I I am trying to restore my toshiba L305 laptop to out of the box new. I tried all the tips, ( hold down 0, f8, etc) and it just keeps saying safe mode or start windows normally. What do I do? I also do not have the disks nor the toshiba recovery wizard option.
Full factory restore toshiba L305
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Napoleon85
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Unfortunately, without the discs there is probably not much you can do. At this point your options are to contact Toshiba to order replacement recovery media, purchase a new copy of Windows, or install Linux (free).
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Are you sure your laptop still has the recovery partition on the hard drive? The manual does indeed say hold 0 (zero) upon a cold boot. If that's not working, then you probably will need to take Napoleon's advice.
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http
/www.ubuntu.com/ is a good place to start. I assume your Windows install is hosed at this point? If so you have nothing to lose by trying it out, but it is a bit different.
/www.ubuntu.com/ is a good place to start. I assume your Windows install is hosed at this point? If so you have nothing to lose by trying it out, but it is a bit different.
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Try using this to clean it up:
http/windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/what-is-windows-defender-offline
That should get the worst of it, then this should clean up the stragglers:
http/www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/combofix/
Ultimately though, if you're on XP you're at risk for getting malware infections.
http
/windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/what-is-windows-defender-offlineThat should get the worst of it, then this should clean up the stragglers:
http
/www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/combofix/Ultimately though, if you're on XP you're at risk for getting malware infections.
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