Toshiba Computer mysteriously wont boot anymore

i see. but why did this happen in the first place?

Who knows what happened. It could be a software, hardware or virus problem. You won't know until you boot with your XP disc and see if that fixes your problem.

If you make regular backups and images of your hard drive you will have better options to get going again.

Check out the Backup & Restore forum here Backup and Restore - Windows 7 Forums

okay, but i am planning to save the datas. i am planning to install windows 7 back up the datas and do a fresh install after that. is that possible?

You can copy out your data externally to USB now with free Paragon rescue disk to recover data, or use Win7 DVD or Repair CD: Copy & Paste - in Windows Recovery Console

If you have a Win7 license would you like to install it on the machine? Or would you prefer to repair or reinstall XP?

Before attempting repairs I would download Windows Defender Offline to burn to CD or write to flash stick, boot and run a full scan, since XP may not repair if it is infected.

There are two repair prompts when you boot into the XP CD as shown here: XP Repair Install. You should be sure to have an OEM channel XP SP3 CD for your exact version.

At the first Repair prompt, open the command line to type in Bootrec.exe /fixboot, then hit enter and type bootrec.exe /fixmbr, hit enter again. Reboot to see if it will start.

If not follow the tutorial to the second Repair prompt at the point where you would start Install to see if you can run the full Repair Install.

If not you can reinstall XP, run Toshiba factory Recovery from its partition at boot, or Clean Install Windows 7. You should have your data copied out by then.

Hi
thanks for the information, although im not sure if that was an advertisement or something related. i cant even boot to windows so that program you said isnt for me. i have inserted my xp CD but there isnt any repair option. but my question is can i install win7 in a same drive as xp was installed?

gregrocker said:

You can copy out your data externally to USB now with free Paragon rescue disk to recover data, or use Win7 DVD or Repair CD: Copy & Paste - in Windows Recovery Console

If you have a Win7 license would you like to install it on the machine? Or would you prefer to repair or reinstall XP?

Before attempting repairs I would download Windows Defender Offline to burn to CD or write to flash stick, boot and run a full scan, since XP may not repair if it is infected.

There are two repair prompts when you boot into the XP CD as shown here: XP Repair Install. You should be sure to have an OEM channel XP SP3 CD for your exact version.

At the first Repair prompt, open the command line to type in Bootrec.exe /fixboot, then hit enter and type bootrec.exe /fixmbr, hit enter again. Reboot to see if it will start.

If not follow the tutorial to the second Repair prompt at the point where you would start Install to see if you can run the full Repair Install.

If not you can reinstall XP, run Toshiba factory Recovery from its partition at boot, or Clean Install Windows 7. You should have your data copied out by then.

Before you redo your windows you might want to take out your laptop hard drive and back-up all your data to another computer

thats a good idea. however i am trying to save the trouble by installing win7 into same drive as xp was installed. is that possible though?

mayheamk said:

Hi
thanks for the information, although im not sure if that was an advertisement or something related. i cant even boot to windows so that program you said isnt for me. i have inserted my xp CD but there isnt any repair option. but my question is can i install win7 in a same drive as xp was installed?

gregrocker said:

You can copy out your data externally to USB now with free Paragon rescue disk to recover data, or use Win7 DVD or Repair CD: Copy & Paste - in Windows Recovery Console

If you have a Win7 license would you like to install it on the machine? Or would you prefer to repair or reinstall XP?

Before attempting repairs I would download Windows Defender Offline to burn to CD or write to flash stick, boot and run a full scan, since XP may not repair if it is infected.

There are two repair prompts when you boot into the XP CD as shown here: XP Repair Install. You should be sure to have an OEM channel XP SP3 CD for your exact version.

At the first Repair prompt, open the command line to type in Bootrec.exe /fixboot, then hit enter and type bootrec.exe /fixmbr, hit enter again. Reboot to see if it will start.

If not follow the tutorial to the second Repair prompt at the point where you would start Install to see if you can run the full Repair Install.

If not you can reinstall XP, run Toshiba factory Recovery from its partition at boot, or Clean Install Windows 7. You should have your data copied out by then.

What are you talking about? What is an advertisement? I gave you the tools to copy out your files using a free bootable Paragon CD or the Win7 DVD, then attempt to repair XP or install Win7 instead.

The blue links are tutorials you click to read how to do the things you ignored. You are not doing an XP Repair install correctly, and even if it doesn't appear at the second Repair prompt I gave you Commands to run in the first Repair command line which you also ignore.

You completely ignore these options I took the time to type out as though you can't read and then ask if I gave you an advertisement? What kind of breathtaking nonsense is this?

okay no need to get angry now, even though i was asking you if you were...