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How to regain access to restore partition Toshiba A215

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  How to regain access to restore partition Toshiba A215 mike <ham789@netzero.net> - 2014-04-27 06:37 -0700
    Re: How to regain access to restore partition Toshiba A215 "MikeS" <misarY@gothere.ukX.com> - 2014-04-29 10:09 +0100
    Re: How to regain access to restore partition Toshiba A215 wrat@panix.com (the wharf rat) - 2014-05-03 15:05 +0000
      Re: How to regain access to restore partition Toshiba A215 mike <ham789@netzero.net> - 2014-05-03 15:34 -0700
        Re: How to regain access to restore partition Toshiba A215 wrat@panix.com (the wharf rat) - 2014-05-04 01:36 +0000

#2207 — How to regain access to restore partition Toshiba A215

Toshiba A215-S7462 Laptop.
I want to restore the system.
Apparently had vista on it.
Somebody overwrote with unactivated win7.

There's a restore partition.  Looked at it with hirens boot CD.
Seems to have the a gigabyte of files in the restore partition.

Problem is that I can't access it.
Manual says press zero key while booting.
No joy.
Googled my ass off...no joy there either.

Is there a way to get the restore partition attached back into the
restore system so i can do a factory refresh?

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#2208

"mike" <ham789@netzero.net> wrote in message 
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> Toshiba A215-S7462 Laptop.
> I want to restore the system.
> Apparently had vista on it.
> Somebody overwrote with unactivated win7.
>
> There's a restore partition.  Looked at it with hirens boot CD.
> Seems to have the a gigabyte of files in the restore partition.
>
> Problem is that I can't access it.
> Manual says press zero key while booting.
> No joy.
> Googled my ass off...no joy there either.
>
> Is there a way to get the restore partition attached back into the
> restore system so i can do a factory refresh?

Use hirens boot CD or some other partition utility to unhide the restore 
partition and give it a drive letter. You should then find a .exe file you 
can run to start the restore. Alternatively, there should be a Toshiba 
utility on the laptop to burn a bootable restore CD from the hidden 
partition. If you find it that may still work.

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#2210

In article <ljj17b$fcf$1@dont-email.me>, mike  <ham789@netzero.net> wrote:
>
>Manual says press zero key while booting.

	You have to hit 0 while you power on and hold it for a couple
of seconds.  But the guy who did the 7 install might have munged it.

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#2212

On 5/3/2014 8:05 AM, the wharf rat wrote:
> In article <ljj17b$fcf$1@dont-email.me>, mike  <ham789@netzero.net> wrote:
>>
>> Manual says press zero key while booting.
>
> 	You have to hit 0 while you power on and hold it for a couple
> of seconds.  But the guy who did the 7 install might have munged it.
>
Thanks, but if you'd read the part you snipped, you'd know I already
tried that.
Not a problem any more, repartitioned the drive.

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#2213

In article <lk3qtu$tp9$1@dont-email.me>, mike  <ham789@netzero.net> wrote:
>>
>Thanks, but if you'd read the part you snipped, you'd know I already
>tried that.

	I thought maybe you didn't know that you had to hold the key
during power on and keep holding it until the recovery manager starts.

	Please excuse me for trying to help.  

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