Toshiba L305-S5955 Support Question
Toshiba L305-S5955 Support Question
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Question posted by warzingy on December 5th, 2011
How Can I Remove The Recovery Parttion To Gain Mor Hard Drive Space It Takes Up
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Answer #1: Posted by BusterDoogen on December 5th, 2011 12:50 PM
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Related Toshiba L305-S5955 Manual Pages
Toshiba User's Guide for Satellite L305/L305D Series - Page 2
... ANY BUSINESS, PROFITS, PROGRAMS, DATA, NETWORK SYSTEMS OR REMOVABLE STORAGE MEDIA ARISING OUT OF OR RESULTING FROM THE USE ...WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE. Model: Satellite® L300 Series
Recordable and/or ReWritable Drive(s) and Associated Software Warranty
The computer system ...DUE TO ANY TROUBLE, FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION OF THE HARD DISK DRIVE OR OTHER STORAGE DEVICES AND THE DATA CANNOT BE...
Toshiba User's Guide for Satellite L305/L305D Series - Page 29
...memory module 52 Removing a memory module 57 Checking total memory 59
Hard Drive Recovery Utilities 60 Creating Recovery DVDs 60 Hard Disk Drive Recovery options 61 Hard Disk Drive Recovery using the Recovery media 66 ... a printer 71
Setting up a printer 72 Connecting an optional external diskette drive........72 Turning off the computer 73
Options for turning off the computer 73 ...
Toshiba User's Guide for Satellite L305/L305D Series - Page 30
... Start
Search field 93 Saving your work 93 Printing your work 95 Backing up your work 96
Restoring your work 96 Using the optical drive 97
Optical drive components 97 Media control buttons 98 Inserting an optical disc 99 Playing an audio CD 101 Playing optical media 101 Recording optical media 101...
Toshiba User's Guide for Satellite L305/L305D Series - Page 32
...Card for your computer .........134 Using an ExpressCard 134 Inserting an ExpressCard 134 Removing an ExpressCard 135 Using the Bridge Media Adapter Slot 136 Inserting memory media 136 Removing memory media 137
Chapter 5: Utilities 138
TOSHIBA Assist 139 Connect 140 Secure 141... Mouse Utility 150 TOSHIBA Hardware Setup 151 TOSHIBA Zooming Utility 153 CD/DVD Drive Acoustic Silencer 154
Toshiba User's Guide for Satellite L305/L305D Series - Page 60
... it is not writable, contact Toshiba Customer Support to obtain the Recovery media for example, a D: drive.
❖ Recover your hard disk drive to the factory-set default.
❖ Recover just your computer. Using the HDD Recovery, you can:
❖ Create Hard Drive Recovery DVDs using a writable drive.
❖ Recover your hard disk drive to the factory-set default without the HDD...
Toshiba User's Guide for Satellite L305/L305D Series - Page 61
... created with a user specified size ❖ Hard Disk Drive Recovery using the Recovery media" on -screen prompts for completing the copy process. Getting Started
61
Hard Drive Recovery Utilities
To create recovery DVDs:
1 Click Start, All Programs, Toshiba, Recovery, and then Recovery Disc Creator.
2 Select DVD (to the item's Name-recovery files, applications (original bundled drivers and...
Toshiba User's Guide for Satellite L305/L305D Series - Page 62
..., or changing the size of your keyboard while powering on , the Toshiba Recovery Wizard screen displays.
(Sample Image) Toshiba Recovery Wizard screen
3 Select one of Factory Default Software ❖ Erase the hard disk 62
Getting Started
Hard Drive Recovery Utilities
Hard Disk Drive Recovery using the recovery partition
You have the options of recovering your system using the utilities...
Toshiba User's Guide for Satellite L305/L305D Series - Page 63
Getting Started
63
Hard Drive Recovery Utilities
Recovering the original factory image (recommended recovery method)
Recovering a hard disk drive to its out of Factory Default Software, and then click Next. Be sure to save your work to restart the computer. Be sure to save your information will be lost during the recovery process. The Recovery of Factory Default Software...
Toshiba User's Guide for Satellite L305/L305D Series - Page 64
...data and partitions from the hard disk. 64
Getting Started
Hard Drive Recovery Utilities
Erasing the hard disk
The Recovery Wizard allows you to delete all data and partitions from the hard disk-This option deletes ...saved your HDD.
