I have a Toshiba Satellite A135 laptop. It has Windows Vista as the operating system. It is two years old.

In March of 2009 it started to act up. It would randomly lose browsing capabilities (firefox and internet explorer) after 30-60 minutes of being browsing. I could still use msn messenger. I think at that time pinging also worked fine. I would get this message: A cable is not plugged into the network adapter "Local Area Connection" or "www…whateverwebsiteIwastryingtoaccess" is not set up to establish a connection on port "World Wide Web service (HTTP)" with this computer. The only way to be able to browse again was to restart the computer.

I have tried disabling all add-ons. I’ve tried having windows repair it. I can’t remember if I’ve tried anything else.

Anyways, it seems to be getting worse, and I’ve also had Windows shut down unexpectantly and Explorer stop responding. Also, now when I lose browsing capabilities pinging the websites I was trying to access often does not work because it takes too long.

I use Zone Alarm and AVG. I have uninstalled and reinstalled AVG and apparently there are no threats or viruses.

Shuting down ZoneAlarm or AVG does not fix the problem.

Should I use the recovery disc? Will it help or should I just buy a new laptop?
I don’t understand the cable thing. Is it talking about an actual cable, because that happens when I’m only using wireless networks. I don’t have to be connected via ethernet or some other means.

—this message:A cable is not plugged into the network adapter.. tells me you need to check connections with router/ modem. could be lose or gone bad try to replace with another cable to see if that is the problem
I last defraged in July, but I tried to do it again the other day. It ran all night and wasn’t done in the morning (over 8 hours). I figured it would never finish so I cancelled it.

Hello, just want to ask if there’s any such tool as you can bring back all of your personal files after you accidentally deleted it while reformatting the operating system? thanks for your time. cheers!

I have this hard drive and when i hook it up the computer wont do anything but keep turning on and off! But the hard drive is fine its just that there are corrupted operating system files and i was wondering is there a way i can repair them since i hooked it up as slave? And i would like to not have to reinstall xp although i do have the xp disk and the recovery cds i would like to just use xp service pack!

This is Yahoo Answers backgroup history of problem:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AuJEpv8y.lSuEPDsddHHsb_sy6IX?qid=20070619081033AAiykAR

I have reason to believe these are the safest options:

a) Remove the hard-drive, add it to another functional unit and transfer all the data to external portable hard-drive. Once data is secured, then do a complete re-install of operating system on problem computer.

b) Create Windows startup disk, use disk at startup effectively bypassing the "broken" startup files. Once into computer, manually move important data to external portable hard-drive.
http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-10877_11-6031733.html (Option #1)

Does this second option risk any further problems or loss of data??? I can’t risk the loss of any data.

What is my safest option? I am under no time-contraints to do either option. Either action would be performed by knowledgable computer techie.

Any additional comments or things to be aware of?

Operating system- Vista.
My Recovery drive (D:) will not create a backup file because it is full.
When it does create a backup file, it always fails because there is not enough room on my Recovery Drive.

Does anyone know, seriously, of a way to do this without a floppy disk drive? I do not have the ‘recovery disk’ and my operating system disk won’t let me re-install with that either because it is a service pack 1 and I’m running service pack 2 xp. I don’t want to do a system restore. This comp was someone elses and I would like to wipe it and make it mine.

so im making my gaming comp like next week and i have all the parts besides the operating system, but i have recovery disks from my old comp, so i was wondering when i put my computer together can i just insert my windows xp recovery disk to install xp on my comp instead of wasting 100$ on an OS?

I installed a new hard drive with the assumption that the system recovery disk would install the operating system (windows xp). It doesn’t work and HP doesn’t have them anymore (too out of date) what next? Anyone?

I sold my first computer online but BEFORE I shipped it off, I made sure all of my personal files were backed up and deleted from the original hard drive. I did not format the entire drive nor reinstall the operating system. Which I should have…

but then I defragmented the hard drive once. made more changes, deleted more stuff, and I defragged it again.

is it possible for other people to STILL access my personal files and previously installed softwares after two hard drive defragmentations?

My laptop will not boot up and it gives me a message saying that I can attempt to repair a windows config.sys file using the recovery console by putting in the original operating system disk and pressing "r" when the option comes up. I have done this and it takes me into a recovery console, but I have no idea what to do next.

I have a toshiba satellite A210 and I’ve erased my operating system along with everything else…

I want what orignally came with my computer back.

Will an system recovery disk do this and where can I get one?

1.When I already backup my pc, do the backup disk contain the operating system and other files I installed in my computer?

2.Do recovery disk also contain this files and the operating system?