Missing or corrupt file

[smokeyjoe]

I have a Toshiba satellite A45-S121 with a missing or corrupt file message, my problem is that my DVD drive will not read the disk to reinstall the OS. Is there any thing else I can do to restart my system.

 

[mailpup]

Do you have access to an external USB DVD or CD drive? If the BIOS supports booting from a USB flash drive, you could try that. If there is something wrong with the existing DVD drive, you could replace it. You'll probably want to do that eventually anyway.

 

[smokeyjoe]

I did try a new drive I bought for it and I get an IDE #1 error and I check the BIOS and did not see an option to use a USB flash drive.

 

[mailpup]

What about the external optical drive?

 

[smokeyjoe]

I tried an external optical drive and it is not recognized by BIOS. Could I copy my restart disk on to some Cd's would it not be able to load due to the brake between disks.

 

[mailpup]

I don't know the answer to that question but what operating system are you trying to reinstall?

Also, just to be clear, how are you resetting the boot order?

 

[Broni]

Your Toshiba may have recovery partition.
Hold down the 0 (zero) key and turn the laptop on. Keep holding down the zero key until the TOSHIBA logo appears, where you should start tapping the zero key repeatedly. Stop if the unit beeps or when the TOSHIBA logo disappears. The screen should flash ** HDD RECOVERY MODE ** for a split second, then load the Toshiba recovery program right from the hard drive.

 

[smokeyjoe]

My operating system is Windows X P and the boot order is optical drive, hard drive, lan and floppy. I tried holding down the zero key and it did not work.

 

[DelJo63]

Your Toshiba may have recovery partition.

Mine does not, but it's a tad old by now - - shipped with XP/home sp1 model mx35-s161