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regnells
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      01-03-2010

I have a Toshiba Laptop which came pre-installed with Vista home.
Lately, I have received an Invalid Partition Table on bootup. I trie
using the recovery disk with the OS on it as a boot disk but it doesn'
seem to be working even when I tell the bios to boot from CD/DVD.

Any suggestions on how I can create a boot disk and have the compute
"see" it upon startup?

Thanks so much!!
Sand

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Badger
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      01-03-2010
If it is still under warrantee, take it back to the store for a refund or
another that works.


"regnells" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> I have a Toshiba Laptop which came pre-installed with Vista home.
> Lately, I have received an Invalid Partition Table on bootup. I tried
> using the recovery disk with the OS on it as a boot disk but it doesn't
> seem to be working even when I tell the bios to boot from CD/DVD.
>
> Any suggestions on how I can create a boot disk and have the computer
> "see" it upon startup?
>
> Thanks so much!!
> Sandy
>
>
> --
> regnells
> Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com
>

 
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      01-03-2010
Badger wrote:
> If it is still under warrantee, take it back to the store for a refund
> or another that works.
>


I agree

the machine has a serious problem


> "regnells" <> wrote in
> message news:...
>>
>> I have a Toshiba Laptop which came pre-installed with Vista home.
>> Lately, I have received an Invalid Partition Table on bootup. I tried
>> using the recovery disk with the OS on it as a boot disk but it doesn't
>> seem to be working even when I tell the bios to boot from CD/DVD.
>>
>> Any suggestions on how I can create a boot disk and have the computer
>> "see" it upon startup?
>>
>> Thanks so much!!
>> Sandy
>>
>>
>> --
>> regnells
>> Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com
>>

 
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regnells
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      01-04-2010

It is just over a year old and is no longer under warranty. Bad hard
disk?


philo;1630785 Wrote:
> Badger wrote:
> > If it is still under warrantee, take it back to the store for a

> refund
> > or another that works.
> >

>
> I agree
>
> the machine has a serious problem
>
>
> > "regnells" <> wrote in
> > message news:...
> >>
> >> I have a Toshiba Laptop which came pre-installed with Vista home.
> >> Lately, I have received an Invalid Partition Table on bootup. I

> tried
> >> using the recovery disk with the OS on it as a boot disk but it

> doesn't
> >> seem to be working even when I tell the bios to boot from CD/DVD.
> >>
> >> Any suggestions on how I can create a boot disk and have the

> computer
> >> "see" it upon startup?
> >>
> >> Thanks so much!!
> >> Sandy
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> regnells
> >> Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com
> >>



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      01-04-2010
Possibly, Take it to a repair shop for testing.

"regnells" <> wrote in message
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>
> It is just over a year old and is no longer under warranty. Bad hard
> disk?
>
>
> philo;1630785 Wrote:
>> Badger wrote:
>> > If it is still under warrantee, take it back to the store for a

>> refund
>> > or another that works.
>> >

>>
>> I agree
>>
>> the machine has a serious problem
>>
>>
>> > "regnells" <> wrote in
>> > message news:...
>> >>
>> >> I have a Toshiba Laptop which came pre-installed with Vista home.
>> >> Lately, I have received an Invalid Partition Table on bootup. I

>> tried
>> >> using the recovery disk with the OS on it as a boot disk but it

>> doesn't
>> >> seem to be working even when I tell the bios to boot from CD/DVD.
>> >>
>> >> Any suggestions on how I can create a boot disk and have the

>> computer
>> >> "see" it upon startup?
>> >>
>> >> Thanks so much!!
>> >> Sandy
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> regnells
>> >> Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com
>> >>

>
>
> --
> regnells
> Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com
>

 
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andy
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      01-04-2010
Download TestDisk and see if it can fix the problem.

On Mon, 4 Jan 2010 01:00:05 +0000, regnells
<> wrote:

>
>It is just over a year old and is no longer under warranty. Bad hard
>disk?
>
>
>philo;1630785 Wrote:
>> Badger wrote:
>> > If it is still under warrantee, take it back to the store for a

>> refund
>> > or another that works.
>> >

>>
>> I agree
>>
>> the machine has a serious problem
>>
>>
>> > "regnells" <> wrote in
>> > message news:...
>> >>
>> >> I have a Toshiba Laptop which came pre-installed with Vista home.
>> >> Lately, I have received an Invalid Partition Table on bootup. I

>> tried
>> >> using the recovery disk with the OS on it as a boot disk but it

>> doesn't
>> >> seem to be working even when I tell the bios to boot from CD/DVD.
>> >>
>> >> Any suggestions on how I can create a boot disk and have the

>> computer
>> >> "see" it upon startup?
>> >>
>> >> Thanks so much!!
>> >> Sandy
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> regnells
>> >> Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com
>> >>


 
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