Restoring a laptop to factory settings?

[4514n5]

Hello I have a Toshiba Satellite L355D-S7815. Model No.: PSLE8U-00M00W, Serial No.: 88251379Q. I have got a virus and spyware on this laptop, and now it won't respond to any of my commands! (Won't open internet to right page, random offline pop-ups.) Now the internet is busted and it will not work! So I back upped my data to DVD+R. Now I am ready to restore my laptop to its original state. (Yes I have a recovery portion, it is called Recovery). However, I am having some trouble restoring the laptop, I got to the Restore to original settings or whatever. I'm having trouble at this step because it asks if I have a cd, and if I don't. (If I don't, use a factory image cd or w/e). So I stopped there because I have the CD's, but I still have my back-up cd's. I looked online, but there was no solution. So do I have to use the CD's or can I use the recovery portion on the computer? (And then load my data from the backup cd's)? Help please?

-Thanks, James Choi

 

[carnageX]

Reboot and enter the recovery partition that way. Should tell you to press a key during the POST screen (where it shows the Toshiba logo).

 

[4514n5]

Thanks, but do I have to use the cd's? (because i have a recovery partition)

 

[carnageX]

No, that's what the recovery partition is for, so you don't need to use recovery CD's.

 

[4514n5]

Ok! Thanks, but how would i get to that menu? (like hit F8 or w/e). Thanks so much in advance anyway! (Is there a guide to as said above ^^)

 

[Harper]

Thanks, but do I have to use the cd's? (because i have a recovery partition)

I have long lost faith in recovery CDs for notebooks. Half of them don't even work. The other half just installs extra garbage don't need.

Just boot from a normal windows Xp / Vista Cd and the install using the serial number from your notebook. The download the drivers from Toshiba's website.