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U400 great machine I took one of them running Ozi explorer mounted on the dash 6000km from Adelaide and across the Simpson and back a few years ago, never missed a beat, if you look at the last 3 numbers of the serial number that indicates month and year of manufacture.
Hello Kevin,Quote:
Originally Posted by Kevin B
Serial Number is 880 13868W
So this makes it what year and month?
I just put the battery back in & the power chord and it went straight to Windows Error message and asked me what mode I want to start the machine in. Normal start up is the automatic default option. It booted up to the desktop okay.
I will try the to get the bookmarks off.
Last night the computer locked up during its attempt to restore at a different point. I had to use the power button held down to turn the little beastie off.
Kind Regards
Lionel
Sorry Lionel,
My mistake its the first 3, that approx August 2008 Model
Ok,, so tonight, I decide to have a look at the comp, and I've managed to get into the control section and restore it back to roughly two weeks ago.
It worked. :D
So, just because I'm a complete idiot when it comes to this stuff. What course of action should I take to ensure I can back up all my info etc, and also, is there a way that should this happen again, I can fix it in an easier way,, as in, may be a CD or something that I can just pop in and it fixes itself ??
Hey Marcus depending on how old the computer is but it may have come with a preloaded CD with the original setup & software preloaded.
All you would need to do is format your hard drive & start up with the cd in drive & follow prompts.
Otherwise it may be wise to take it to your local PC guys & get them to clean up any viruses etc then make a ghost copy of your drive that you could use if anything else happened this would also pick up any additional software you may have installed since purchasing.
Don't do this chops! You will lose ALL your data!Quote:
Originally Posted by FANTOM P38
Google: recovery disc set for your version of windows and model of computer. The discs you make will be able to either repair your drive or do a full install if things go really pear shaped. Do this now while your computer is working well. If in doubt, take it to a shop that will charge about $20 to make the recovery discs for you.
NOTE: Recovery discs are different to 'Windows back up discs' (which just back up your files)
Chops,
the U400 never came out with recovery discs supplied, the recovery partition is located on a hidden partition on the HDD, to access the you hold down the "0" key then press the power button as soon as you see the Toshiba splash screen let the "0" key go and if you have time it right it will boot to the recover partition, as stated this will WIPE EVERYTHING, follow the prompts if this is the course of action you want to take.
to make you own recovery discs go to Start menu > Programs > recovery disc creator, and you will need 2 x DVD's pop one in follow the prompts and it will burn a set for you, once done, pop them in a safe place for use a t a later stage if you HDD Dies and you need to replace it.
this must be done from the Machine that you have, a novice cannot use another set of recovery discs from another machine even if it is the same model as when they are being created the BIOS, Model and serial number are burnt into the Disc, if you were to try and use another set you would get an error message "WRONG MACHINE"
if you have your machine started up now CREATE SOME DISCS those will be a clean image to use at a later date