Solve : what version of xp do i need to get??

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Answer» i have a toshiba satellite a105-s4274 and i think the factory image is deleted which means the recovery software won't reformat it, i get error " ntldr is missing hit ctrl alt del" toshiba said it's a hard drive problem but i asked around and was told i need to buy an xp cd and am wondering if i could find 1 online to burn or if i have to buy 1 which specific 1 should i buy? toshiba website said it came with: XP Media Center Edition 2005You will need to order the Recovery CD direct from Toshiba... Media Center CD's are pretty rare...even if you can find 1 However you could in fact install any Edition of XP on it that you want...all your data and apps will be gone as a result.i have the recovery cds but they do not work because i think the factory image is deleted, if the factory image is gone i'd need media center or any xp installation would work? Quote from: cagedl on March 17, 2011, 08:08:40 AM i have the recovery cds but they do not work because i think the factory image is deleted, if the factory image is gone i'd need media center or any xp installation would work? Official Toshiba recovery media contain a Ghost image and do not depend on the presence of the recovery partition. I think this has been asked by the OP on another site since Feb. 2, 2011 and CLEARLY been suggested. http://computerhelpforum.org/forum/hardware/f8/new_hard_drive_installation_problem/t30636.htmli actually asked the question on 5 different forums and between that and toshiba i got 4-5 different answers which i have to weed thru and figure out who the 1 guy is that knows what he's talking about and take his advice instead of the others and waste my $ so i need to buy recovery cds from toshiba? not the ones that came with the laptop? because toshiba told me i need to junk the hard drive but the more people i ask they tell me that probably isn't the case on the other site i had bought another hard drive but i was told on another site that i didn't need it and that is why i am posting here asking how to fix the toshiba hd, if the hd is junked no biggie i'll just get a diff laptop because it ain't worth the cost to fix it Quote from: cagedl on March 17, 2011, 10:06:19 PM so i need to buy recovery cds from toshiba? not the ones that came with the laptop? All new Toshiba laptops ship from the factory with the ability to run the system recovery process from a hard disk partition, and with preinstalled software that can be used to record recovery media to blank discs. Toshiba recommends creating recovery media to ensure the ability to run a system recovery even if the hard disk recovery partition is damaged or deleted, or if the hard disk breaks. Reconditioned laptops may not include this recovery enabling software so may require that recovery media be purchased. Recovery media can be ordered online. There is no CHARGE for the software itself, for which customers already own licenses, and as of 10/1/10 the shipping and handling charges for delivery of recovery media in the US is $24.95 for DVD media or $34.95 for USB sticks. http://forums.toshiba.com/t5/System-Recovery-and-Recovery/Recovery-media/m-p/9148#U9148 Quote Quoted from Cagedl: "I get error " ntldr is missing hit ctrl alt del" toshiba said it's a hard drive problem but i asked around and was told i need to buy an xp cd...." Well, from my limited knowledge... the error message "ntldr is missing" refers to the inability of the Operating System to recognize your hard drive. My question, is, did you install a different hard drive? If you did, you would have had to go into "set-up" (from the boot up screen by hitting delete or whatever key it needs) then giving the hard drive parameter information to the DOS OS. Perhaps someone else can add more to this for you. I am not sure XP has the capability to find and write the hard drive information into the bios?? My 2 cents worth. Rich Quote from: richardpreston on March 19, 2011, 04:29:21 PM I am not sure XP has the capability to find and write the hard drive information into the bios?? No operating system can do this. Think about it. Quote i have to weed thru and figure out who the 1 guy is that knows what he's talking about and take his advice instead of the others and waste my $ This mindset may explain why you have no definitive answer since the beginning of February.In the other forum was stated Quote I buy a new hd and put it in and am GETTING this error with the recovery cd in. This would tell me the recovery software was created for a specific size drive and or the recover CD are corrupt. Is the BIOS reading the REPLACEMENT HDD correctly may need to be configured? May need to change the boot order to CD first. Since it states with the recovery cd in. Quote the computer worked fine but I wanted to reformat it to get rid of spyware I have reformatted my desktop dozens of times but never the laptop and after trying to reformat it got the error "ntldr is missing hit ctrl alt del to restart" Were you getting the error message after you formatted the original HDD or is this since the new HDD was put in?Hello CAGEDL, I have a GATEWAY with WinXP Home Media Edition that I recently recovered. I ordered a RESTORE DISK from restoredisks.com for a price of $26.99 postage paid. It worked great. Restored the laptop to as-new 2005 factory shipped condition. I started the laptop and caught the F12 BIOS on the startup page; changed the first source to CD/DVD; opened the drive bay and shutdown the computer; put the CD in the drive and powered up. It caught the CD and reformatted the HD and loaded the software. I have since installed Linux Mint and have dual boot. A search on RestoreDisks lists two Satellite models with WinXP Home Media Edition: A105 PSAA5U A105 PSAA8U John

