I have a Toshiba laptop but it’s DVD / CD is not working, I have an external harddisk . I will like to install Linux for a project but i do not know how.I do not want to use a live disk
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how can i install fedora 10 dvd edition if my dvd is not working,?
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Tagged Disk, DVD, Edition, external harddisk, Fedora, harddisk, Laptop, Linux, Project, toshiba, toshiba laptop
Installing Linux Ubuntu?
ok. I’m running Windows XP on a toshiba satellite (not new one, not sure which model. it’s silver and black). I want to run Linux Ubuntu and tried to install it, but it just installed as a dual boot. But i don’t want a dual boot. I couldn’t find an option to partition the drive or whatever in ubuntu. So i uninstalled the dual boot. Now when i reboot with the live cd it doesn’t even show an option to dual boot or boot off of the cd. please help.
I don’t have the original XP cd it came with but i have another cd with windows professional on it and a key. Which also doesn’t show up when i reboot. and everything is backed up already so i’m not worried about losing stuff.
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Tagged boot, dual-boot, Installing, Linux, model, option, partition, Satellite, silver, toshiba, toshiba satellite, Ubuntu, windows, windows xp
I have a little laptop theory problem this question is only for linux/windows laptop experts?
a few months ago i ask my mom if i can use her laptop to finish my media log homework. She has a toshiba Satellite L45 laptop with windows vista home premium. when went on her laptop i forgot to ask to log me in to her computer (password protected) and i was to late to ask to put it in for my (she went to sleep and i dent wake her her up unless the house on fire , im bleeding, and so on you get the point)
well put kubuntu live cd in and went to try without installing meaning it runs an operating system on the cd (it never touches the hardrive without permission ) i finish my homework my mom woke up she was like weres my laptop! . i told her i have it and she didnt remeber me asking for her laptop and kubuntu was still on running she was trying to take the cd out but cd never comes out unless it fully shut down properly and she was getting mad she hit it and hit (acting like a mad ape wanting a banana )and the disk was making a scrathing noise . she told me to take it so i shut it down and took it she tried to log in to windows boot it sayed one of the registry files is corrupted and she think that kubuntu mess it up but i was trying to tell it never touch the harddrive . and she wasnt buying it so she told my you got 48 hours to fix it and so i did but i had to erase the hard drive and i install windows 7 (my teacher gave me 5 copies 
) and it took 5 hours to install it (not lying ) once when it was done it was fast for 2 days and my mom was kinda satistfied with but then it was super slow like it took 30 minutes to get to the login screen and then it keeps showing the blue error screen and keeps automatically restarting it was really annoying . but after 3 days later it showed the same error that showed on vista my gave up on the laptop and she still blames me for it but then i put fedora on it and it was still super slow so i took the harddrive to take a look at it thes a dent on it . and i remeber when mom was hitting the laptop thats was cause
(note windows requires a harddrive speed to run but that dent explained every thing vista was fine but that speed was reduce and it wouldnt runbecause of thAT DENT
my question is what can i do to at least make it to that the requiment speed again because if try to undent i dont if it cause a leek (then it will be gone forever ) and please dont say buty a new harddrive my i dont want to break the news to my mom about buying a new harddrive
please help my with this im out of ideas
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How can i remove grub and get a linux live CD to boot?
I installed Linux Mint on my laptop (a toshiba satellite a105) and it worked fine. However after a few days i came to the conclusion that it just wasnt the operating system i wanted to use. I downloaded and burnt a live CD of openSUSE, but when i tried to use it my computer always booted directly to Linux Mint. I changed the BIOS to boot from the CD ROM, but that didnt do anything. I held down F12 and chose to boot from CD, and that didnt work either, it just goes right to mint. So using Parted Magic i deleted the partition in hopes that with Linux Mint gone i could boot from a live CD. Now when i try to boot from any CD, it goes to grub and begins loading, but then says error 22 and then i’m stuck. Is there any way to get rid of grub, or any way to get this live CD to boot, because as of now i have no operating system.
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Tagged BIOS, cd rom, conclusion, few days, grub, Laptop, Linux, Linux Live CDs, Magic, Mint, opensuse, operating-system, partition, toshiba, toshiba satellite, toshiba satellite a105
Reinstalling Windows Vista from different CD / requesting CD from Toshiba?
My sister’s laptop needs to be reformatted but she either never got a reinstall CD when buying or she has lost it. Would it be possible to use the reinstall CD for our laptop and then download any necessary drivers? Our laptop is a Fujitsu Siemens and came with Vista Home Basic. Hers is a Toshiba and came with Vista Business Edition.
If that is not possible can anyone give me a link where I can request a CD from Toshiba? The laptop was bought in the U.K (we live in Ireland now though, so maybe it’s not an option either).
Or if anyone has a suggestion of their own (apart from using Linux)?
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Tagged business edition, download, fujitsu, fujitsu siemens, Laptop, necessary drivers, reinstall, Reinstalling, reinstalling windows, siemens, sister, toshiba, vista, windows