I must be an idiot. Ive been looking on toshiba website for over two hours and can't see where to purchase one. And can you be really specific.whatever you think is obvious.prob. Dumb everything way down if possible!

I mean, do I boot with a Windows xp recovery disk or a HDD recovery disk, or are we talk BIOS or what am I needing? Can I boot 'whatever it is' from a LAN line? I doubt id figure that out though. It's 75 $ to send in for repairs w/ my warranty.

May 6, 2016 - 5 min - Uploaded by HP Computing SupportLearn how to perform an HP system recovery with a USB recovery drive. A system recovery.

(BTW I have a M300-S1002X, Satellite Pro, w/ windows xp SP2) I found the following Information: It sounds good and all, but how in the heck do I do it! Many Toshiba PCs can boot (start Windows, or another operating system) from devices other than the built-in hard disk (HDD) or built-in diskette drive (FDD). These devices include USB diskette drives, CD-ROM discs, a local area network (LAN), and PC Card (PCMCIA) hard disk drives. Toshiba PCs that offer alternate boot devices allow you to specify which device to boot from (the 'boot priority') by three methods: * From BIOS Setup (semi-permanent setting) Boot priority specifies the order in which the computer searches for a bootable operating system. For example, if you set your system to boot from devices in this order: CD-ROM >HDD >LAN, the computer first checks for a bootable CD, then for a bootable HDD, then for a bootable LAN, and loads the operating system from the first one it finds. Different models offer different options for setting boot priority. For information about how to access the BIOS/CMOS settings on your Toshiba PC, please see the Support Bulletin entitled 'How to access the BIOS Settings on your Toshiba Portable PC' that is applicable to your model.

By setting the boot priority in this manner, the boot selected priority setting will be retained for all future restarts, until it is changed again. * From the Boot Device Menu (temporary setting) When the TOSHIBA splash screen is displayed when you first turn on your computer, a boot menu prompt may be displayed for a few seconds near the bottom of the screen, indicating that a key (F2 or F12, for example) can be pressed to display a menu of boot options. The time allowed for detecting the keypress is very brief, so you'll need to be both prepared and quick.

On some models this prompt reads Press F12 for boot menu. Most Famous Mexican Serial Killer more. On others, it may say Press C to boot from CD-ROM. On still others, there may be a row of colored icons representing the various boot devices (HDD, FDD, CD, LAN, PCMCIA, etc.) Press F12 while these icons are displayed, and then use the arrow keys to move the cursor from one to another. As new models are released, the wording of these prompts may change. On models that offer a text boot device menu, simply press the key corresponding to the desired boot device from the list of available devices.

The selection of a boot device from any of these boot device menus affects only the current startup operation; the next time the computer is started it will follow the boot priority setting established in BIOS Setup (see the BIOS Setup method, above). * From the Boot Device Hotkeys (temporary setting) Immediately after pressing the power-on button, press the hotkey for the device from which you wish to boot: HotkeyBoots from device CIDE CD-ROM1 FISA FDD2 UUSB FDD3 Ninternal LAN adapter4 Manual recovery: You can manually reinstall the operating system on your computer. A retail edition of the Windows operating system may be purchased from a computer retailer. You can download the correct drivers and utilities for your computer from the Toshiba Service and Support website at Important notice: While Toshiba makes many device drivers and Toshiba applications available via the Internet, Toshiba's third party software suppliers / licensors restrict Toshiba's ability to deliver many of the bundled application titles via the Internet. This includes, but is not limited to DVD player applications, office productivity applications, and entertainment applications. My laptop is not responding.