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laptop not booting
Name: varanus Date: December 5, 2002 at 12:56:38 Pacific OS: windows 98 se CPU/Ram: 256 mb
Comment:
ive just been given a laptop toshiba t8000 to have look at, the problem with it is,it won't boot up, it gets as far as the toshiba on screen display and then all i get is a flashing cursor no keys have any effect, i cant seem to get into the bios. is there any way i can check if the hdd is corrupt. there seems to be slight hdd activity (sounds seem to be coming from it) but bugger all else. can anyone throw some ideas this way.
Name: stan Date: December 5, 2002 at 15:02:18 Pacific
Reply:
This is probably not your answer, but my laptop did the same thing. I took the durn thing to the shop and while the tech was looking at it, the hard-drive fell onto the counter.
He slid the hard-drive back into place, secured it with a simple screw and sent me on my way, laughing at me as I sneaked out the door.
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