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Previous Problem not fixed

Fang
02-19-2008, 07:30 PM
Ok so my problem was that my toshiba laptop was not booting up. It kept trying and giving me choices on how to boot up but always brought me back to that. Someone told me to use the restore Cd that came with the computer, but unfortunately the Cd was lost and my laptop is still not fixed. What can I do now?

Zenosincks
02-19-2008, 08:55 PM
Do you have any error messages at all?

Ad
02-19-2008, 08:55 PM

Fang
02-19-2008, 08:58 PM
Only one but it flashes too fast for me too read. The screen is blue and the words are white, that's all I can tell you.

Zenosincks
02-19-2008, 09:03 PM
Can you boot the system using Safe Mode?

Fang
02-19-2008, 09:12 PM
i tried, it didn't work.

Zenosincks
02-19-2008, 10:07 PM
I'm not too sure how to disable automatic restarts (the reason the blue screen just flashes and the system reboots) outside of Windows. Maybe someone else will chime in with that information, but in the mean time either try using a boot disk or LiveCD (such as Knoppix (ftp://csociety-ftp.ecn.purdue.edu/pub/knoppix/KNOPPIX_V5.1.1CD-2007-01-04-EN.iso)) to retrieve your minidump files or connect the HDD to another PC as a slave. Post the minidump files here when you have them.

Tmagic650
02-19-2008, 10:22 PM
Control Panel, System, Advanced, Start up and Recovery... Turn off automatic restart

Zenosincks
02-19-2008, 10:27 PM
Yep, except he can't boot into Windows.

I'm not too sure how to disable automatic restarts (the reason the blue screen just flashes and the system reboots) outside of Windows.

Ad
02-19-2008, 10:27 PM

Fang
02-19-2008, 10:39 PM
Ok, thanks guys, I'll try that and let you know what happens.

Fang
02-19-2008, 10:40 PM
i just have one more question, What's an HDD?

Zenosincks
02-19-2008, 10:44 PM
HDD is an acronym for Hard Disk Drive...

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