Don't know how to get rid of hard drive password on toshiba lapto

If the loud clicking noise is coming from the Laptop itself and not from the speaker, then it surely is a faulty hard drive. Try replacing it. Your alptop model will accept the IDE hard drives, just FYI.

I have been installing XP on Portege M200 laptops.
I use a usb floppy to install the latest bios update from Toshiba's support site.
After the update the laptop will boot from a USB Cd/DVD drive.
be patient the first part of the up date goes extreamly slowly but it seems to keep working and the install will work.

So you have bought a new Harddrive?, and still same problem, my guess would be that the pins inside the computer that read the hardrive are bent or broken. unfortunately but take it to a computer dealer to be sure

I HAVE A TOSHIBA M200 AND THE CD-ROM IS NOT WORKING . IT DISPLAYS A MESSAGE THAT INSERT A DISK ...... PLEASE HELP ME FOR THIS

this is a easy fix all you need is a windows xp installation disk.what you do is put the disk in and boot off of the cd option.if you need help with the xp cd installation i can write up a guide for you.also is the first harddrive new or came with the comp.if it is a new harddrive it might not have a operating system on it.email me if you have anymore qeustions or you want the guide.i can even make a video for you but it probably won't be good quality.

Get yourself an windows (xp etc) & disk install it,

download all the drivers HERE

put them on a "USB flash drive" or burn to CD..

and load all the drivers after you installed windows.

be as good as new.


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look at this page
http://blog.ryantadams.com/2008/02/01/how-to-boot-from-the-network-pxe-boot-with-tftp-and-windows-pe/

it works very good.

Click HERE for an instructive website on the M200.

hold the ESC button down during boot to enter bios.

NOTE: Ususally when computers DO NOT find any startup information on the SELECTED DRIVE (like when you click a key) it goes to the default drive.
WHICH IS YOUR HARD DRIVE.
Meaning it is probably your Harddrive is broken, or your connection from hard drive to motherboard is broken

Burn a Live CD bootdisk of some linux distribution
liek Slax, google it.
Burn it to a bootable CD and put it into your drive, then select to boot from it.
If it boots only using your CD ROM drive, if that works then its probably not your BIOS/rest of computer, which is good.

And while in the live cd, you can see your harddrive and see files, that means its not broken its just your connection to it....either way im guessing youll have to send it in.

I think the only way to remove that is thru a service provider, they have a software or a hardware bypass to remove that. Checkout support.toshiba.com to find a service center near you.

Hope this helps.