How to deal with this problem

Did your computer come with a recovery disc, Windows disc or have you create a recovery set of discs?

If after reading all of this you find yourself overwhelmed or unwilling to try, take it to a shop.

Another option to the below copied from the Help section to reach the Recovery would be to open the Control Panel. If Category view, under System and Security, select Back up your computer, then Recover system settings, **Then Advanced recovery methods. If in Icon view, select Recovery and you will be at the ** above. There's where the discs above will come into play. If.you don't have any of those, you will have to hope they have a hidden partition on the drive containing the recovery which will either show itself there or in the F8 process below..

To open the System Recovery Options menu on your computer 1. Remove all floppy disks, CDs, and DVDs from your computer, and then restart your computer using the computer's power button.
2. Do one of the following:
*If your computer has a single operating system installed, press and hold the F8 key as your computer restarts. You need to press F8 before the Windows logo appears. If the Windows logo appears, you need to try again by waiting until the Windows logon prompt appears, and then shutting down and restarting your computer.
*If your computer has more than one operating system, use the arrow keys to highlight the operating system you want to repair, and then press and hold F8.
3. On the Advanced Boot Options screen, use the arrow keys to highlight Repair your computer, and then press Enter. (If Repair your computer isn't listed as an option, then your computer doesn't include preinstalled recovery options, or your network administrator has turned them off.)
4. Select a keyboard layout, and then click Next.
5. On the System Recovery Options menu, click a tool to open it.

1. Remove all floppy disks, CDs, and DVDs from your computer, and then restart your computer using the computer's power button.
2. Do one of the following:
   • If your computer has a single operating system installed, press and hold the F8 key as your computer restarts. You need to press F8 before the Windows logo appears. If the Windows logo appears, you need to try again by waiting until the Windows logon prompt appears, and then shutting down and restarting your computer.
   • If your computer has more than one operating system, use the arrow keys to highlight the operating system you want to repair, and then press and hold F8.
3. On the Advanced Boot Options screen, use the arrow keys to highlight Repair your computer, and then press Enter. (If Repair your computer isn't listed as an option, then your computer doesn't include preinstalled recovery options, or your network administrator has turned them off.)
4. Select a keyboard layout, and then click Next.
5. On the System Recovery Options menu, click a tool to open it.

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You can try by going to help by the start buttton and searching on restore/recovery and doing so. Or you can go to start, control panel and looking to see if there is a restore\recovery icon. Lastly you would have to reinstall your operating system by putting in the cd and rebooting after pressing F2 and selecting boot from CD. This WILL cause all user data to be lost so if you need it, it must be backed up first.

Hello, please follow the step,
Toshiba System Restore Vista Step 1 - "Initiating the HDD recovery procedure"
1. Switch on the computer and press "F8" key while Toshiba logo appears. You will see the following screen.
Choose the entry "Repair your Computer" and press "Enter":

2. Wait till the following screen appears, choose the keyboard layout which matches the language of your keyboard and click on "Next".
If unsure, just click on "Next".

3. the following screen a window with your username appears.
Type your windows password as you would log on to your account and press "OK":

4. The next screen offers several options to repair or diagnose your computer system.
To start the recovery, click on "Toshiba HDD Recovery":

Step 2 - Performing the HDD recovery
1. After passing the previous screen, you will be asked if a backup of your important data is already made.
You can continue with the recovery process by clicking on "Next"

2. Confirm the following screen also by clicking on "Next"

3. You will be asked again if you want to recover your machine (and delete all files on your harddrive).
There are no additional options regarding the harddrive, which can be set. Click on "Yes" to start the recovery.

4. The recovery procedure starts immediately by formatting the harddrive and copying all needed files to the harddisk

5. By pressing the "Restart" button to restart the machine, the recovery procedure is almost finished

Step 3 - Finishing the recovery process
1. After the successful completion of the recovery process and the restart of your machine, the following screen should appear.

2. The installation wizard of Windows Vista / Windows 7 will start up to guide you trough the setup for your newly installed system and to finish the installation of the operating system

FOR WIN 7 Toshiba System Restore Windows 7

How to recover a Toshiba with the HDD recovery procedure

- Operating System: Windows 7 - 32 Bit, Windows 7 - 64 Bit, Windows Vista 32 Bit, Windows Vista 64

Bit

The following guide describes how to recover a Toshiba with a preinstalled Windows windows 7 from HDD through the

"HDD recovery procedure".
Please note:
First of all, make sure you already back up your important data!

