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Laptop in startup repair loop after hibernation
I have been trying to make my Toshiba Qosmio laptop to start without any success.
A bit of history: since I installed Windows 7 in the laptop three years ago, whenever it runs out of battery I can not start it. After pressing the power button, initial Qosmio screen appears followed by a black screen with blinking cursor. It stays here forever. After reading various forums I realized that my computer enters into hibernation and never gets out of it. I found a way to start it by removing the hard drive and installing another one, starting the laptop, letting it run for few minutes, and then installing back the old hard drive. After this when I start the laptop, a blue screen shows up, but after that I could start the laptop normally. This method worked so many times until yesterday.
What happened yesterday: the laptop ran out of battery, and went into hibernation. I did the usual swapping of the hard drives, but this time after the initial Qosmio welcome screen, a blue screen will show up for a bit of a second (I can barely spot it) and then a screen asking me to start the laptop with Startup repair (recommended) or in normal mode. Since I can not start it in normal mode, I chose the startup repair. But the Startup repair can not fix the problems, and can not even detect the problems. I ran the Startup repair several times with no success. Here is the diagnosis:
Problem signature 01: 6.1.7600.26385
Problem signature 02: 6.1.7600.26385
Problem signature 03: unknown
Problem signature 04: 21201020
Problem signature 05: Auto Failover
Problem signature 06: 3 (this number increases with every additional startup repair run)
Problem signature 07: 0xd1
os. version: 6.1.76002.0.0.256.1
Locale ID: 1033
I tried restoring to a previous point, nothing to restore to. Tried the Startup Repair Infinite loop recovery from the command prompt (suggested on this site), didn't work. I can not boot in safe mode. Tried recovery using installation disc, didn't work. Unplugged the cord, removed the battery and pressed the power button for several seconds, nothing changed.
One interesting thing: I tried to mount Linux in order to see the c: drive (needed to search for some files), but Linux doesn't want to mount. It says that windows is in hibernation state and hence, can not mount safely. So it seems that the laptop is still in hibernation and can not get out of it.
I did a back up of almost all of my files, except for several of them that I can not locate. I hesitate to do clean installation of Windows 7, I don't want to lose those files. Any ideas what to do to make the laptop run, get out of hibernation state?