Toshiba Recovery Partition & Hotkey + Instructions

Im lost. Im being told by toshiba to hit the 0 key. I hit that key and had 1 shot to restore to factory defaults. I chose the middle choice, I think it was keep partitions the same but return to original config. Ever since then it just loops to the safemode startup screen and ignores it when you hit the number 0 key... So is there a certain time when you should be hitting the 0 key? Should something in the bios be set to something other then default? I never made a recovery cd and I cannot boot into windows any longer. Couls someone explain when i should be hitting "0", if i shouls, for how long, do i let go after a certain msg? Things like that.
The specs on my toshiba is its a satellite L455-S5975, runnin Windows 7.
However, for the 2nd time I have now been able to get to the recovery factory default screen. This time I chose the first option of just wiping out to go back to factory defaults... I fogot to mention, when I did the first recovery, it ended with an error saying there was an error recovering the partition. Im sorry for not knowing exact error as I didnt know Id be writing about it. However if this one fails i will be sure to post it. Please help if I come back with n error please?
Thanks everyone!
Liam
PS.. I received the error again. It occurs after its in the recovery stage. Meaning its finished the copy stage and any before. It comes to a halt during the recovery stage and says the following...
"ERROR: 10-FA12-045D
Recovery error.
Please press [OK] to turn off the computer...."

By the way, I noticed last time when I did restart, it says its restoring or i think its updating registry files. Then it begins to loop to the safe mode screen no matter what i choose. The original issue was a corrupt registry file (or so I was told by the self proclaimed family technician of computer).
The Toshiba tech suggested it needs a registry rollback but would not elaborate. Without being able to login to windows I wouldnt know how. But even worse, after running this partition recovery program i doubt it will even be available. Any ideas? Is there an updated recovery wizard that self installs? Anything?
Thanks again everyone,
Liam

nickolasgoodman wrote:

Hi, I have a Toshiba Satellite L505D running Vista that I wiped the C: on and was stuck without any recovery cd. Like a lot of systems these days this laptop 'does' have a recovery partition. The problem is it is hidden and not set to active. Luckily I have an 'Ultimate Boot' cd that allows you to look at and change the partitions so I set the recovery partition to active and un-hid it. When I rebooted the system it went straight to the recovery screen and let me reset it to 'out-of-box-state'. I hope this helps.

This suggestion helped me get into the recovery options that were unable to load for some reason.
I registered to show my appreciation and advise others since i was helped here.

Liam i would suggest looking for the UltimateBootCD as it contains a program that can assist with registry errors.

http://wiki.ultimatebootcd.com/index.php?title=Main_Page

Hi,

I also have a Toshiba Satellite A300 running Windows Vista. When the system crashed (and i was unable to log in) i installed a parallel Vista version (which renamed the old version to windows.old).

After this I've tried to make a factory reset instead, but unsuccesfully. I never get to the Toshiba Recovery Wizard (pressing zero does nothing) and when doing advanced booting the option "Repair" is never shown.

When i read the following I made a Ultimate Boot CD and wiped the partition holding the OS (both versions) to get to the same state as nickolasgoodman. But now i don't know how to activate/use the recovery partition. By using the UBCD and the application "Parted Magic" i can inspect the partitions and change flags etc (the recovery partition was flagged as "diag" (not "hidden") and I've tried to flag it "boot" and without flags (as the data partition) but no luck.

How do I use the Ultimate Boot CD to get to the Toshiba Factory Reset?

Best regards

seizer512 wrote:

nickolasgoodman wrote:

Hi, I have a Toshiba Satellite L505D running Vista that I wiped the C: on and was stuck without any recovery cd. Like a lot of systems these days this laptop 'does' have a recovery partition. The problem is it is hidden and not set to active. Luckily I have an 'Ultimate Boot' cd that allows you to look at and change the partitions so I set the recovery partition to active and un-hid it. When I rebooted the system it went straight to the recovery screen and let me reset it to 'out-of-box-state'. I hope this helps.

This suggestion helped me get into the recovery options that were unable to load for some reason.
I registered to show my appreciation and advise others since i was helped here.

