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toshiba satt c660

  • 19-03-2012 5:23pm
    #1
    doublejj
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 129 ✭✭


    turned on computer and found that it would not reach any screen.toshiba start sign comes on but then black screen with white writing appears....various things come up.....operating system not found,pxe ,realtek family controller,various things like that....tryed all usual things batt taken out ,power button held down for two mins,anyone any idea how to reset/re-boot..


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  • #2
    Torqay
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    Go into the BIOS (F2 at the POST screen) and check if the hard disc drive is detected.


  • #3
    doublejj
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 129 ✭✭doublejj


    where can i find that..is it in boot menu or where


  • #4
    Torqay
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    No, not in the boot menu, during the POST screen (Toshiba Logo?) press F2 and you will get into the BIOS, check if the drive is detected and listed there all, before we proceed.


  • #5
    doublejj
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 129 ✭✭doublejj


    done that ...main sreen i have various things system time,cpu type,cpu speed,odd total mem size system bios version,ec version language......


  • #6
    Torqay
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    Now, I don't know which BIOS they're using, nothing about it in the user manual either (how ridiculous is that?).

    Browse the BIOS for the drives, there should be two SATA drives listed somewhere, the hard disc drive and the optical drive.


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  • #7
    doublejj
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 129 ✭✭doublejj


    system bios version it says is 1.40..after that i am not really sure if that makes sense to ya


  • #8
    Torqay
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    No, it doesn't.

    Point is, the error message you're getting indicates that your hard disc is either corrupt or not present at all. So, your first stop is the BIOS to establish whether or not the HDD is detected.

    If it is not listed, then it could have slipped out of the connector (not unheard of and fairly easy to fix) or worse, it has gone south and needs to be replaced.

    If you have a Windows 7 disc you can boot from DVD, it will tell you soon enough if there's a hard drive or not, If there is, you can do a repair installation.

    But as I said, your first stop is normally the BIOS.


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