screen offers several options to repair or diagnose your computer system.
To start the recovery, click on "Toshiba HDD Recovery":

Step 2 - Performing the HDD recovery
1. After passing the previous screen, you will be asked if a backup of your important data is already made.
You can continue with the recovery process by clicking on "Next"

2. Confirm the following screen also by clicking on "Next"

3. You will be asked again if you want to recover your machine (and delete all files on your harddrive).
There are no additional options regarding the harddrive, which can be set. Click on "Yes" to start the recovery.

4. The recovery procedure starts immediately by formatting the harddrive and copying all needed files to the harddisk

5. By pressing the "Restart" button to restart the machine, the recovery procedure is almost finished

Step 3 - Finishing the recovery process
1. After the successful completion of the recovery process and the restart of your machine, the following screen should appear.

2. The installation wizard of Windows Vista / Windows 7 will start up to guide you trough the setup for your newly installed system and to finish the installation of the operating system

FOR WIN 7 Toshiba System Restore Windows 7

How to recover a Toshiba with the HDD recovery procedure

- Operating System: Windows 7 - 32 Bit, Windows 7 - 64 Bit, Windows Vista 32 Bit, Windows Vista 64

Bit

The following guide describes how to recover a Toshiba with a preinstalled Windows windows 7 from HDD through the

"HDD recovery procedure".
Please note:
First of all, make sure you already back up your important data!

Step 1 - "Initiating the HDD recovery procedure"

1. Switch on the computer and press "F8" key while Toshiba logo appears. You will see the following screen.Choose the

entry "Repair your Computer" and press "Enter":

1. Wait till the following screen appears, choose the keyboard layout which matches the language of your keyboard and

click on "Next".
If unsure, just click on "Next".

1. In the following screen a window with your username appears.
Type your windows password as you would log on to your account and press "OK":

1. The next screen offers several options to repair or diagnose your computer system.To start the recovery, click on

"Toshiba HDD Recovery":

Step 2 - Performing the HDD recovery

1. After passing the previous screen, you will be asked if a backup of your important data is already made.You can

continue with the recovery process by clicking on "Next"

1. Confirm the following screen also by clicking on "Next"

1. You will be asked again if you want to recover your machine (and delete all files on your harddrive).There are no

additional options regarding the harddrive, which can be set. Click on "Yes" to start the recovery.

1. The recovery procedure starts immediately by formatting the harddrive and copying all needed files to the harddisk

By pressing the "Restart" button to restart the machine, the recovery procedure is almost finished

Step 3 - Finishing the recovery process

1. After the successful completion of the recovery process and the restart of your machine, the following screen should

appear.

1. The installation wizard of Windows Vista / Windows 7 will start up to guide you trough the setup for your newly

installed system and to finish the installation of the operating system
Hope this helps,


Hope this helps,

old post answered late by terry
first off, is that code, what I means.
the poster forgot to say they were doing RECOVERY.
and that is what fails. (or bought the PC used just now and last owner put it in to recovery stuck there,.... no history stated.
it fails for 2 reasons, (or more)
1: someone replaced the hdd before, killing recovery dead.
a new HDD/SSD means OS gone and recovery partition too.
2: upgraded the OS with out using Toshiba media.

if the HDD is bad now, there will be no 0 key recovery possible
the maker does not sell recovery media on any old PC.
most OEM only do this for 1st 3 years
no OS stated by you at all.

now to fix a computer with not money
there is only 2 answers,
steal one, (lol)
or if HDD passes all HDD tests, load feel Linux.
I do not find anything free, every day for 70 years,
not yet,

Restart the laptop and try logging back in using the new password.

Log on without the Windows XP installer. If you don't have a Windows bootable CD, use another computer with internet access so you can create an emergency recovery disk (ERD) that will allow you to unlock a Toshiba laptop. Browse through the internet and search for ERD software.

Burn the ERD program into the blank CD and use it to reboot the Toshiba laptop that you want to unlock. The computer will automatically detect the program, so it will take you to a series of prompts where you can change your password.

You either have bad sectors on your HDD or the recovery CD is scratched. If your recovery CD is clean and not damaged then a new HDD should resolve your problem.
Hope this helps,
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If it hangs with the new hard drive installed and doesn't without it hooked up then definitely the new hard drive is bad. Return it and get another one.

you can't use a restore disk made for a specific hard drive with a much larger hard drive. This information is checked by the restore cd. You would need to contact toshiba and get a regular windows install cd.

If you can boot to a windows CD, you can try a "repair installation" of Windows, this will let you reinstall windows on top of itself, without harming your data:

http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

Unfortunately you Windows OS crashed. Try pressing the F8 once you boot up. It should lead you to an option screen where you will be choosing SAFE MODE only. If you can boot up to windows under safemode you can do system restore or uninstall the program you just installed.

If you can't go into safe mode. Use the recovery disc. Pop disc 1 then upon booting the computer, press F12 to load boot menu then choose the dvd/cd drive. Once it finished loading, choose advanced option instead of Toshiba recovery wizard and it will lead you to system restore.

If both of the steps failed, unfortunately, you need to do full system recovery. Just do step 2 and choose Toshiba recovery Wizard, Out of the box state. This will delete all your data.

hope this helps.