Liam i would suggest looking for the UltimateBootCD as it contains a program that can assist with registry errors.

http://wiki.ultimatebootcd.com/index.php?title=Main_Page

I have a Toshiba Satellite L455D-S5976. As I was booting I kept pressing the "Zero" key and a loading bar started across the bottom of the screen and then it said windows is loading files. Shortly a red background screen stating that all data will be lost. Make sure power supply is plugged in before you start. You could select Yes or No. It worked for me. Thank you. Esrof

so after reading this...I thought i'd post to let folks know what does work on some toshibas.(quite frankly I believe it would work on any system with a hidden recovery partition) ubcd is the erd with several useful utilities, unfortunately nickolasgoodman failed to mention which of those he used which brought him success. I have many usb disks with some 50+ bootable 'rescue' options, windows and linux installations, so on and so forth, as being geek and learning new stuff everyday is what i do. gparted live is the tool you want, you can get the live rescue disk from the folks at gparted HERE and you can create a bootable live disk with it simply burning the downloaded image to a disk as an image, as that is what it is. boot from the media you created(i prefer creating bootable live usb sticks, more info at pendrivelinux.com - click YUMI - so much more efficient) and once gparted live starts up and the software opens, find the hddrecovery partition. for me it was the 3rd partition, the first was a very tiny 'diag' partition, second was the windows partition some numbskull loaded win7 ultimate 'pirated' edition on, the third was the hddrecovery, this one i right clicked, clicked manage flags, and unchecked hidden, and checked boot. initially the diag partition had boot and diag checked, afterwards it only had diag checked. I applied the settings and rebooted the laptop. direct to toshibas recovery lickety split no hitting 0, no bothering with anything else. do NOT bother debating any of the options, the one and only option you should use is the recovery out of box state. 15 minutes you'll be up and going again. I hope this was clear and concise enough to help others, this is something I have looked at more then once over the years, but only now did it work! :o

nickolasgoodman wrote:

Hi, I have a Toshiba Satellite L505D running Vista that I wiped the C: on and was stuck without any recovery cd. Like a lot of systems these days this laptop 'does' have a recovery partition. The problem is it is hidden and not set to active. Luckily I have an 'Ultimate Boot' cd that allows you to look at and change the partitions so I set the recovery partition to active and un-hid it. When I rebooted the system it went straight to the recovery screen and let me reset it to 'out-of-box-state'. I hope this helps.

the )0 key on start-up got me in to the recovery for win 7 partition .
I tryed the 0 insert key and it dident work , but the )0 key did .
BTW i had to use a USB keyboard becaues the on-board keyboard
is pooched and i removed it .

K, so here is my problem / situation. Thanks in advance for the help.

BTW some things I'm good at / know how to do, others - no clue. So this may seem like a ridiculously easy question to answer. Go ahead make fun of me ... then answer :smile2: 

I have a toshiba satellite c655-s5082. The computer crashed and would not boot at all. I put Puppy Linux on a USB hard drive, chose USB boot, booted the laptop and recovered all of my critical files as well as the recovery partition. SOOOOO

How do I recover the laptop from a recovery partition which is now on my USB hard drive?

I assume I will have to stop it from booting to Puppy Linux but doubt the recovery partition is capable of booting the computer. At least I see nothing there that would lead me to believe it would boot in.

How do I go about solving this one?

Thanks,
Andrimitum

Oh yeah the crash of the boot sector was so complete, I have no option to recover or repair on boot up. If I don't boot from my USB or A CD/DVD all I get is a never ending blank screen.

bonjour
j'ai achete un netbook toshiba nb300
le probleme c'est que la partition de recovery je ne le vous plus dedans
je crois que le pc a ete formater
pouvais vous m'aide stp

^^ He said, "hello
I bought a netbook toshiba nb300
The problem is that partition recovery I do not get it in you anymore
I think the pc has been formatted
Could you help me stp"

Do you still need help matey?

is it available in mac version ? i have Linux

dbzsuper wrote:

is it available in mac version ? i have Linux

Yes it is available you can find it from google