WRONG MACHINE ERROR TOSHIBA M35 LAPTOP

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>Can somebody help me after numerous problems I amtrying to use the
>recovery dvd from toshiba I get the wrong machine error. Something to
>do with the DMI strings.
>Do not want to go back to their service since they have allready
>caused me alot of trouble.
>
>Thanks

I had that with a Sony external drive. Even though the drive was made
by Toshiba, it would not authenticate. The Toshiba repair center did
not have a PCMCIA CD drive so they had to send it to the factory to
get a fresh XP install. This was on a Portege 2000 sub-notebook.

There might be a way to boot to LAN and try another drive but I doubt
XP will be able to authenticate that way, either.

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There is a prom on the motherboard that stores "DMI" information, one
item of which is the model number of the machine. The restore CD checks
this, and if it doesn't agree with what the restore cd expects, the
restore CD won't run. There is a program floating around that allows
changing the DMI information, you need to get a copy of that. However,
equally important (although it sounds almost trivial), you need to find
out what EXACTLY you need to set it to once you get the program.

I'd suggest posting on the Toshiba help forum (there's an entry portal
from the Toshiba web site in the support section). Some of the people
there will have the necessary program and information.


Isidoros wrote:
> Can somebody help me after numerous problems I amtrying to use the
> recovery dvd from toshiba I get the wrong machine error. Something to
> do with the DMI strings.
> Do not want to go back to their service since they have allready
> caused me alot of trouble.
>
> Thanks