Recent content by Jwagner162

So I boot from cd, which eventually prompts me to load drivers, but I can't find them on the cd, so I end up at system recovery options menu. Then I run start up repair, runs for 10. Min or so then says system repair cannot repair automatically. If I look at problem details the event name is...

No disks came with the laptop, so no. It's a burned cd. I was probably prompted either by the laptop or kapersky to make it. Ill get specific errors when the power comes back on, we're having a small wind storm in seattle now.

Yep, but the problem I'm having is that it won't recover from the recovery cd. I think it's because the ssd isn't formatted. So can I format the ssd without a functioning os? The old hard drive is so bad another computer won't even recognize it. I was hoping there was a way to do this through...

Makes sense. So I have an old back up cd, an external hdd with a backup, a recovery disk, and a Samsung ssd setup cd. With what I have is it possible to get the computer to a working state. I'm not at all worried about trying to save any data.

Toshiba satellite e205-s1980.So the computer store diagnosed a bad hdd after I/o errors and no boot. so I Purchased a samsung pro 840 ssd and installed it. I can now get the system recovery menu, but get error messages through every option. I have a system image on an external hdd but that...