Guest Backyard Posted August 19, 2007 Posted August 19, 2007 I have a Toshiba Laptop with Windows XP and the Hard Drive went bad, so i had a new hard drive instaled by the Geek Squad about half a year ago. Thay did not use the Restore Disk that came with the Laptop and it has never been opened, so will this Restore Disk still work with my Laptop or not.
Guest sgopus Posted August 19, 2007 Posted August 19, 2007 RE: Restore Disk Hard to say, you might have a restore partition and they used that, you should have asked the guy. "Backyard" wrote: > I have a Toshiba Laptop with Windows XP and the Hard Drive went bad, so i had > a new hard drive instaled by the Geek Squad about half a year ago. Thay did > not use the Restore Disk that came with the Laptop and it has never been > opened, so will this Restore Disk still work with my Laptop or not.
Guest Uncle Grumpy Posted August 19, 2007 Posted August 19, 2007 Re: Restore Disk Backyard <Backyard@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >I have a Toshiba Laptop with Windows XP and the Hard Drive went bad, so i had >a new hard drive instaled by the Geek Squad about half a year ago. Thay did >not use the Restore Disk that came with the Laptop and it has never been >opened, so will this Restore Disk still work with my Laptop or not. I hope that the regulars here appreciate how bad it hurts for me to bite my tongue on this one.
Guest Curt Christianson Posted August 19, 2007 Posted August 19, 2007 Re: Restore Disk We *understand* this is not easy for you Grumpy! <bg> -- HTH, Curt Windows Support Center http://www.aumha.org Practically Nerded,... http://dundats.mvps.org/Index.htm "Uncle Grumpy" <unclegrumpy@ameritech.net> wrote in message news:89ghc3hln6o8niidq6cj0e2aiqc7uim4d4@4ax.com... | Backyard <Backyard@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: | | >I have a Toshiba Laptop with Windows XP and the Hard Drive went bad, so i had | >a new hard drive instaled by the Geek Squad about half a year ago. Thay did | >not use the Restore Disk that came with the Laptop and it has never been | >opened, so will this Restore Disk still work with my Laptop or not. | | I hope that the regulars here appreciate how bad it hurts for me to | bite my tongue on this one.
Guest Backyard Posted August 19, 2007 Posted August 19, 2007 Re: Restore Disk Ok Uncle Grumpy, tell all "Uncle Grumpy" wrote: > Backyard <Backyard@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > > >I have a Toshiba Laptop with Windows XP and the Hard Drive went bad, so i had > >a new hard drive instaled by the Geek Squad about half a year ago. Thay did > >not use the Restore Disk that came with the Laptop and it has never been > >opened, so will this Restore Disk still work with my Laptop or not. > > I hope that the regulars here appreciate how bad it hurts for me to > bite my tongue on this one. >
Guest Gary S. Terhune Posted August 19, 2007 Posted August 19, 2007 Re: Restore Disk NEVER use Geek Squad! Never trust your machine to ANYONE who doesn't carefully go over everything they are going to do with you (and even if Geek Squad seems to do that, don't trust them.). Question: If the machine now runs after replacing the drive, and the Restore CD you have has never been opened, where did the GS get the installation? Or did they manage to clone the old drive to the new? If the latter, it should also still contain any Restore Partition, The CD should work just fine. Can't tell you any more without more info. You should go to the machine's manufacturer's website and check into the manual to see if you can determine exactly how a Restore is accomplished. You can also use Disk Management or some other partition tool to see if there is a hidden, un-lettered partition that looks about the right size. Around a GB, I would guess. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://www.grystmill.com "Backyard" <Backyard@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:5AA6E808-F4EB-45F7-BB52-C9ABF9C2EB9F@microsoft.com... >I have a Toshiba Laptop with Windows XP and the Hard Drive went bad, so i >had > a new hard drive instaled by the Geek Squad about half a year ago. Thay > did > not use the Restore Disk that came with the Laptop and it has never been > opened, so will this Restore Disk still work with my Laptop or not.
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