Langers
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« on: Thursday, January 13, 2011, 16:55:24 » |
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My laptop won't load.
I can turn it on and the Toshiba screen comes up, it gets passed that and then just stays blank.
Anyone know of anything I (who knows fuck all about computers) can try before I take it to someone who knows what they are doing. I can access setup utility and boot options if that helps.
Thanks.
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Chubbs
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« Reply #1 on: Thursday, January 13, 2011, 17:35:18 » |
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do you have anything plugged into the USB drives? (if so unplug them)
You could try last known good config..On boot tap the f8 keys and from the options choose last known good config.
Try that first
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Peter Venkman
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« Reply #2 on: Thursday, January 13, 2011, 18:01:19 » |
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Go into the bios, see if the hard disk is being recognised by the bios, if its not then click on auto to see if it picks it up, if it doesnt then the hard drive is fucked.
If it is there then the chances are your windows installation is fucked, reinstall from scratch in that case.
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Well, we know where we're goin' But we don't know where we've been And we know what we're knowin' But we can't say what we've seen And we're not little children And we know what we want And the future is certain Give us time to work it out
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Langers
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« Reply #3 on: Thursday, January 13, 2011, 19:25:57 » |
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Tried what you said Chubbs with no luck.
How do I get to the bios?
Thanks both for help.
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« Reply #4 on: Thursday, January 13, 2011, 19:34:47 » |
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Just had a Toshiba laptop fuck up on me as well, could access the BIOS and boot screen but wouldn't load from the HD. It failed to recognise the HD and I had the same problem after getting a replacement drive.
Appears to be a common issue with Toshibas and in the end I managed to salvage most of the data using using a £5 cable set off eBay and pluuging it into the desktop.
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flammableBen
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« Reply #5 on: Thursday, January 13, 2011, 19:35:53 » |
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oh shit ive got a toshiba laptop
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« Reply #6 on: Saturday, January 15, 2011, 17:17:22 » |
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Toshiba one of the most reliable brands of laptops usually
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Peter Venkman
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« Reply #7 on: Sunday, January 16, 2011, 11:56:34 » |
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Toshiba one of the most reliable brands of laptops usually
They are but TBH the last 2 laptops that had "issues" that I worked on were Toshies
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The_Plagiarist
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« Reply #8 on: Sunday, January 16, 2011, 12:21:49 » |
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Ok I've got a toshi
first things first - Have you tried rebooting?
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Simon Pieman
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« Reply #9 on: Sunday, January 16, 2011, 12:29:23 » |
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Ok I've got a toshi
first things first - Have you tried rebooting?
I bet he hasn't
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The_Plagiarist
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« Reply #10 on: Sunday, January 16, 2011, 12:39:27 » |
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I bloody have you insignificant little fuckwit.
ask me anything about my toshi
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Simon Pieman
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« Reply #11 on: Sunday, January 16, 2011, 12:48:34 » |
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I bloody have you insignificant little fuckwit.
ask me anything about my toshi
What about Langers, who I was actually referring to? I'm such an insignificant little fuckwit that I've changed your forum permissions to read only. I'll let someone un-ban you if they feel like. Enjoy.
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« Reply #12 on: Sunday, January 16, 2011, 12:54:03 » |
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"If you come at the king, you better not miss"
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« Reply #13 on: Sunday, January 16, 2011, 13:17:10 » |
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"If you come at the king, you better not miss" [url width=460 height=276]http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Arts/Arts_/Pictures/2009/3/18/1237375559629/The-Wires-Omar-Little-pla-001.jpg[/url] s'all in the game.
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Langers
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« Reply #14 on: Sunday, January 16, 2011, 13:26:09 » |
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I bet he hasn't Oi! What you trying to say!
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