Comments on: I’m getting “Output A:/ghost.err” message when I run recovery disc

By: Michael Burgman

Michael Burgman — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 03:18:03 +0000

I am running into the same problem With a Toshiba Qosmio Gi5 series laptop. Thanks for the things to try, there was no help to be found on the Toshiba website, especially since this is an older model.

By: Bartrum

Bartrum — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 14:56:43 +0000

Could someone tell me if there is a class action law suit against Toshiba out there? I paid $1600 for a toshiba lap top that was barely used and my problem is the same as almost everyone I’ve read!

By: keith

keith — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 22:30:24 +0000

Thanks for help.the cleaning of disk works great for my satellite laptop had same problem with the ghoust err cleanng worked thanks

By: Oldnavy

Oldnavy — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 01:37:35 +0000

Exact same issue with my old Satellite A-15.

I tried taking out the battery, cleaning disc and eye with alcohol (you did recommend tequila, right?), and tried again.
Nope.

But I’ve got the most damned fancy doorstop in the neighborhood.
And a hangover from the cleaning fluid.

By: Shen

Shen — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 07:00:52 +0000

Thank you very much for the info. I have an M55 notebook which stopped booting up. Was running the recovery when I got the Ghost message. Was told the hard drive was bad and had to replace. Did that, but still got the message when trying to do the recovery. Toshiba techs told me that it’s a bad CD and need to go to an authorized store since they’ve discontinued carrying the CD! Just took your advice and cleaned the CD and removed the battery for 10 minutes and unplugged. Got all the way through the recovery process afterwards. Thanks again.

By: Jon J.

Jon J. — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 00:13:27 +0000

I removed and cleaned the disk, cleaned the lens with alcohol and removed the battery for about 10 minutes. I had no issues on the second attempt. I’m not sure which one fixed it, but thanx for everyones input.

By: jon

jon — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 04:46:17 +0000

I just cleaned off the disc and that seemed to fix it.

By: hlysnan

hlysnan — Tue, 05 May 2009 06:49:16 +0000

Help
I need somebody
Help
A45-S169 OUTPUT A:\GHOST.ERR?
I am experiencing everything the others mentioned, so I won’t bore you with detailsWhat do you geeks know Something new??????

By: hlysnan

hlysnan — Tue, 05 May 2009 06:46:45 +0000

After attempting everything to fix my laptopAnd I mean everything you geeks has suggested, I am still having problems with itDo you thing Obama will send me a freebie? LOL.
AnywayI load it WINDOWS XP OFF ANOTHER CD SuccessfullyWith WINDOWS XP I was able to log in the internet and run every program on my computer, but when it came to load the Toshiba A45-S169 recovery CD, no wayI does everything you guys said it doesI cleaned and cleaned, blew and blew, removed and removed the battery, and Tu Abuela The Fking thing did not budge. I am patient though, and I just hope you guys come up with the magical suggestion to fix the frigging thing. Thanks a lot guys. Honestly thanks for all your inputs.

By: Radio123

Radio123 — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 02:36:07 +0000

Last nightI was attempting to reinstall XP on my three year old Toshiba Satellite M45-S169. I had recently installed 1 GB more memory, made some other changes to various programs, and for some reason Internet Exporer would not work. After putting the resuce disc in the drive, and following the procdures as per the instructions, the unit got about 35 percent into the recovery when the message “Output A:\Ghost.ERR?”, and “Application Error 437″, appeared. It prompts you to select Y or N but whichever I chose, it failed. I have no Drive A, either.

After attempting reinstallation a half-dozen times, with the same problem happening each time, I unplugged everything from the Toshiba’s USB port(s), unplugged the A/C power cord and removed the battery. I let it sit for about an hour, reinstalled the battery and plugged in the A/C. When I reinserted the rescue disc, and followed the other procedures, it worked successfully. After installing the Windows Updates, the computer was fine and is working like new.

Note: I wrote posted this same reply on another forum this evening, with the same user name, regarding the same topic.