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Toshiba Satellite L750 won't boot

  • 09-09-2013 5:59pm
    #1
    Daaazler
    Registered Users Posts: 5 ✭


    I'm repairing a Toshiba Satellite for my Aunt but I'm at a bit of a loss.

    The laptop won't boot past the windows logo (running windows 7 32bit), and at first I presumed a hard drive problem. So I put in a working hard drive and the laptop still wouldn't boot.
    I ran windows memory diagnostic and the Ram passed.
    And that's where I'm at, at the moment.

    Any ideas or advice would be much appreciated.
    Cheers


Comments

  • #2
    Torqay
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,835 ✭✭✭Torqay


    Run a HDD surface test (e.g. ViVARD, comes with UBCD). If it comes out fine, restore the laptop via factory default recovery. You can backup personal files wuth a Linux Live CD and an external HDD.

    If the HDD fails the test, you might still be able to recover files from the HDD with a Live CD. Then replace the HDD and renstall the operating system.

    P.S. A "working HDD" from another laptop won't boot anyway, so that doesn't mean anything.


  • #3
    dohcom
    Registered Users Posts: 12 ✭dohcom


    Did you do a clean installation on the good harddisk?


  • #4
    dohcom
    Registered Users Posts: 12 ✭dohcom


    Another harddisk will work as long as it came from a laptop with similar chipset, intel to intel or amd to amd.


  • #5
    Allyall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,381 ✭✭✭✭Allyall


    Can you boot into safemode?
    To try, Tap F8 after bios logo, once a second until you get boot menu, and choose Safemode with/without networking.


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