Fixing a toshiba portege

satya - 3/10/2013 10:51:02 AM

Less than a year old and it ails like a nonagerian


disk rattles
slow
looks so flimsy
Yet I own it!

satya - 3/10/2013 10:51:33 AM

I had to reinstall windows without a disk


needless to say pain in the rear

satya - 3/10/2013 10:51:38 AM

Now I need drivers

Now I need drivers

satya - 3/10/2013 10:54:57 AM

I think I bought it from bestbuy. not sure


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satya - 3/10/2013 11:01:09 AM

See toshiba support page

See toshiba support page

satya - 3/10/2013 11:17:24 AM

You can order toshiba recovery disks here

You can order toshiba recovery disks here

satya - 3/10/2013 11:20:37 AM

How to upgrade toshiba portege hard drive to ssd?

How to upgrade toshiba portege hard drive to ssd?

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satya - 3/10/2013 11:23:24 AM

May be I can watch this youtube video for this

May be I can watch this youtube video for this

satya - 3/10/2013 11:40:08 AM

How do I reinstall network drivers for Toshiba portege windows 7

How do I reinstall network drivers for Toshiba portege windows 7

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satya - 3/10/2013 11:41:40 AM

This seems an interesting page to update drivers for toshiba

This seems an interesting page to update drivers for toshiba

satya - 3/10/2013 11:44:19 AM

what is Toshiba Upgrade Assistant?

what is Toshiba Upgrade Assistant?

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satya - 3/10/2013 12:13:02 PM

Hers is the toshiba installer for windows 7

Hers is the toshiba installer for windows 7

satya - 3/10/2013 12:15:41 PM

Here is the main page where the above link appears

Here is the main page where the above link appears

satya - 3/10/2013 12:16:09 PM

You will find here

instructions from toshiba how to install toshiba tools/drivers (hopefully) once the os is up and running

satya - 3/10/2013 12:21:05 PM

how to install SSD hard drives on windows7 laptops?

how to install SSD hard drives on windows7 laptops?

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satya - 3/10/2013 12:24:05 PM

This is one of the floating suggestions out there


1. power down 
2. unplug the old HDD 
3. plug in the new SSD, and attach power cable 
4. power up with Windows 7 CD in DVD drive 
5. proceed to install Windows 7 on SSD 
6. get into BIOS and change the ACHP?? thingie 
7. power down again once Windows 7 is installed 
8. power up and go get my files from old HDD 
9. install all drivers on new SSD, ie printer, mouse, monitor, etc....

satya - 3/10/2013 12:25:12 PM

How do I get into Toshiba portege bios screens

How do I get into Toshiba portege bios screens

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satya - 3/10/2013 12:28:50 PM

One suggestion


press and keep down ESC button.
Or if prompted exlicitly with F2 or F1 use those

satya - 3/10/2013 12:29:12 PM

This is from the link below

This is from the link below

satya - 3/10/2013 12:34:09 PM

why is it so terribly slow to load drivers from Toshiba support site?

why is it so terribly slow to load drivers from Toshiba support site?

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satya - 3/10/2013 12:47:44 PM

tsiwin7 closes without installing

tsiwin7 closes without installing

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satya - 3/25/2013 11:30:23 AM

See here finally how I fixed this laptop

See here finally how I fixed this laptop

satya - 3/25/2013 11:32:09 AM

quick summary


order repair disks from toshiba
took me 3 hours to load them
that worked
replaced norton antivirus with bitdefender
reinstalled chrome as it is broken in the system install
took a systme image to usb drive
bought dvds to create a repair disk
allowed windows update to bring down 95 updates
it is as good as new now

satya - 3/25/2013 11:32:51 AM

See here how to reinstall chrome: it is not simple

See here how to reinstall chrome: it is not simple