I have a toshiba satellite laptop. I have it for A/C adapter socket replacement. Since i got it back, i cannot run it in normal mode. It freezes in 5 min. I have to run it in safe mode. My service provider told me to run destructive recovery on the laptop. I have no idea how to do that, or whether its the correct solution. I have ran the standard recovery disk N number of times. No change.
2006-06-18 03:04:14 · 7 answers · asked by Nikhil K 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
Destructive recovery means you format your HD and loose all you data. Normally with Toshiba Satellite you boot off you recovery CD and do a factory default.
2006-06-18 03:10:50 · answer #1 · answered by Jon E 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A destructive recovery is where you completely ERASE your hard drive, data, and programs. You can do this, or you can do a NON-DESTRUCTIVE recovery by using your Windows XP installation disc. Boot from the disc and type "r". Follow the on screen instructions. This will preserve your data and programs. You can use any XP disc that you have around the house. After you do that, download AVG Anti-virus, Ad-Aware, and Spy-bot Search and Destroy. These are all free downloads. Update them right away and use them NOW and hereafter update them and use them OFTEN.
2006-06-18 11:25:13 · answer #2 · answered by mittalman53 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
replacing the operating system and whatever the broken files are with the original copies. however THIS WILL DESTROY ALL YOUR DOCUMENTS (and photos, music, videos, emails, programs, games etc etc etc)
that 5 minute freeze up sounds more like a hardware problem though, like there's some function that's accessed in standard mode that safe mode doesn't touch, and is crashing it. in which case destructive recovery won't do a thing to fix it.
2006-06-18 03:13:04 · answer #3 · answered by markp 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When you purchased your laptop you should have recieved somd disks with your laptop. I assume that one of them would be a "recovery disk". What this should do is bring your laptop back to the state it was in when you purchased it. Make sure you have all data backed up before you do this because it very likely will wipe out your hard drive and re install your operating system and all drivers,etc needed for your laptop.
I hope this helps.
2006-06-18 03:10:02 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Beforre you do a destrucvtive recovery (what a phrase!), try going to the link below. Download, install, update definition files and run it. I have a feeling there's more to this than a A/C socket replacement.
2006-06-18 03:12:27 · answer #5 · answered by Brian B 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It will restore the factory settings and destroy (delete) all the data you put on it. You should have a recovery disc or a hidden recovery partition.
2006-06-18 05:38:37 · answer #6 · answered by AlexD 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Format the hard drive and reinstall everything
2006-06-18 03:07:14 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