Toshiba satellite 2060CDS Boot Problem

[confus-ed]

Welcome to windrivers cthierfelder

Seems to me that without either a 98 cd or some working recovery cd's, we are left with just one option, fix your current install ! (though have a search about on the hard drive of your lappie - you may find the windows 'cabs', the files it installs from, 'lurking' somewhere on your machine which might be enough)

So what error messages are we getting ?

Btw what do you mean exactly by 'tryed to use the toshiba recover cd but it will not start' ... won't 'see' the recovery disk at all & fails with some error, or just tries to always boot from hard drive ?

[cthierfelder]

It tries to boot always from hard disc which means that the cdrom is not start running.

[confus-ed]

It tries to boot always from hard disc which means that the cdrom is not start running.

Dependant on what's already set in bios, you may need to tell it to try & start from the cd first, not the hard drive ... if you feel confident change the boot order in bios to use cd only & turn any 'boot from other device' options off to force it to start with the recovery cd's ...

[cthierfelder]

Thanks for helping me.
Could you tell me (for dummies) how I can get into the bios. I tried it already but did not succeed (probably I use the wrong key at the wrong time??)

Kind regards
c

[confus-ed]

You are welcome.

I think on tosh lappies, to get to bios its f1, it might be 'del' though ... Try as soon as it comes on - press lots of times !!!

[Damned Angel]

to enter the bios, hold the esc key while booting. it will then give you the option of hitting f1 to enter the bios.

if you want to force a cd-rom boot without entering the bios, hold the "c" key while powering the unit on.

[confus-ed]

Thank you Damned Angel ... some more stuff to add to the trivia banks