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i have a toshiba satellite a105-s4274 and i think the factory image is deleted which means the recovery software won't reformat it, i get error " ntldr is missing hit ctrl alt del" toshiba said it's a hard drive problem but i asked around and was told i need to buy an xp cd and am wondering if i could find 1 online to burn or if i have to buy 1 which specific 1 should i buy?

toshiba website said it came with: XP Media Center Edition 2005You will need to order the Recovery CD direct from Toshiba...
Media Center CD's are pretty rare...even if you can find 1

However you could in fact install any Edition of XP on it that you want...all your data and apps will be gone as a result.i have the recovery cds but they do not work because i think the factory image is deleted, if the factory image is gone i'd need media center or any xp installation would work? Quote from: cagedl on March 17, 2011, 08:08:40 AM

i have the recovery cds but they do not work because i think the factory image is deleted, if the factory image is gone i'd need media center or any xp installation would work?

Official Toshiba recovery media contain a Ghost image and do not depend on the presence of the recovery partition.

I think this has been asked by the OP on another site since Feb. 2, 2011 and CLEARLY been suggested.
http://computerhelpforum.org/forum/hardware/f8/new_hard_drive_installation_problem/t30636.htmli actually asked the question on 5 different forums and between that and toshiba i got 4-5 different answers which i have to weed thru and figure out who the 1 guy is that knows what he's talking about and take his advice instead of the others and waste my $

so i need to buy recovery cds from toshiba? not the ones that came with the laptop? because toshiba told me i need to junk the hard drive but the more people i ask they tell me that probably isn't the case

on the other site i had bought another hard drive but i was told on another site that i didn't need it and that is why i am posting here asking how to fix the toshiba hd, if the hd is junked no biggie i'll just get a diff laptop because it ain't worth the cost to fix it Quote from: cagedl on March 17, 2011, 10:06:19 PM

so i need to buy recovery cds from toshiba? not the ones that came with the laptop?

All new Toshiba laptops ship from the factory with the ability to run the system recovery process from a hard disk partition, and with preinstalled software that can be used to record recovery media to blank discs. Toshiba recommends creating recovery media to ensure the ability to run a system recovery even if the hard disk recovery partition is damaged or deleted, or if the hard disk breaks. Reconditioned laptops may not include this recovery enabling software so may require that recovery media be purchased.

Recovery media can be ordered online. There is no CHARGE for the software itself, for which customers already own licenses, and as of 10/1/10 the shipping and handling charges for delivery of recovery media in the US is $24.95 for DVD media or $34.95 for USB sticks.

http://forums.toshiba.com/t5/System-Recovery-and-Recovery/Recovery-media/m-p/9148#U9148

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Quoted from Cagedl: "I get error " ntldr is missing hit ctrl alt del" toshiba said it's a hard drive problem but i asked around and was told i need to buy an xp cd...."

Well, from my limited knowledge... the error message "ntldr is missing" refers to the inability of the Operating System to recognize your hard drive. My question, is, did you install a different hard drive? If you did, you would have had to go into "set-up" (from the boot up screen by hitting delete or whatever key it needs) then giving the hard drive parameter information to the DOS OS.

Perhaps someone else can add more to this for you. I am not sure XP has the capability to find and write the hard drive information into the bios??

My 2 cents worth. Rich Quote from: richardpreston on March 19, 2011, 04:29:21 PM

I am not sure XP has the capability to find and write the hard drive information into the bios??

No operating system can do this. Think about it.
Quote

i have to weed thru and figure out who the 1 guy is that knows what he's talking about and take his advice instead of the others and waste my $

This mindset may explain why you have no definitive answer since the beginning of February.In the other forum was stated
Quote

I buy a new hd and put it in and am GETTING this error with the recovery cd in.

This would tell me the recovery software was created for a specific size drive and or the recover CD are corrupt.

Is the BIOS reading the REPLACEMENT HDD correctly may need to be configured? May need to change the boot order to CD first. Since it states with the recovery cd in.

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the computer worked fine but I wanted to reformat it to get rid of spyware I have reformatted my desktop dozens of times but never the laptop and after trying to reformat it got the error "ntldr is missing hit ctrl alt del to restart"

Were you getting the error message after you formatted the original HDD or is this since the new HDD was put in?Hello CAGEDL,

I have a GATEWAY with WinXP Home Media Edition that I recently recovered.

I ordered a RESTORE DISK from restoredisks.com for a price of $26.99 postage paid.

It worked great. Restored the laptop to as-new 2005 factory shipped condition.

I started the laptop and caught the F12 BIOS on the startup page; changed the first source to CD/DVD; opened the drive bay and shutdown the computer; put the CD in the drive and powered up.
It caught the CD and reformatted the HD and loaded the software.

I have since installed Linux Mint and have dual boot.

A search on RestoreDisks lists two Satellite models with WinXP Home Media Edition:

A105 PSAA5U
A105 PSAA8U

John

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