New hard drive in Toshiba, trying to use original software?
I have an old Portege 4000 that I just recently put a new hard drive in. When I try and load the original software (via recovery discs), I get a "WRONG MACHINE!" error. I realize that this has to do with the DMI and the fact that I’ve changed the hard drive out, but what can I do/change so that I can run the original discs in it?
You got an OEM OS-version. That can only be used on the original hardware. That’s why an OEM OS is something shouldn’t even be allowed. If something breaks, so does the OS. And then the OS-company will earn new dollars (because a new version has to be bought), although it doesn’t support more OS’ses. That’s just utterly ridicilous and totally malicious and really way beyond doing fair business.
You need a NOT-OEM OS version, and insert that disk; that’s the only solution.
If you need a new OS anyway, and aren’t a game freak, maybe try Ubuntu ( http://www.ubuntu.com/ ), it’s free.
If you go for the ‘old’ OS again anyway, next time add an 2nd harddisk and use Ghost to backup the first one onto the 2nd one, after installation.
Check your BIOS settings and update them first. Adding a larger hard drive does not affect if a Recovery CD will run or not. It is a setting within your system’s BIOS.
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