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    Toshiba Satellite not going to desktop?

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by mikehende, Aug 8, 2010.

  1. mikehende

    mikehende Notebook Consultant

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    L305-S5944 System Unit, Model number PSLB8U-0VN037

    Laptop powers on, I see the first screen which gives you the option to go to the BIOS then on the next screen all I see is a cursor blinking on top left on a blank screen then some sort of small icon appears on the left of the cursor and that's it, doesn't go any further, help please?
     
    mikehende, Aug 8, 2010
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    Umm, more info?

    Have you tried booting into Safe Mode, or booting into the Windows boot disk to repair your installation?
     
    Amnesiac, Aug 10, 2010
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    Safe Mode does not work, I even tried the system recovery and that doesn't work, the system just says "loading files" then hangs. I guess the only thing I can do is try to reload the OS from cd but my son can't find the cd, I have the same OS on cd which came with my desktop but will that work on his laptop?
     
    mikehende, Aug 16, 2010
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    If your desktop is a prebuilt, then it most likely won't.

    Your laptop should have an inbuilt recovery partition, for situations like this. Activated by pressing a hotkey upon boot. Toshiba has more information on their website.
     
    Amnesiac, Aug 17, 2010
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    yeah, itried the recovery but it doesn't work so I am guessing the HDD is shot?
     
    mikehende, Aug 17, 2010
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    Ouch, it's possible. Have you tried the hard drive in an external enclosure?
     
    Amnesiac, Aug 20, 2010
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