Download a Toshiba recovery Disk?

Your links dont work and I'm too lazy to copy paste them.

All you have to do is call toshiba and tell them you need the recovery disk with windows for your computer and it'll cost you $20.

I believe it is $20 on other toshibas that came with recovery disc.
On the newer toshiba laptops that dont come with recovery disc
but instead just the recovery partition it will cost you $40.

I must be an idiot. Ive been looking on toshiba website for over two hours and can't see where to purchase one.
And can you be really specific...whatever you think is obvious...prob. isn't to me. Dumb everything way down if possible!
I mean, do I boot with a Windows xp recovery disk or a HDD recovery disk, or are we talk BIOS or what am I needing?
Can I boot "whatever it is" from a LAN line? I doubt id figure that out though. It's 75 $ to send in for repairs w/ my warranty.

(BTW I have a M300-S1002X, Satellite Pro, w/ windows xp SP2)

I found the following Information:
It sounds good and all, but how in the heck do I do it!

Many Toshiba PCs can boot (start Windows, or another operating system) from devices other than the built-in hard disk (HDD) or built-in diskette drive (FDD). These devices include USB diskette drives, CD-ROM discs, a local area network (LAN), and PC Card (PCMCIA) hard disk drives.

Toshiba PCs that offer alternate boot devices allow you to specify which device to boot from (the 'boot priority') by three methods:

* From BIOS Setup (semi-permanent setting)

Boot priority specifies the order in which the computer searches for a bootable operating system. For example, if you set your system to boot from devices in this order: CD-ROM > HDD > LAN, the computer first checks for a bootable CD, then for a bootable HDD, then for a bootable LAN, and loads the operating system from the first one it finds.

Different models offer different options for setting boot priority. For information about how to access the BIOS/CMOS settings on your Toshiba PC, please see the Support Bulletin entitled "How to access the BIOS Settings on your Toshiba Portable PC" that is applicable to your model. By setting the boot priority in this manner, the boot selected priority setting will be retained for all future restarts, until it is changed again.

* From the Boot Device Menu (temporary setting)

When the TOSHIBA splash screen is displayed when you first turn on your computer, a boot menu prompt may be displayed for a few seconds near the bottom of the screen, indicating that a key (F2 or F12, for example) can be pressed to display a menu of boot options. The time allowed for detecting the keypress is very brief, so you'll need to be both prepared and quick.

On some models this prompt reads Press F12 for boot menu. On others, it may say Press C to boot from CD-ROM. On still others, there may be a row of colored icons representing the various boot devices (HDD, FDD, CD, LAN, PCMCIA, etc.) Press F12 while these icons are displayed, and then use the arrow keys to move the cursor from one to another. As new models are released, the wording of these prompts may change.

On models that offer a text boot device menu, simply press the key corresponding to the desired boot device from the list of available devices.

The selection of a boot device from any of these boot device menus affects only the current startup operation; the next time the computer is started it will follow the boot priority setting established in BIOS Setup (see the BIOS Setup method, above).

* From the Boot Device Hotkeys (temporary setting)

Immediately after pressing the power-on button, press the hotkey for the device from which you wish to boot:

Hotkey Boots from device
C IDE CD-ROM1
F ISA FDD2
U USB FDD3
N internal LAN adapter4

Manual recovery: You can manually reinstall the operating system on your computer. A retail edition of the Windows operating system may be purchased from a computer retailer. You can download the correct drivers and utilities for your computer from the Toshiba Service and Support website at http://www.pcsupport.toshiba.com

Important notice:
While Toshiba makes many device drivers and Toshiba applications available via the Internet, Toshiba's third party software suppliers / licensors restrict Toshiba's ability to deliver many of the bundled application titles via the Internet. This includes, but is not limited to DVD player applications, office productivity applications, and entertainment applications.

no its $24.95, i just ordered one on friday

I once had a problem with my Toshiba satellite L300D laptop, it could not boot and asked me to insert the windows CD, which I did not make copies of the recovery CD. I was asked to pay 189 CAD to get this fixed. Fortunately for me I found a link on this website (http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/support/jsp/outFrm.jsp?ofId=AskIris&searchString=Recovery+Disc+Creator+vista&x=0&y=0)
that helped without paying any money. Just turn off your computer, then press the 0 (zero) key, while doing that turn on your laptop and the recovery wizard will come up, follow the instruction on the screen. Hope this help!

I have a Toshiba Satellite R15-S829 and i found that even though it's from '05 it still has the capabilities that i needed. But because of what i use it for ( I use it for everything) but i think i got a virus that deleted necessary system files so now it will boot up but when i log in nothing but the background shows up!!! so what i have to do is go to the task manager Ctrl-Alt-Delete and click new task and browse for my programs but before the internet stopped working i downloaded a Windows XP with SP3 and burned it to a DVD with an ISO burner but the problem now is that, 1.) I cant get it to boot off the CD upon startup and 2.) When I Explore the CD and choose Setup.exe its runs it BUT the arrows show up but nothing indicating what the arrows are for???? so im gonna have to Find a way to get it to do what i need it to. . . so if anyone has any suggestions or solutions i would be greatly appreciative!!! Thank you in advance!!!


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