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viper	Apr 18 2010, 10:45 PM Return to original view \| Post #1
On my way Senior Member 570 posts Joined: Jan 2003	Hi! Toshiba Satellite L510 new user reporting in After running through the laptop with Window 7, there is still a lot questions on some Toshiba pre-loaded software. Hopefully with current user and new user would kindly share some experience here. 1. Before buying this laptop, the technical personnel mentioned that we do not require to create back up for the Window 7, drivers, Toshiba utilitise, or bettter know as Product CD. Why there is Recovery Media Creator, that require 4 DVD to create Product CD? If in future, formatting the laptop is require, how would be all the Window 7, drivers to be re-installed as originally when we bought the new laptop? Hopefully the experts here would be able to clear my doubts here Thanks
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viper	Apr 19 2010, 12:14 PM Return to original view \| Post #2
On my way Senior Member 570 posts Joined: Jan 2003	QUOTE(PF T.J. @ Apr 18 2010, 11:05 PM) Wow, congratulations on your new Toshiba laptop, I'm sure it will serve you well. Which L510 models did you buy? The L510- S4318? Well, there sure are a lot of pre-loaded bloatwares in each Toshiba, and not all of them are particularly useful I would say hehe. You will be using the Eco Utility program, the Toshiba Reel Time, the Toshiba HDD Protection and the PC Health Monitor most I would say Do take note that Windows 7 provided by Toshiba comes in options of 32-bit and 64-bit. If you bought the L510 with 4GB DDR3 RAM, it is advisable to switch to 64-bit unless you have programs which are only supported by 32-bit systems If you use the 32-bit system you will not be able to use your 4GB RAM to its fullest The technical personnel is partially right. You may notice that you do not get the total amount of free Harddisk for your laptop. This is because Toshiba has a hidden harddisk containing all the important system files. Still, it is good to backup all those files just in case the Harddisk gets damaged. You will need four DVD+R (note DVR+R, not DVD-R) to backup all your recovery files. Have you partitioned your Harddisk? Usually formatting only involves your main partition, other partitions (including the hidden partition) will not be formatted, so it shouldn't be a problem. It is said you can reinstall your system through those backup disks (haven't tried out myself though hehe ) I hope I din't miss out anything keke! Anyway, welcome to the gang, feel free to ask some questions and also, if possible, do leave some reviews regarding your laptop here, I'm sure it will be most helpful for other potential buyers Arigato! Hi PF T.J, thanks, feels great to be proud owner of Toshiba. Pardon me for not able to remember the model and this laptop is 4 Gb RAM and 500GB Hard Disk with i3 processor. Really great info and i just have to agree with you that is good to make a recovery product CD. The problem now after viewing your comments, the tech personnel didn't explain detail which is preferable on using 32 bit or 64 bit. What he explain for 64 bit usage is more to graphical usage, which i'm not using much of that. So he suggest me to go for 32 bitsys. And regarding the partition disk, during the whole process of window 7 start up, there is no query of asking me to partition or not. Hmm...so now only one partition, which i'm really not looking for. How would you be suggesting to create partition hard disk in my current state? Would it be possible to do it without formatting everything? Will venture with this laptop and hopefully will comeout a constructive comment which might useful to potential buyer and current user as well.
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viper	Apr 22 2010, 11:28 PM Return to original view \| Post #3
On my way Senior Member 570 posts Joined: Jan 2003	» Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « QUOTE(PF T.J. @ Apr 19 2010, 05:15 PM) Hmm, I think you must be using the one with the ATI 5145 (L510-S4318B), it can be used for moderate gaming too Well, it depends on what you will be using the notebook for. If you are just using it for normal applications (Office, Photoshop etc.), then its best if you can upgrade to 64-bit so that you can fully utilize all 4GB of your RAM--- your notebook will be way faster. Usually people revert or maintain 32-bit systems only when the specific applications that they use cannot support 64-bit systems. You will only be able to use approximately 2.98GB of your RAM for a 32-bit Windows 7, meaning that you another 1GB of your RAM will be underused I'm not really sure how to convert from 32-bit to 64-bit though, I know the theory but do not dare try it on my notebook, its best if can find some technicians who know how, like those in lowyat plaza Yes, Windows 7 allows you to partition your harddisk by yourself without any formatting. Refer to this link, it should be easy (applicable to W7 too): http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vis...-windows-vista/ If you encounter any problems, do let us know, we can help you hehe Hehe, hope to hear from you soon ^^ Yo PF T.J. Lately been busy with some work. Great advice from you thanks a lot. I did my partition and seems like working fine to me Btw, the toshiba pre-loaded software that you suggested to use, which is Toshiba Reel Time and the Toshiba HDD Protection, from my first exploration of the Reel Time, it seems like a history option for you retrieve easily what you had browse or used. Mind to share some info on the usage from your experience, perhaps? And as for the HDD protection, I didn't notice it is loaded in my laptop. Hmmm..... So far so good with my laptop, been using extremely gentle...guess is still a new laptop afterall...haha Yeah, like what you said, my usage are more to moderate gaming and entertainment plus moderate graphics software usage as well. Still experiencing with this latest Win7 and i find it interesting haha...
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