I use Gateway recovery utility to create recovery discs. First disc is DVD, then from 2nd disc on it asks for CDs. After disc 7 it gives error 203, regardless if i insert CD or DVD. Did i complete the process for still have some more disc to go? How many discs in the set?

Hi Dear,

First Install the burning software and then try to write the DVD, may you have try to burn without burning software.

Click hear and get the Burning software, see the instruction of mention below.

Data Compilations

• Burn, backup or copy your files to CD, DVD or Blu-ray Discs.
  Supports recording from command-line and BAT scripts for automating routine actions.
  Supports CD-R/RW, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, BD-R/RE and DVD-RAM media, including high-capacity double-layer media.
  Supports UDF (Universal Disc Format 1.02-2.60), Bridge and ISO9660 (Level 1-3, Romeo), including Joliet Unicode extensions.
• Create Bootable CD or DVD. Use it as a very big floppy boot disc for recovery purposes.
  El Torito creation support with advanced options: emulation type, sectors, platform, load segment and boot message.
• Append or update Multisession discs.

Multimedia Compilations

• Create Audio CDs. Play a CD on your traditional CD player or car stereo.
  Supports MP3, WAV, WMA, OGG, M4A, AAC and FLAC audio formats and M3U playlists.
  Supports title and track CD-Text, including Unicode.
• Create DVD-Video discs and MP3 CDs/DVDs.

Disc images

• Make and burn standard or boot disc images.
  Supports ISO and CUE/BIN image files.
  Supports UDF (Universal Disc Format 1.02-2.60), Bridge and ISO9660 (Level 1-3, Romeo), including Joliet Unicode extensions.
• Copy disc to ISO image. This feature can be used for disc backup, as well as for disc copying.

Utilities

• Erase re-writable CD, DVD or Blu-ray discs.

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Hi! If you have the Windows 7 disc just insert it restart the computer. It will boot directly from the disc. Then follow the step by step instructions here.
If you don't have the Windows 7 disc, you have two ways to reformat your Toshiba computer.
Using Toshiba HDD Recovery Utility from the recovery partition
In case of a hard disk drive failure, you may be able to restore the drive to the factory default state using the on-disk Toshiba HDD Recovery Utility (in a special partition on the hard disk drive).
You can select restoring the entire hard disk drive to the factory default state, or restoring only the C: drive -- without affecting other partitions (for example, a D: drive) -- or changing the size allocated to your C: drive, and then restore it.
To recover your hard disk drive from a system failure using the utilities stored on your computers HDD, follow these steps:

1. If the computer is running, shut it down -- by clicking Start, Shut Down, and again Shut Down.
   
2. Press and hold the 0 (zero) key on your keyboard and then press the computers power switch. When the computer turns on, the Toshiba HDD Recovery Utility screen will appear, presenting three options:

Sample TOSHIBA HDD Recovery Utility screen

Restore Original Factory Image (Recommended)
CAUTION:
Restoring a hard disk drive to its factory default state deletes all partitions on the hard disk drive and all data stored on those partitions. All of your files and information will be lost! Be sure to back up all important files first.

1. Press 1 to restore your hard disk drive to its original factory default state. A confirmation message will appear, indicating that all data will be overwritten and lost during the restore process. Be sure to back up all important files before proceeding.
   
2. Click Yes to begin the recovery. A message will appear once the operation is finished, indicating the HDD has been restored.
   
3. Press any key to restart the computer.

* The options 2 & 3 are for advanced users.
Hard Disk Drive Recovery using Recovery CDs or DVDs
You may also wish to to run the Toshiba HDD Recovery Utility from Recovery CDs or DVDs that you have created.

Insert the first Recovery CD or DVD into your CD/DVD drive, and turn on the computer. Once the computer is running, the TOSHIBA HDD Recovery Utility screen will appear, presenting the same three options above. Again Press 1 to restore your hard disk drive to its original factory default state. Click Yes to begin the recovery. Press any key to restart the computer.

