Hello All.
I have a Toshiba 1405-S151 running Windows XP. I left the computer (turned off) plugged in to a surge protector when there was a thunderstorm at night. In the morning, when I turned the computer on, the black screen had white letters which indicated that I had to put some system disk in (I don't recall everything it said now). As I could not get past this screen, I decided to use my recovery disks.
When I tried to use the recovery disks, as the disk was formatting with the first disk, the screen went completely blank but the CD drive seemed to still be busy. I waited a few hours until I finally pressed CTRL ALT and I think the DEL keys when the prompt came to put in the next disk. I put in the next disk (disk 2 of 3), but as it was late, I fell asleep prior to finishing disk 2 install.
In the morning, there was no prompt to put in disk 3. So I turned the computer off and then on again to put in the recovery disks again. Now, after answering the questions about whether I want to proceed and that everything on the disk will be wiped out, etc., the computer loops back to the same questions and wants me to answer them again. I can't get past this - it happens again and again. I removed the laptop battery to try to reset the computer, but the same thing happens now. Is there anything I can do? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I have a Toshiba 1405-S151 running Windows XP. I left the computer (turned off) plugged in to a surge protector when there was a thunderstorm at night. In the morning, when I turned the computer on, the black screen had white letters which indicated that I had to put some system disk in (I don't recall everything it said now). As I could not get past this screen, I decided to use my recovery disks.
When I tried to use the recovery disks, as the disk was formatting with the first disk, the screen went completely blank but the CD drive seemed to still be busy. I waited a few hours until I finally pressed CTRL ALT and I think the DEL keys when the prompt came to put in the next disk. I put in the next disk (disk 2 of 3), but as it was late, I fell asleep prior to finishing disk 2 install.
In the morning, there was no prompt to put in disk 3. So I turned the computer off and then on again to put in the recovery disks again. Now, after answering the questions about whether I want to proceed and that everything on the disk will be wiped out, etc., the computer loops back to the same questions and wants me to answer them again. I can't get past this - it happens again and again. I removed the laptop battery to try to reset the computer, but the same thing happens now. Is there anything I can do? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
