Comments on: Toshiba Satellite 1415-S173 boot problem

By: ruwan

ruwan — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 06:27:58 +0000

how to repair Acer Aspire 5100 laptop not booting & not detect tuch pad,key bord, & usb mouse or key bord

By: cj2600

cj2600 — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 02:41:35 +0000

Tom, I'm not familiar with this model. I worked once on a Toshiba Portege A100 laptop but never worked on a Portege A200. Here's a disassembly guide for Portege A100", it could be similar to your laptop. Also, you can read this article: Accessing notebook hard drive using USB enclosure

By: Tom

Tom — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 23:23:59 +0000

Okay thank you, I’m assuming the hard drive has a problem and so I would like to back the files up with an external USB enclosure, BUT, I don’t know what the hard drive looks like or where it is or how to get it out…..I have taken the keyboard off but I can’t figure out how to get any further. If you have a disassembly guide that would be great but I havn’t found one on the internet yet so I might just try do it myself.
Wish me Luck

Byee
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By: cj2600

cj2600 — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 04:59:04 +0000

Tom,
You mentioned that before this problem the computer was pretty slow. I think this problem might be related to the hard drive. Test the hard drive with Hitachi’s drive fitness test, you’ll find link to this utility in Resources on the right side. If the hard drive fails test you’ll have to replace it.
You can try to back up all personal files using an external USB enclosure, you can find it on online or in any local computer store.
Also I would test memory with Memtest 86+.

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 10:31:07 +0000

I have a Toshiba Portege A200 Notebook and the battery has recently failed and so I always have to put it on the charger. I have been a bit careless and kept on just pulling the cord out without shutting down properly so I think that may have been a major cause of the ‘Blue Screen’ I am experiencing now. I start up my laptop, and then the “Start Windows Normally, Safe Mode, Safe Mode with Networking” screen appears and then the TOSHIBA screen comes up and then the Windows “Loading” screen loads for a bit and then for about 5seconds+ it goes black before opening a blue screen very quickly that when I try to read it, it disapears and the computer restarts again doing exactly the same thing.

I tried starting in safe mode and yet it does not work. I really need to get my music and work of it somehow, please help me.
Also, before this happened I experienced a slow internet connection and the computer was going pretty slow.
Regards,
Tom.

By: cj2600

cj2600 — Mon, 21 May 2007 04:32:41 +0000

Alex,
You should be able to get the boot menu if you hit F12 as soon as Toshiba logo appears on startup. Also you can hit “C” and the laptop should boot from the CD-Rom drive.

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 21 May 2007 02:31:31 +0000

I have a toshibe satellite 1415-s173. It has Suse linux installed on it but that doen’t work. When I start up into windows 2000 at the screen that says “windows is starting” it says that a file is corrupt or missing, to start into Widndows setup, and hit ‘r’ with the install cd/floppy. the problem is that i can’t find a way to boot from the Cd-Rom. if i hit F8 it gives several options, all about safe mode. There is no option to change what the laptop boots from.

By: Ram

Ram — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 19:46:48 +0000

Hi,
In my Toshiba Satilite notebook, when i press the power switch the fans get started for a second and after asecond there is sound like shut then fans will stop automatically.Even if i start it next time the same thing happens.I tried by remove the battery and on AC adoptor,even then the same problem.
Please guide me what could be the problem?
Thanks,
Ram.

By: cj2600

cj2600 — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 18:03:24 +0000

Pizdine, Try this. Remove the battery, unplug the AC adapter, wait for 1-2 minutes and start the laptop from the AC adapter power. Check out comments 45 and 57 in this post. The guy had a similar problem and was able to resolve it by reseating the battery. Let me know how it goes.

By: pizdine

pizdine — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 01:19:27 +0000

can not boot my Toshiba Satellite m45-s359
i try use recovery and fresh copy of xp
same thing heppens
it is show in touch with toshiba and moves to
black screen with cursor blinking
all this heppend after i connect copouter wireless
to belkin wireless ruter