Installing Drivers and Applications
The TOSHIBA Application Installer allows you to reinstall the drivers and applications that were originally bundled with your computer.
To reinstall drivers and applications:

1. Double-click the "Toshiba Application Installer" icon on the Windows desktop. This utility may also be launched by clicking Start -->All Programs --> Hard Disk Recovery Utilities.
   
   
   
   
2. Click "Next".
   
3. Click the item(s) you wish to install. To select multiple items, hold down the Ctrl key as you click your selections.
   
4. Click "Install".
   
5. Follow the on-screen prompts to complete the installation process.

Hope this helps.

When you first bought your PC or laptop, you would have been prompted by Windows Vista to create recovery discs, either CD or DVD. If you did this and still have the discs then you can simply put the recover disc into your DVD drive and re-boot the PC from the DVD drive (you may need to change the boot options in the BIOS or via a function key at boot-up).
If you did not create any recovery discs then there is a small possibility that there is a recovery partition on the hard drive. During boot-up, look at the text on the screen that tells you which button to press to get into the BIOS setup utility. There may be an option to start the recovery process, which would access the recovery partition.
If you have not got the recovery discs or a recovery partition then you will need a Windows Vista Home installation disc. The product key should be on a label on your PC or laptop.

Hi!
You can try the following steps:
1. Click on "Start" and then click on "Control Panel."

2. Double-click on "Backup and Restore Center" if you are using Windows Vista. If you are using Windows 7, click on "System and Maintenance" and then click on "Backup and Restore."

3. Click on the "Create a system repair disc" button in the pane on the left-hand side of the window. A new dialog box will open.

4. Insert a blank DVD (or CD if you do not have a DVD, but you may need to use several CDs, so a DVD is better).

5. Click on the drop-down menu in the dialog box and select the DVD that you inserted into your DVD drive.

6. Click on "Create disc." Wait for the green progress bar to fill while the disc is written. When this is done, a new box will open with a message telling you how to label the disc.

7. Label the disc according to the name in this message and then click on the "Close" button to close the box.

8.

Click on "OK" to close the next box and then close the Control Panel.

9. Remove the recovery disc from your computer and put it somewhere safe until you need it.

Hope this helps. Thanks.

most of the time to create recovery disks you have to use about 7 cds, 2 DVDs, 1 blueray or double layer. some systems also use DVD+R, when you start the disk creation it would tell you what it requires, your best option (if compatible) would be using 2 DVDs-R. On the other hand if you inserted the cd and it turned a few revs. most likely it is ruined already so you have to use a new disk.
if it is a brand new pc you should be able to use DVD. here is a tutorial for HP and it is pretty similar for most computers
http://www.wikihow.com/Create-Recovery-Discs-for-Windows-Vista-in-HP-Recovery-Manager

if it works for you don't forget to rate me
thx

Try another new dvd and it should be a dvd -r. havn't had good luck with dvd + r or dvd r/w when making recover disks.

never try to reuse a dvd or cd that has given you an error. toss it.

I was having the same problem (gateway P-7805u), tried about 7 different DVD-R's for the second disc and got error 203 every time. As a last resort I tried switching to CD-R's for remainder of backup and it worked! Hope this works for others.

hello lazerr_man,

Try to use another freeware burnprogram like burnatonce to create an
other CD, just to check if the Combo-drive is writing properly.

If you don't get any error messages like the ones from Toshiba program, then the problem is the toshiba software.

If other burn programs find difficulties in accessing CDs or DVD-Rs
then the drive itself giving you a hard time and might seek for replacement.

You may find the toshiba exchange parts too expensive and the internal drive is still reading disks properly, then think about an external dvd-rw drive, but make sure to buy a highspeed USB one (or even firewire, if the laptop has the port), else it will run rather slowly.

good luck

Go to http://www.ubcd4win.com/index.htm to download UBCD4Win. UBCD4Win will allow you to creat a bootable disc with your Windows disc that will have the Windows environment and tools to recover passwords among other things. Read the instructions carefully.

Post back with questions.

Yes, if you have a Gateway computer it is designed to give you a prompt to create recovery discs in case of a problem.