My New Computer Does Not Work

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DJ Cam

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I purchased a new DJ computer a Toshiba Satalitte P3305D-8900.

Well none of my software likes it very much and some I have install isues and others just run badly.

I'm trying to install Windows XP on it and when I boot from cd i get started to setup and it then tells me that it did not detect a gard drive???WTF???

Can anyone help?

Also it did not come with any cd's. I thought I might be able to boot vista format the hard drive and it might work but it won't let me do that either.
 
XP not detecting the HD normally means the HD controller mode needs to be switched. I had to do it on my laptop to install XP when I first got it. More than likely you can change the setting in BOIS (setup) but every BIOS is different.

It probably not worth it, I wound up going back to Vista anyhow.
 
DJ Cam said:
Nothing wants to run on this 64 bit version. Virtual DJ is Hanging up. PCDJ and PCDJ KJ Pro will not load on a 64 bit machine. If none of those run the machine is useless.
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Get used to it... I now have 4 programs that won't run on 64 bit.... they run fine in XP, though.
 
Doubt it has to do with 64 bit -- as everything runs fine on mine (except Quickbooks).

The Toshiba's coming out in the last 6 months or so, are having problems with audio apps in general. Some sort of driver compatibility issue, and I don't know anyone that has figured it out yet...

I've had 3 customers who I worked with for a while, and they couldn't determine which drivers were causing the audio problems -- they returned them, and got a different brand lappy, and no problems.

I think it's very hardware dependent, as some of their laptops will work fine, others won't -- seems to depend on the particular combo of hardware and drivers, on particular machines...



On a side note for you folks who are having problems with software on 64 bit (read: software that doesn't comply with Windows upgrade standards) -- it was recently announced, that Windows 7 will include XP as a virtual machine :)
 
If you can still return it, go to Deals2buy.com and pick out a good deal on a Dell that comes with a windows XP downgrade. It allows you to upgrade to Vista at a later date. There are lots and lots of good laptop deals on Deals2buy.com every week.

I went through the same problems when I got my first laptop right when vista was new. I complained bitterly and wasted a lot of time trying to figure out what to do, trying new programs to see what would work with Vista. It would have been much easier to just stick with XP and I wish I would have.

I'm fine with Vista now, but lots of good programs that ran on XP will not run on Vista and some of them will never get upgraded to run on Vista. You have to find other programs to take their place. A laptop that comes out right now wil run REALLY fast on XP. As long as you can get all the drivers like for the internal DVD/CD ROM drive, USB ports etc. you'll have a laptop that you can run for 5 years or more because it's so fast. It will have to break before you get rid of it.
 
dont you love it when this happens :)
 
Cam, stay away from brands like toshiba, dell, hp, acer.
I went throught like 200 laptops in last 5 years (my day work) and can honestly tell you that only a few brands are worth to buy,
1. Fujitsu
2. Asus
3. LG
4. Lenovo
 
anzyxx said:
Cam, stay away from brands like toshiba, dell, hp, acer.
I went throught like 200 laptops in last 5 years (my day work) and can honestly tell you that only a few brands are worth to buy,
1. Fujitsu
2. Asus
3. LG
4. Lenovo
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Why stay away from Toshiba? I had a Satilite 305 it worked just fine until it was dropped on the floor and then smashed into a wall into a million pieces... still not sure why it don't work now...:sqrolleyes:

I did replace it with Asus's intro machine and love it... except that Karma doesn't work on a 64bit system....
 
shanefrom302 said:
I am still using XP, why in the world anyone would want to use Vista is beyond me!
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I thought much the same way... until I got a Vista machine... it's not as bad as you might think... and it is faster than XP.... that said... I think Windows 7 from all accounts is going to be way better than Vista... and light years ahead of XP.
 
jokerswild said:
Why stay away from Toshiba? I had a Satilite 305 it worked just fine until it was dropped on the floor and then smashed into a wall into a million pieces... still not sure why it don't work now...:sqrolleyes:

I did replace it with Asus's intro machine and love it... except that Karma doesn't work on a 64bit system....
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Would you like some free Toshiba's? I have 7 in my office. Anyone? Just pay for shipping.
I dropped my Fujitsu as well....still is working as my main gig laptop...:sqbiggrin:
 
anzyxx said:
Would you like some free Toshiba's? I have 7 in my office. Anyone? Just pay for shipping.
I dropped my Fujitsu as well....still is working as my main gig laptop...:sqbiggrin:
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Seriously, why don't ya like Toshiba.... I only had mine for about a month before it was destroyed and it worked flawlessly.
 
anzyxx said:
Would you like some free Toshiba's? I have 7 in my office. Anyone? Just pay for shipping.
I dropped my Fujitsu as well....still is working as my main gig laptop...:sqbiggrin:
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I would like an older lappy to run power point...PM me if your serious..
 
Sorry guys, they all broken... most of them had overheating problems.
 
jokerswild said:
Seriously, why don't ya like Toshiba.... I only had mine for about a month before it was destroyed and it worked flawlessly.
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They did not last long on the road. Most of them I had back in my office within a year.
Their repair service wanted to charge me over 200.00 for the power supply....
At one point there were models that did not work with my Indigo Dj card
Well reported overheating problems....and so on....

I stopped buying them 2 years ago...
 
i have a toshiba satellite here running for 2 years with no problems.i treat it good and it gives me no problems.i run it sometimes for hrs playing a full library in automix,i have to knock on wood it hasnt let me down yet.
 
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