Toshiba Laptop Boot Menu Loading Instead of Startup

You might need to repair the boot loader. But before you try that, in the boot screen there, is the hard drive selected as the first boot device?

All is not lost. You can access all of your unencrypted data by attacking the hard drive to a USB to SATA connector and accessing it via another computer.

I would delete that screenshot of your Windows product key unless that's OEM.

Edit-

Okay, I see from the screenshot that the hard drive is the first boot device. Follow these two tutorials.


MBR - Restore Windows 7 Master Boot Record

Troubleshooting Windows 7 Failure to Boot

Before you try that, open the bottom of the computer and reseat the RAM slots. You may need to read your manual, but the RAM should be in the bottom of the computer and the plastic cover comes off with a few screws. Do not touch the RAM copper contacts. Hold the RAM on the sides.

F22 Simpilot said:

You might need to repair the boot loader. But before you try that, in the boot screen there, is the hard drive selected as the first boot device?

All is not lost. You can access all of your unencrypted data by attacking the hard drive to a USB to SATA connector and accessing it via another computer.

I would delete that screenshot of your Windows product key unless that's OEM.

Edit-

Okay, I see from the screenshot that the hard drive is the first boot device. Follow these two tutorials.


MBR - Restore Windows 7 Master Boot Record

Troubleshooting Windows 7 Failure to Boot

Before you try that, open the bottom of the computer and reseat the RAM slots. You may need to read your manual, but the RAM should be in the bottom of the computer and the plastic cover comes off with a few screws. Do not touch the RAM copper contacts. Hold the RAM on the sides.

I changed the Screen shot with the KEY... is it ok or it needs some more editing also

The boot menu screenshot says at the bottom that...


[ HDD/SSD Hitachi HTS545050B9A300 ] is failed


...which suggests that the bios cannot boot from the drive and has displayed the boot menu to let you choose another device to boot from.


You may be able to recover your files by following F22 Simpilot's suggestion to use a usb adapter to read the drive on another PC.

Bree said:

The boot menu screenshot says at the bottom that...


[ HDD/SSD Hitachi HTS545050B9A300 ] is failed


...which suggests that the bios cannot boot from the drive and has displayed the boot menu to let you choose another device to boot from.


You may be able to recover your files by following F22 Simpilot's suggestion to use a usb adapter to read the drive on another PC.

A usb Adaptor .. how and connect to another PC..?

F22 Simpilot said:

You might need to repair the boot loader. But before you try that, in the boot screen there, is the hard drive selected as the first boot device?

All is not lost. You can access all of your unencrypted data by attacking the hard drive to a USB to SATA connector and accessing it via another computer.

I would delete that screenshot of your Windows product key unless that's OEM.

Edit-

Okay, I see from the screenshot that the hard drive is the first boot device. Follow these two tutorials.


MBR - Restore Windows 7 Master Boot Record

Troubleshooting Windows 7 Failure to Boot

Before you try that, open the bottom of the computer and reseat the RAM slots. You may need to read your manual, but the RAM should be in the bottom of the computer and the plastic cover comes off with a few screws. Do not touch the RAM copper contacts. Hold the RAM on the sides.

You Mentioned "You can access all of your unencrypted data by attacking the hard drive to a USB to SATA connector and accessing it via another computer."...

What is the way to do it..? Can you explain that out to me..?

farhaj said:

A usb Adaptor .. how and connect to another PC..?

You can use a 2.5" HDD as an external usb drive and connect it to another PC with an adapter cable such as this one on Amazon
or an external enclosure like this one.

Bree said:

The boot menu screenshot says at the bottom that...


[ HDD/SSD Hitachi HTS545050B9A300 ] is failed


...which suggests that the bios cannot boot from the drive and has displayed the boot menu to let you choose another device to boot from.


You may be able to recover your files by following F22 Simpilot's suggestion to use a usb adapter to read the drive on another PC.

[ HDD/SSD Hitachi HTS545050B9A300 ] is failed

Does this mean that now AT ALL THAT I CANNOT BOOT MY LAPTOP itself from the Boot Menu or some other way without the need to open the Laptop

@F22 Simpilot & @Bree...

1) do you think that opening a laptop after 4.5 years; can make the boot file go away from the Laptop and now it won't open up till the start up..?

2) If Not, what else could be the problem behind it..?

3) can You advise and also answer remaining of my queries which I asked earlier.

Bree said:

You can use a 2.5" HDD as an external usb drive and connect it to another PC with an adapter cable such as this one on Amazon
or an external enclosure like this one.

Both of the Links which you showed, does it require manually to pull out the hard drive from the Laptop and then insert it into the case and access it with the cable.

Is, their any way to access the Laptop Hard Drive without the need to Extract the HD manually from inside it...

and what is SATA HD... the Laptop's HD is Called as SATA..?