How do I boot up my Toshiba laptop computer. I get an open screen , I select start windows, nothing happens.

Click the "Start" button.

Type "System Configuration" (without quotes) in the search box and select "System Configuration" from the search results.

This will open Microsoft's System Configuration utility.

Click the "Boot" tab.

Clear the "Safe Boot" check box under "Boot Options."

Using the Windows Boot Menu

Turn on your computer.

Press the "F8" key repeatedly immediately after the BIOS screen appears.

The BIOS screen typically displays the logo of the computer manufacturer.

Select "Start Windows Normally" from the boot menu and press "Enter" to proceed.

or
Restart your computer
during the boot process you will see on the screen a certain key to press usually the Delete or F2 to enter setup

Press and hold that key during the boot up process to enter BIOS using the arrow keys you can load failsafe defaults or load optimized defaults press escape then press f10 to save to cmos to restart

hope it helps

1.
Click "Start | All Programs | TOSHIBA | Utilities | HWSetup" to open the laptop's original equipment manufacturer, or OEM, system configuration software.


2.
Click "General," then "Default" to reset the BIOS settings to their original state.

3.
Click "Apply," then "OK."

Restore BIOS Settings at Startup
1.
Restart or power on the Toshiba. Quickly press "F2" to access the boot screen. If you miss the boot screen and the computer continues to start Windows, shut down and try again.

2.
Press "F9" to load the BIOS setup defaults on the laptop. Use the directional pad to select "Yes" and then press "Enter."

3.
Go to the "Exit" tab. Select "Exit Saving Changes." Choose "Yes." Press "Enter" to quit.

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How to Restore a Toshiba L305The Toshiba Satellite L305 notebook computer has a recovery program pre-installed at the factory that lets users return the hard drive to its out-of-box state. Using the recovery feature completely deletes all software and options saved on the laptop, which resolves any boot up problems and removes any virus infections. The recovery option isn't accessible directly through the operating system however, and must be accessed by starting up the computer in a different way than normal. Step 1 Close out any software currently running on your Toshiba Satellite L305 laptop. Navigate to the laptop's "Start" menu and choose "Shut Down."
Step 2 Hold down the laptop's "0" key and press the power button. Keep the key held down during the boot up process until the "Toshiba Recovery Wizard" window loads on the screen.
Step 3 Click the check box labeled "Recovery of Factory Default Software." Choose the "Next" option.
Step 4 Choose the "Recover to out-of-box state" radio button. Select the "Next" button and click "Next" again. Wait for the "Press any key" prompt to appear and tap a key to restart the laptop.
Step 5 Use the prompts that appear on the screen to choose your region, time zone and keyboard settings. Type your new Windows user name and password in the text boxes when prompted. Click "Finish" to load the new operating system....
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There are 2 process you could used when it come to cases like this:
1. If its the power settings causing this just follow this steps. Here are the steps:

• Turn off your computer and unplugged all wires connected to it (including power).
• Remove the battery from the bottom of the computer. There will be two tabs labeled 1 and 2.
• Re-plug in the power wire. (the battery should not be in the computer) Turn the power on. The screen will work. Choose start windows normally. (if you get that screen).
• Go to the start menu then click Control Panel -> (Mobile PC) -> Power Options -> Under Balanced choose change plan settings.
• Choose Change advanced power settings.
• Find Processor power management and change the minimum processor state from 5% to 100% for each On battery and Plugged in. Click Apply then OK.
• Shut down the computer and removed the power cord.
• Re-install the battery on the bottom of the laptop, plug in the power cord, and restart the computer.

2. If its the boot files being corrupted as the one causing this, you could used this as well.
First BACKED UP your files to an external hard drive using Puppy Linux. You could used this link: (http://www.puppylinux.org/)
Once you are done backing up your file then follow this:

• Booted up the computer and pressed and held down F12 (boot)
• Insert the Toshiba recovery disc (there should be a disc one and two).
• Selected CD/DVD from boot menu
• Go to Toshiba recovery wizard then go to the second option (format/delete everything off of hard drive)
• Restart the computer
• Re-load the disc
• Select Toshiba recovery wizard and then select the first option.
• Once the wizard began, wait until it asked you to insert disc two. Continue from there.

Hope this helps you. Have a nice day and thank you for using FixYa!

Hello, here are the steps to resetting your computer.

Reinstall Windows from a Disk

1 Turn on your Toshiba Satellite. Insert your recovery disk or the original Windows operating system DVD

into the Satellite's CD/DVD drive. Turn off the computer.

2 Turn on the Toshiba Satellite. In the first few seconds while it is starting up, press and hold the F12 key on your keyboard to access the Boot Menu. (Note: Some Toshiba models may tell you to press "C" to boot

from the CD-ROM). The screen will display boot for this boot up session only.

3 Use the arrow keys to navigate. Select the CD-ROM/DVD drive to highlight it. Press "Enter." Be aware that this setting is for this session only; it is not a permanent change.

4 Allow the computer to start up. Follow the onscreen instructions for reinstalling the operating system from the disk.

Reinstall from a Recovery Partition

1 Boot up the Toshiba Satellite. In the first few seconds while it is starting up, press and hold the F8 key. This will begin the "Advanced Boot Options" menu.

2 Use the arrow keys on your keyboard to navigate the menu. Move the keys to select "Repair Your Computer." Press "Enter."

3 Select your language and keyboard; click "Next."

4 Select your Windows user name from the drop-down menu. Enter your password if required. Click "OK." This will begin the "System Recovery Options" menu.

5 Select the Toshiba Recovery Wizard and follow the onscreen instructions. The Toshiba Recovery Wizard will delete all existing data on the hard drive and reinstall Windows.

Hope this helps!

Please connect a USB Mouse and keyboard then power on your laptop it will boot your win xp then re enable your touchpad by going to device manager. It will work.

You need the Toshiba CD that says "Operating System"...
If the CD doesn't boot, then boot to the BIOS setup screen and change the boot order.
CD should be listed first.
Re-boot.

Complete the recovery again but leave the discs in the computer. That way if the computer needs some files while rebooting it will take them off the cd....if not it will load and that will be the end of that. Just remember when you boot the computer for the first time to initiate the recovery, when it says to boot from cd touch any key...that is only done one time when you first initiate the recovery...after that do not touch any key if it says that...just let windows boot on it own. Once windows boots on its own, then you can take the recovery disc out and put it away.

Hi,
Caution: formatting the will lead you to loose all the data on your computer.
To format the drive you need to boot from the cdrom/dvd drive
to boot from the cdrom/dvd drive you will need to chnage the boot sequence you will need to tap the F2 key at the toshiba logo and here you can change the boot sequence or try tapping the F12 key at the toshiba screen to enter one time boot menu here you can select the drive you want to boot from for one time only and to reinstall windows here is one helpfulll ink
http://www.windowsreinstall.com/

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1. Start the laptop
2. when the logo screen turns black start pressing F8 a few times.
3. A Windows Boot Options screen should show on the screen
4. If you see the Windows Logo (the normal thing when Windows loads, then press reset and try again
5. At the Windows Boot Options screen select "Last known good configuration" and press Enter twice

It "should" now load normally, if not then..

1. Replace step 5 above with "Safe Mode" and see if that loads all the way through. If so, then restart and see if its OK now.

If not, then post back with any error messages and we can look at something else.