Step 1 - "Initiating the HDD recovery procedure"

1. Switch on the computer and press "F8" key while Toshiba logo appears. You will see the following screen.Choose the

entry "Repair your Computer" and press "Enter":

1. Wait till the following screen appears, choose the keyboard layout which matches the language of your keyboard and

click on "Next".
If unsure, just click on "Next".

1. In the following screen a window with your username appears.
Type your windows password as you would log on to your account and press "OK":

1. The next screen offers several options to repair or diagnose your computer system.To start the recovery, click on

"Toshiba HDD Recovery":

Step 2 - Performing the HDD recovery

1. After passing the previous screen, you will be asked if a backup of your important data is already made.You can

continue with the recovery process by clicking on "Next"

1. Confirm the following screen also by clicking on "Next"

1. You will be asked again if you want to recover your machine (and delete all files on your harddrive).There are no

additional options regarding the harddrive, which can be set. Click on "Yes" to start the recovery.

1. The recovery procedure starts immediately by formatting the harddrive and copying all needed files to the harddisk

By pressing the "Restart" button to restart the machine, the recovery procedure is almost finished

Step 3 - Finishing the recovery process

1. After the successful completion of the recovery process and the restart of your machine, the following screen should

appear.

1. The installation wizard of Windows Vista / Windows 7 will start up to guide you trough the setup for your newly

installed system and to finish the installation of the operating system
Hope this helps,


Hope this helps,

when i turn it on it goes to a white screen with a blue line across on the very top it says recovery code 108 the next line says "would you like to recover your system?" then it gives me three options no, repair disk, and format disk. I dont know what to do cam body help me?

Method 1: Use the Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) to run System Restore
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1. Insert the Windows Vista installation disc into the disc drive, and then start the computer.
2. Press a key when the message indicating "Press any key to boot from CD or DVD …". appears.
3. Select a language, a time and currency, and a keyboard or input method, and then click Next.
4. Click Repair your computer.
5. In the System Recovery Options dialog box, choose the drive of your Windows installation and click Next
6. At the System Recovery Options Dialog Box, click on System Restore.
7. Follow the System Restore Wizard instruction as usual and choose the appropriate restore point.
8. Click Finish to restore the system.

Method 2: Startup Repair from the Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE)
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1. Insert the Windows Vista installation disc into the disc drive, and then start the computer.
2. Press a key when the message indicating "Press any key to boot from CD or DVD …". appears.
3. Select a language, a time and currency, and a keyboard or input method, and then click Next.
4. Click Repair your computer.
5. In the System Recovery Options dialog box, choose the drive of your Windows installation and click Next.
6. At the System Recovery Options Dialog Box, click on Repair your computer.
7. (Click the operating system that you want to repair), and then click Next.
8. In the System Recovery Options dialog box, click Startup Repair.

Windows Vista is not starting due to missing or corrupt files.
Run Startup Repair using Vista Operating System disc

1. Place the Windows Vista Media Backup DVD into to the optical drive and start the computer.
   
2. Press any key to boot from CD or DVD.
   
3. On the Install Windows screen, click Next.
   
4. On the Install Windows screen, select Repair your computer.
   
5. In the System Recovery Options dialog box, click Next.
   
6. In the System Recovery Options dialog box, select the appropriate operating system, and then click Next.
   
7. In the System Recovery Options dialog box, select Startup Repair.
   
8. The Startup Repair attempts to locate and resolve issues with the computer.
   
9. If prompted, Do you want to restore your computer using system restore?, click Restore.
   
10. In the System Recovery Options dialog box, click Finish. This screen can vary, dependant on if a problem was found or not.
    
11. System restarts.
    
12. If the problem was resolved, the computer restarts into Vista.
    
13. If the problem was not fixed, the error may present itself again.
    
14. Run Startup Repair again.
    
15. If Startup Repair runs more than three (3) times, when available, select View advanced options for system recovery and support.
    
16. For further troubleshooting, select one of the following options:
    
    • System Restore
    • Command Prompt
    • Last resort - Recovery Manager. Recovery Manager is not available if accessing WinRE via Vista OS Backup Media DVD

or you can use any software that can repair and recover your windows files.

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recovery code 102 screen - this error message means the the hard disk has failed - I am guessing that the unit has been dropped at some point - Sorry but it back to Archos - The UK number is 0207 949 0115

it sounds like the partition that hold the recovery files has got damaged,i suggest you talk to the manufacturer or supplier on how to overcome this problem,if it was a pc i would say format hard drive & re-install the software but its not .
good luck
Terry

sent it back to archos with your receipt if less than 1 year and talk to customer service
there is nothingg you can do about it
been there done that.