is my laptop fried?

dcjcdc · 10-05-2008, 03:14 PM

well i have a toshiba tecra laptop with windows xp

cant even get into safemode by pressing f8
it has error ide #0 error

than it says insert system disk into drive and press any key when ready

bought the laptop used so got no cd's with it

thoughts anyone
thanks

Jerrick · 10-05-2008, 03:21 PM

Did you get the comp and this happened, or have you been able to use it before then this started to happen?

To me it sounds like your hardrive is going out. Maybe its not fully connected anymore, has a bad bootsector/os installation, or is dieing.

Ive seen this problem also when a laptop tries to boot from lan, so going into the bios and making sure your hard drive is high or first in the boot list could do it.

dcjcdc · 10-05-2008, 03:33 PM

it was working the other day...and now not

cant get into anything bios etc..

10-05-2008, 03:14 PM	#1 (permalink)
dcjcdc Bronze Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 37	is my laptop fried? well i have a toshiba tecra laptop with windows xp cant even get into safemode by pressing f8 it has error ide #0 error than it says insert system disk into drive and press any key when ready bought the laptop used so got no cd's with it thoughts anyone thanks

10-05-2008, 03:21 PM	#2 (permalink)
Jerrick Gold Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 255	Did you get the comp and this happened, or have you been able to use it before then this started to happen? To me it sounds like your hardrive is going out. Maybe its not fully connected anymore, has a bad bootsector/os installation, or is dieing. Ive seen this problem also when a laptop tries to boot from lan, so going into the bios and making sure your hard drive is high or first in the boot list could do it. __________________ PCU: Intel Q6600 - 2.44ghz Ram: 4gigs Corsair XMS2 Mobo: Gigabyte EP45-DS3R GPU: ATI HD4870 @ 780/1090 PSU: Corsair 520w Unicycles, guitars, and computers. Life is good.

10-05-2008, 03:33 PM	#3 (permalink)
dcjcdc Bronze Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 37	thanks for the response it was working the other day...and now not cant get into anything bios etc..

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