i cant start my toshiba laptop at all and in safe mode,a virus is responsible,pls c drive is precious,pls help
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geta rescue start-up disk from a virus site: www.mcafee.com or similar. good luck!
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Start your computer in safe mode then delete it...you start in safe mode by tapping f8 key at startup .
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If nothing starts up then its a simple power problem and you should be able to start your system after installing a new Power Unit. However if you are able to start the system then try to getinto the BIOS and use the CD drive as a boot option. Try reinstalling Windows and this should work. \nIf you have important data, try taking your Harddrive to your friends or your other PC and then install this drive as a secondary drive on your friends PC. This will then allow you to recover your data and then you can even check if your drive is corrupted or only the Windows install.
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I dunno, how much but you may try to visit. www.toshiba.com or www.support.toshiba.com. hope this may help you
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The Blue Screen of Death..... try to start in safe mode. if that will not work,  your HD might be Dead....
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i wud run xp in safe mode then try the following...\n1. scan the computer..\n2. delete manually..\n3. scan online from anti-virus sites..\n4. format the pc..
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Sorry, need more info.\n\nAn inactive drive maybe faulty, or a system partition.
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Try running checkdisk on it.  If that doesn't work, it's probably not going to open.
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I've seen a couple of older laptops where you had to follow the manufacturer's special instructions for getting XP installed successfully.  I'd check Toshiba's website for any documentation (as opposed to just drivers and bios updates) that might be related to your laptop.\n\nI might also try booting from the XP install CD instead of trying to run it from within the Win 2000 environment.  Or if you don't want to do that, you might want to stop any anti-virus software you might have running, and use task manager (ctrl+alt+del) to shutdown as many unnecessary processes as you can before launching Setup.  You might even want to download, update, and run Ad-aware and maybe Spybot S&D and see if you might have some spyware interferring that needs removing.\n\nAt any rate, it's generally a good idea to make a backup before you try anything too drastic.
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go to start > run and type msconfig and hit enter. Go to boot.ini and tick safeboot and then ok. Restart and your computer will be in safe mode. \n\nOnce in safe mode run your antispyware and antivirus scans and delete the malware.\n\nNow to  go back to normal mode again do the same as above, this time uncheck safeboot and then ok and then restart.
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You should have gotten a 'Restore' disk with your laptop.Basically boot off of that, and it will wipe out your hard drive and reload Windows on it.\nCheers.
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Hi there,\n\nChances are it has died. Suggest you buy a DVD +-RW for the machine and try it out. Will cost relative peanuts and cuts out the hastle of jumping through the warranty hoops - which will invariably also include wiping your XP install and all data.\n\nOf course, there is a chance there is nothing wrong with your existing drive. I have seen several machines recently where virus and spyware infections have corrupted Windows. The device is shown, will even eject through software but... will not read CD's.\n\nThe easiest way to confirm is restart in Safe mode (F8 every second or so when the box is starting and BEFORE the XP screen) When the machine has started, throw in a Data CD and see if it reads it. If it does, you've a Windows problem rather than hardware.\nThat being the case...\n\nDo a virus scan in safe mode. Do a spyware scan in safe mode. Restart the PC and click Start / Run / Type SFC  /ScanNow {press enter}\nGo have some dinner... this bit is s l o w like an Englishman.\nWhen it has completed, restart the PC and try a CD\n\nIf still no joy, do a ReInstall in Place of XP. (Do a Google search for 'How do I do a re-install in place for Windows XP for concise instructions'\n\nHopefully though, the CD will not work in safe mode.
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reinstall window system on it or\ncheck you laptop manual for instruction to reset bios password.
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the unit where you start windows has bad sectors, the HDD, or FDD that you're using to start test it with chkdsk.exe starting in safe mode with DOS prompt. Check if your CD has no scratches (if you're talking about start the windows install)
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1. You need more RAM, definitely. No other solution\n2. Before after pressing the power button and before windows starts loading, keep pressing F8 repeatedly. When the menu comes up, select Safe Mode, and press enter. The if you cant find the solution, you can atleast copy the files and stuff and the format it
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Few things to try \n\nTry entering safemode - usually tapping the f5 key when starting up - then select safemode - \nif this works and you get a display - go into the device manager (press the windows icon button plus the pause break key - then select hardware > device manager) \nclick on the plus next to the display adaptors - highlight your display adaptor then right click on it and uninstall)\nrestart your conputer and see if this helps\n\nif you enter safemode and the display switches off - try entering the bios - when you get the splash screen it should tell you which key to press (enter setup)  \ndoes your screen go blank in this - if so you have a hardware problem -\n\nif you can check your setting within the bios - load the optimised defaults or defaults and try again\n\ngive this a go and good luck\n\n\nPS - also try a ATX reset -\nremove your battery and the power cable from your laptop \npress and hold the power button in for about 30 seconds - this will remove any static build up on the MOBO\nPower back on and see if this works
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You need to install software and drivers for it, there should be a CD with your laptop, if not then go the Toshiba site and see if you can download from there or ask your shop or toshiba.