(Sample Image) Erase the hard disk screen
3 Select the desired method, and then click Next. This may take several hours, depending on the keyboard to begin ...
Toshiba User's Guide for Satellite L305/L305D Series - Page 65
... without changing the current partition size
Recovering the C: drive to increase/decrease the C: drive size in 1 GB increments. Click the up/down arrows to its factory default setting reformats all information on them will not be affected and will be lost.
Getting Started
65
Hard Drive Recovery Utilities
Recovering the C: partition of the HDD without...
Toshiba User's Guide for Satellite L305/L305D Series - Page 66
... menu appears.
3 Using the arrow keys, select the DVD option and press Enter.
66
Getting Started
Hard Drive Recovery Utilities
NOTE
The size of the C: drive will boot up to the Toshiba Recovery Wizard screen.
4 Please refer to "Hard Disk Drive Recovery options" on page 61, to begin the restoration. The system will display on the progress bar...
Toshiba User's Guide for Satellite L305/L305D Series - Page 67
...Recovery, and then TOSHIBA Application Installer.
2 Click Next.
3 Click the item you want to install.
4 Click Install.
5 Follow the on-screen prompts to the bottom of the page, drag your finger
forward on certain models) allows you to move the cursor with your hard disk drive...Select Manage.
4 Click Disk Management.
5 Highlight the hard disk drive in the Volume list to display its status in ...
Toshiba User's Guide for Satellite L305/L305D Series - Page 87
... off the computer if a drive indicator light indicates a drive is active. This precaution is reading from the Internet.
❖ Take frequent breaks to put off the computer while it is especially important for viruses. For more about Sleep. Turning off backing up your files to disks (or other removable media) on it unless you...
Toshiba User's Guide for Satellite L305/L305D Series - Page 96
... media such as an external hard drive. For example, the range of pages and number of time and multiple CDs/DVDs. Restoring your work
3 Specify the print parameters. TECHNICAL NOTE: When restoring files, the backup program prompts you if you create in the backup program.
You may take a considerable amount of copies to...
Toshiba User's Guide for Satellite L305/L305D Series - Page 174
...to your software documentation for instructions see "Disk or internal storage drive problems" on the faulty diskette (for file recovery procedures.
This is loose, replace the label and try inserting the...If the label is probably a configuration problem. Your hard disk seems very slow.
You may also be obstructing the path into the drive.
If the metal cover is probably causing the problem...
Toshiba User's Guide for Satellite L305/L305D Series - Page 176
...175.
Most PC Card problems occur during installation and setup of devices, such as a removable hard disk, additional memory, or a pager.
176
If Something Goes Wrong
Resolving a hardware conflict...
Contact the manufacturer of these devices to see "You press the disc eject button, but the drive tray does not slide out." See "Resolving a hardware conflict" on certain models)
PC Cards ...
Toshiba User's Guide for Satellite L305/L305D Series - Page 188
...® operating system offers a convenient way to optical drives, or hard drives.
An external hard drive is required. Most of the optical drives built into recent Toshiba portable computer models can choose to...discs. For more help to back up ." No additional software is recommended in the drive.
2 Click Start. 3 Click Control Panel.
4 Click System and Maintenance.
5 Click Backup and Restore...
Toshiba User's Guide for Satellite L305/L305D Series - Page 189
... models).
❖ Do not guess-follow this sequence:
1 Back up critical data.
2 Create a Restore Point.
3 Install one item of new hardware (printers, pointing devices, external hard drives, DVD writers, scanners, etc.) and software (applications like Microsoft® Office and Adobe® Photoshop®, or utility software such as special toolbars for installing...
Toshiba User's Guide for Satellite L305/L305D Series - Page 215
...
An on a diskette or hard disk. direct current (DC) - Compare alternating current (AC). directory - disable - See also enable. disk - disk drive -
Devices may be removed from and written to hold ...it can be retrieved. document - Any file created with a device. Printers, disk drives, and modems are examples of material that reads and writes information and programs on -...
Toshiba User's Guide for Satellite L305/L305D Series - Page 217
..., but some computers have secondary hard disks that
can be a program... storage of an electric circuit are removable. The primary pathway (bus) between the CPU and the computer's main memory. H
hard disk - Examples are used by... The section of stored files. The primary (or only) hard disk in the circuit.
Hard disks hold much more
information than diskettes and are .exe for...
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