20 Most Recent Toshiba Satellite Pro L300 Notebook - Page 5 Questions & Answers

As the year go by your machine collects all sort of junk. The specs indicate your machine has Windows XP, is that correct? There are two freeware programs, if you don't already have them, 1, CCLEANER: http://www.filehippo.com/download_ccleaner/ This freeware program has many useful tools, the cleaner will clean the junk from your machine, In the TOOLS section, STARTUP section, disable ALL unnecessary startup programs, this will speed up starts and running. 2, MALWAREBYTES: http://www.filehippo.com/download_malwarebytes_anti_malware/ In the install UNCHECK the TRIAL PRO version, you want the freeware version, run a FULL scan, delete ALL results, reboot. In Internet Explorer remove ALL unnecessary toolbars and Search Providers, they are killers on IE speed, use this procedure: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/how-to-manage-add-ons-in-internet-explorer-9 Here are some tips to speed up Windows XP: http://www.wikihow.com/Speed-up-a-Windows-XP-Computer You can always do a Factory Recovery, returning the machine to the day you got it. If you have a System Factory Recovery Partition or the Factory System Disks.

a few things to try 1) click on the speaker icon in the system tray - bottom right hand side and make sure NOT muted 2) Open the mixer again by clicking on the speaker icon - check volume is up on all mixer 3) got to control panel - sounds - check that the playback is OK and a device is enabled 4) control panel - system - device manager on left (XP - hardware Tab>device manager button) look at the sound device click on the + sign and see if sound device there - with NO ? X or ! anywhere in the device manager 5) if you do have ? ! X in device manager - download the driver from toshiba website here http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/support/jsp/home.jsp?nav=Product%20Support enter you model in dropdowns to get to the drivers 6) Plug some headphones into the laptop and see if they work at all

Computer does not boot up The problem maybe the RAM, it could be faulty or just needs reseating to make proper electrical contact. Reseat the RAM and then boot up your laptop. If it still does not boot up then remove the RAM module/s and take them to your friendly computer repair shop and get them to test the RAM for you. Just like you sometimes need a mechanic to repair your car, sometimes you do need a technician to diagnose and identify the fault or faults on your computer. Not only does a good service technican have the experience to deal with this type of problem, they also have the equipment that allows them to look at things the average computer user can't see, and he has a collection of replacement parts that can be used to quickly test individual components on your computer.

all you have to do is install the os on the new hard dis you are about to install by using it as an secondary hard disk the hard disk to usb cable is available cheap at the local computer service points or can be done without much problems on a desktop then mount it directly and boot from it

does the enter password come up before or after windows starts?

Toshiba satellite L300 is connectting adapter on turn off machine how problem?

Hey guy,
You can recover all your data from formatted partition with partition recovery program.I have succeed with Tenorshare.You can download it and scan your hard drive to check out whether your data can be recovered.Luck! http://www.any-data-recovery.com/index.htm
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if you want to reset it i sugest reading manual for the computer.

I think this is due to cookies. Google Chrome options - 1. Click on "Tools" (Spanner in the right corner under the close page X) 2. Click on "options" (11th option down) 3. Click "under the bonnet" 4. Click "content settings" 5. Keep on the cookies section. Make sure it's on "allow local data......" Click "Exceptions" 6. Type in the facebook ULR 7. Do the same (click exceptions) for all of the others BUT NOT POP UPS!!! If this still doesn't work do the same but instead of facebooks ULR do the games ULR aswell. e.g. facebook/games<(it won't be that so don't copy that(just copy the exact facebook games ULR and make sure it's correct).
Hope I helped Dr Reed

Just any DVD disc or particular DVD (home made one). Check if you can still play music CD. Need to determine if the issue is physical drive or software. Try burning a movie to the DVD drive. Does it work?Then try burning a CD. Does it work? If it doesn't, thenyou could have a dirty (dust) laser...This requires opening and cleaning (with q-tips).

When you connect the power adapter into the laptop, does the power LED light up? If not then -
The battery adapter or the adapter's power lead or the laptop's power socket could be faulty.
Check power adapter’s DC plug that connects into the laptop power socket with a multi-meter, the voltage should be slightly higher than the voltage that is printed on the label on the bottom of the adapter. If the voltage is zero or way below the voltage that is printed on the label then the power adapter is faulty and needs to be replaced.
If the adapter is OK then connect it to the laptop and power it up, then look at the power/battery charging LED light and wriggle the power plug in the laptop's power socket. If the power/battery LED light flashes and in a certain position this LED light stays firm, then the power socket is either faulty or it has a dry solder joint where it is connected to the motherboard.
This can be repaired but it requires the laptop to be completely dismantled to get at this power socket and repair. If you cannot DIY then I suggest you get a quote first.

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You can download the device drivers for your model laptop from the Toshiba WEB site from their download page. Make sure you enter the model of your laptop so you can get the correct drivers. Please click on this link: - http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/support/jsp/home.jsp

update the driver

try another data recovery software, recommended asoftech data recovery that helped me beforehttp://www.asoftech.com/adr/

Remove the hard drive and put it into an enclosure. Plug it into another computer as a slave. Then you can copy your files on it.If it shows up in 'my computer' as a drive letter(like E: drive) but you can't access it, you can recover data from hard drive with data recovery program. This data recovery is a professional data recovery program that can recover data after deeply scanning your hard drive to look for lost data due to drives crash, physical damage, system sabotage, virus attack etc. You can get it here: http://www.asoftech.com/adr/After you recover your data,you can format it to check out whether it can be fixed.

first, recover your files. You will need to use something like asoftech data recovery program.http://www.asoftech.com/adr/I've had to use it many times in the past but in this case you need to plug that drive into another system as an external drive or slave drive and run the software from there. It will rebuild the drive and hopefully recover the files.After you get back your files, you can then format the drive and reinstall your system.

If the screen went blank after the driver install, sometimes clicking the mouse on the screen will bring the picture back. It sounds like the monitor is having a conflict with the resolution the driver is throwing out. Reboot the laptop and when you see the Toshiba splash screen, tap F8 until you see the multiple boot menu. Scroll to Safe Mode with networking and reboot. If the screen comes up, go to the control panel > System > hardware > display adapter > click on the plus sign and double click the reported adapter.click on driver tab and select roll back driver > click yes to any prompts and click ok. Reboot normally and see if that clears the problem.

Have you cleaned the fan and vents? Plugged in or Battery? Open Control Panel, Power Options, Set to High Performance, Open Advanced Power Settings, Set Sleep and Hibernate to Never, Adjust advenced settings to your preference.

Hello,More info please.Can you use the mouse? Have you tried to restart the computer?