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just curious guys...can anyone explain what happened to alkie's problem?......I mean why all the sudden it just boot up normally?
just curious guys...can anyone explain what happened to alkie's problem?......I mean why all the sudden it just boot up normally?
he he he nice one alkie.....I just hope I got the same luck when that happened to me...:)
One thing you might want to do now that it booted is to grab something like Speccy,
Speccy - Download
and check what make of hard drive is in your laptop and run the manufacturer's diagnostic program on it (SeaTools for Seagate, Data lifeGuard Tools for WD, HUTIL for Samsung), and check the hard drive as a duff drive can stop the computer from booting.
That hotfix might be a good idea but in this case it won't help,
at that point the computer hasn't gotten as far as to be loading Windows, it is hung at the bios. The only way i can see it helping is if for some reason Windows is parking the hard drive, and it then takes several attempts at booting for it to unlock.I switch on, a get a black screen for longer than normal then the Toshiba screen appears, (pressing F2 or F12 gets me nowhere), it remains there for a while and then returns to the black screen again.
That's what i did either when feeling i can reboot safely, with the Bios Tool & Windows Integrated Tools.
Should he do it after the repair, i recon! If not already done.That hotfix might be a good idea but in this case it won't help,
That's exactly what happenned!I switch on, a get a black screen for longer than normal then the Toshiba screen appears, (pressing F2 or F12 gets me nowhere), it remains there for a while and then returns to the black screen again. at that point the computer hasn't gotten as far as to be loading Windows, it is hung at the bios. The only way i can see it helping is if for some reason Windows is parking the hard drive, and it then takes several attempts at booting for it to unlock.
It could be something like this (sorry for the direct link, can't find the proper page at WD),
http://www.wdc.com/en/library/eide/79-880134.pdf
that was the problem, and the multiple reboots finally caused it to unlock. Which if I understand how it works, it is all on the hard drive and nothing from within the OS can affect it.
Take out the battery, disconnect the power supply, remove the HDD and the memory, then hold down the power button for 10 seconds to remove any residual power from the system. Then reinstall the battery and the memory, connect the power supply and try to start it up. That should get you to the bios. Disconnect power again and reinstall the HDD and you should be back to normal.
That's what i learned while ago on my first laptop, but thought that was only to make the Hdd stop running as it doesn't stop right away when computer's stop when you change Ram Stick for exemple. Never really thought it had to be with the drive to be reset that way when need booted...
I learned that trick will start about 8 of 10 laptops that have the same problem, regardless of make or model, although sometimes you also have to disconnect the CMOS battery.