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Hi All. I have a Toshiba satellite 5005 laptop. I was running it from power with no battery inserted. I had a power cut and when the power came back on I got an error screen saying I had boot sector problems and to try to start in safe mode.when I try to enter safe mode or last known good setting, it hangs then reverts to the initial error screen. I have a boot disk and a floppy drive but XP was installed when I got the computer and on booting it does not display the POST but goes straight into windows. I want to get into the bios to change the boot order so I can read the boot floppy What I need to know is Will I be able to use the floppy boot disc, which is DOS and I believe XP doesn't read DOS? I am intending to get to the A prompt then insert Partition Magic to repair the boot record. If the floppy won't work, can I run a CD for booting? Assuming one of these approaches might work I come back to my main problem which is how do I get into the bios to change the boot sequence? I have tried beating on DEL and f2 with no luck. Excuse the long winded post Any help would be most welcome as I am suffering from severe withdrawal symptoms. regards, Stewart
Bit of a wit....half to be precise.
Look here for a write up on how to use the recovery cd and boot disk. This stolen from the Toshiba website.
Google is your friend.
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Terii. Thanks for your post. I looked up your link and the procedure described involves reconfiguring and wiping the HDD clean. Obviously I don't want to do this if I can avoid it. Also I'm not sure if the worst comes to the worst and I have to go that route does that mean i would have to reregister XP? Cheers Stewart
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Boot to an XP install CD.
Youre gonna need to run the Recovery Console, and will also need the Administrator password.
Once there, your gonna need to type the following:
fixboot c:[ENTER]
then you'll see a new command prompt, type:
fixmbr[ENTER]
Exit the recovery console and reboot.Let the PC boot without pressing any keys (or remove the CD first)
That'll fix it.
Best of luck
RichGu
WinXP Pro no Service Packs
P4 3.2 Prescott / Intel 865 Perl mobo
512MBs PC3200 DDR
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Hi Rich. Thanks for the response.I'm sure what you suggest would work for me but I can't open the bios to change the booting order. may have to take it to service station as I've tried every key on the board to open bios. cheers Stewart
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Hi Stewart,
I don't know the way into BIOS, but someone here will.
I would avoid Prtition Magic for now and try the repairs suggested in earlier replies.
As to boot floppy,
DOS will read a FAT partition but not an NTFS.Interestingly, someone in another thread was able to unscrew a similar situation with 98/ME fdisk.
If this becomes an option for you, there are many free partition savers /fixers.
M2
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You may find what you are looking for here.
Look towards the end of the webpage for Toshiba sequences. This should allow you to set the CDROM as your first boot device.
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I have a Toshiba Satelite 1800. The only way into the BIOS is via software run from the Control Panel, BUT, here's the good news, if you hit F2 after Power On it offers a boot device selection.
Regards.
Bob Mitchell.
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Mosaddique. I found the satellite 5005 in the toshiba notes in the page you linked to but their instructions for entering BIOS started from the control pannel. To get into the control panel I have to boot and that is my problem. It seems to be a catch 22. However we are getting closerr (I hope) :-) Thanks for the input. Stewart
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See the question "How Do I Access the BIOS Settings?" on this Toshiba Tech Support page.
Also look up TSB000733 pointed to on the page above.
Basically, it seems to suggest you need windows. Here are the first few lines:Description:
How do I access the hardware settings? How do I access the BIOS settings? How do I access the CMOS settings? How do I use TSETUP?Resolution:
General InstructionsFrom Windows:
Most recent models allow hardware settings to be changed from within Windows. Click Start/Programs/Toshiba Utilities for HWSetup or click Start/Settings/Control Panels for an item named "HW Setup."
Not all notebooks will have this option.NOTE: Not all of the options may be accessible from the Windows programs.
To access system settings with no operating system such as DOS or Windows loaded, use this procedure when powering up a Toshiba portable computer:
Hold down the <ESC> key as the computer starts up. The computer should beep and display a message "Check system. Press <F1>"
Press the <F1> key and the System Setup information is displayed.
Changing the settings: There are instructions about how to change these setting at the bottom of the screen.From DOS:
From within MS-DOS use the TSETUP utility. Most older Toshiba Notebooks have a DOS utility that also allows access to the hardware settings.
To run TSETUP:Restart in MS-DOS
Type "TSETUP" and press Enter. TSETUP is available below.
TSETUP.EXE (this may not run correctly on newer machines)Cannot enter bios in the Satellite 5000/5100/5200 Series:
In this Series you cannot enter the bios. Use must use the Toshiba Utilities (HWSetup) within Windows to make any changes.TSB001053 sounds more interesting. It says the following:
Toshiba Hardware utility method: Run the Toshiba Hardware utility from the Toshiba Console. It is also accessible (as 'HWSetup') from the Windows Control Panel. This utility provides a relatively user-friendly way to change the CMOS settings. Changes to some of the settings will require re-starting the PC (along with re-starting Windows). This method is the only way to access the CMOS settings on some of the newer notebook PCs (Satellite 5000 series, for example). (For these machines, pressing and holding the F12 key immediately after powering-on the notebook will allow you to alter the notebook's boot priority.)
So try F12 immediately after powering on the laptop.
If this works you can get it to boot from CD first. Hope it helps.
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Mosaddique. Your F12 may have worked. It was about the only thing I didn't try. However I'll never know as in despair I took the laptop into the local Toshiba service unit. Maybe could have saved myself mega bucks but to bad. That's computers :-) Thanks for your efforts nonetheless. cheers Stewart
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Hi Stewart,
Try hitting F1 or ESC key during boot up. Either one works for different models of Toshiba.
LOL
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Had the same problem as Stewart. My harddrive got screwed and I searched for a way to boot from my CD. My boot sequence was HDD>FDD>CD>LAN or something like this. I tried Mossadique's suggestion and it worked.
After pressing F12 upon boot up one of the lines under the pics (i.e. Multi-CD, Single-CD, Floppy, LAN -- pics shown upon boot up with big Toshiba logo) changed to orange. I used the arrow keys to highlight the single CD and pressed Enter. That booted my PC from the CD ROM.
Thanks Mossadique. Great job!
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You are welcome. Glad it helped.
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