Restore factory settings

Did you do ALL your windows update before the Service Pack? That SP has been out for years? Doesn't your laptop have Windows Updates set to Auto? Choose one or the other, Vista or Win 7 and do a Full Install.

Assuming the restore partition is intact, boot the machine and press and hold F10 and ALT at the same time. If the partition is intact, you should be brought to a restore menu and given the option to restore to factory settings. If this doesn't work, you may have corrupted the restore partition and will need disks to install an operating system. If you created Rescue Disks in Vista, simply load the 1st disk and reboot.

Was this error by any chance received after you tried to upgrade VISTA to SP1 or SP2 (service pack 1 or 2)? I had the same problem. After spending two hours with Microsoft Online Support, the final solution was to restore the factory default with a recovery option, typically from the restore D: hard drive or recovery disks. In my case, I pressed the F8 key during startup to activate the restore option from the D: drive. Lost all my data, but at least the computer worked like it did when it came from the factory. Hope this helps.

I suggest you get the correct recovery disk from Toshiba and use it to repair your Toshiba.

Insert the factory restore disk and restart from cd and select restore to factory settings.

The newer Toshiba laptops don't come with a recover disk, you are expected to make your own DVD or CD's after you first power up and verify the operating system is good. If you didn't make the backup, you will have to call Toshiba and have them send you a system disk.

take any of vista disk(any copy)
boot with cd in repair option get restore click.

You just need to download the DRIVERS for multi media card reader from website of Toshiba specially for VISTA 32 bit. and then install it and your card reader will again start working.

With regrards,
Shyny

You should have everything saved ("backed up") on dvds now. Your next step is to pop in the restore discs that came with the computer unless you have a vista machine that isn't a toshiba or dell because vista machines (like HP) makes you create your own.

pop in your disc, boot to cd, and press next a few times... it will delete everything and get the pc back to the first day you bought it.

well...if you are enrolled at a university you can get a student version of windows at an unbelievable discount.