my Window 7 was not genuine.

Shana said:

Ok this morning I was able to get the advanced options on the boot menu. I had an option to repair my computer. I hit enter. I got a black screen for about 4 minutes. Then back to that blue screen with a bird.

The laptop model: Toshiba L735 Win 7 Home Premium.

This is the 2nd time failure to start, and 2nd HDD failure.
Remove HDD and slot in the Recovery disc.
Boot on DVD-Drive, and it show this error code: F3-F100-0003
Did a google search: Select 2 results. Link

How to fix startup error message code F3-F100-0003 - Microsoft Community

satellite L635S3030-error F3-F100-0003 - TOSHIBA FORUMS

Both mentioned as HDD failure.


Remove the HDD, and use as external casing HDD.
My another Toshiba model: Satellite L630 Windows 7 Pro
It have problem to detect and finally show as HDD not format??
I may need to do FULL format later.

I did FULL format on another External HDD (built-in) which also do have failure.
After Full format, it can access.


So in your case, try to remove the HDD.
Then slot in the Recovery disk, select DVD-Drive to boot 1st.
And no "blue screen with a bird", this may confirmed as HDD.

In this way, with error code, then it is better to know what the problem.
If without HDD & Disc, the laptop will keep restarting (loop).

I may suspect it is at the very 1st partition issue, as you will unable to beyond, as it is Blue Windows screen display.
If have the solution, may update.

To Add:

Now, it stay at the Error screen.

Not Blue screen.

Still same problem. Not able to fix. Can't get past boot. Bummer.