Hello everyone,
This is the second time I'm experiencing this issue with my 9 month old laptop. Last time I was able to clean format (and lose all my data), but this time I cannot do that because I need my data for college project due tuesday! yay. I was told that this particular model is known for these kind of issues, but I am not sure and I need your help.
Win XP SP2
Satellite M70-CL1
AVG Anti-virus, updated and scanned regularly
Symptoms:
Of course, everything runs normal the day before. Next reboot, windows loads but touchpad and keyboard do not work at all, external mouse does. Figuring out that a reboot should fix this, I do another one, but this time, windows get stuck on the logo page, never getting past that...
I tried:
-Running 'safe mode', but it never gets past dozen of text lines it spews out
-Running 'last known good configuration', same thing, gets stuck, on win logo
-Changed boot-up sequence, selected CDROM. Ran 'repair windows' under Win Xp installation CD. I am able to logon and see my files (and yes, the keyboard works!), of course only under command-line interface. But what use is this to me? I cannot copy them, move them anywhere safe, like a CD-R.
Does anyone know if this problem has any solutions?
At best, how can I move my files to a safer place? I can proceed with clean install and bitching to Toshiba after that.. :$
Any comments are appreciated.
Thanks,
kebbs
This is the second time I'm experiencing this issue with my 9 month old laptop. Last time I was able to clean format (and lose all my data), but this time I cannot do that because I need my data for college project due tuesday! yay. I was told that this particular model is known for these kind of issues, but I am not sure and I need your help.
Win XP SP2
Satellite M70-CL1
AVG Anti-virus, updated and scanned regularly
Symptoms:
Of course, everything runs normal the day before. Next reboot, windows loads but touchpad and keyboard do not work at all, external mouse does. Figuring out that a reboot should fix this, I do another one, but this time, windows get stuck on the logo page, never getting past that...
I tried:
-Running 'safe mode', but it never gets past dozen of text lines it spews out
-Running 'last known good configuration', same thing, gets stuck, on win logo
-Changed boot-up sequence, selected CDROM. Ran 'repair windows' under Win Xp installation CD. I am able to logon and see my files (and yes, the keyboard works!), of course only under command-line interface. But what use is this to me? I cannot copy them, move them anywhere safe, like a CD-R.
Does anyone know if this problem has any solutions?
At best, how can I move my files to a safer place? I can proceed with clean install and bitching to Toshiba after that.. :$
Any comments are appreciated.
Thanks,
kebbs