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I have a Toshiba Tecra 530CDT that won't boot at all - not from the hard disk or from a floppy.
When you press the power button the screen lights up and shows the memory test. After the memory test it just freezes - doesn't try to access the hard drive or floppy drive. It just freezes at the same point.
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Originally Posted by daffy86
Yes it completes the memory test, and just stays there
as if it is looking for drives?Quote:
Originally Posted by BHUMI PUTRA
can u get in the bios? , does it show the drives? ,,,what is the boot order?
i managed to change the boot mode to FDD-CdRom-HDD,opps forgot to metion i had formated my C: drive to install win 98.
have a start up disk (win98) in the floppy drive, but it does not read the same
ok , do,es any light light up?....on the drivesQuote:
Originally Posted by BHUMI PUTRA
how much memory shows ,,,all of it?
is the hard drive seen by the bios? ,,,
the floppy disk drives lights up,
but i think the bios says no hard disk...............
ok ,, i think you have solved tthis yourselfQuote:
Originally Posted by BHUMI PUTRA
but i think the bios says no hard disk
possible ffaulty floppy
try setting the bios to boot from the cd-rom first ,,,if no go ,set bios to HDD= none
see if it boots then ,,,
why does your bios not see your hard drive?
EDIT ,,,you have formatted the drive ,,yes
in the teckra ,,,yes
using a floppy disk ,,,,,yes
have you removed the h/drive????????
where am i stuck?
what do i do?
How to re-install the Os
you seem to not have bothered reading my previous post!Quote:
Originally Posted by BHUMI PUTRA
how can it work/install ,if there is no hard drive ,,,
untill the motherboard see,s your h/drive ,,,it won,t re-install
is it possible that the HD has failed...................or it is not being read....cause before the format it was ok running fine
one more thing to mention in the bios Drive I/O it is showing the secondary IDE
is it of any use
Maybe you floppy drive has had it ? (it would help if you'd answer what gets asked though ! I can 'smell' Freddy's frustration over here !)
Try changing the boot order to cd first & put your windows cd in - what happens then ?
ok let me try that...........
there are 2 HD's one is built in which is not read second one is Secondary IDE....
Do i change the sequence to Secondary------built in HD
CD-Rom--------------> the lights are blinking ( being read)
but there hasn't seem to have any action
confused all the more.......................
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Originally Posted by BHUMI PUTRA
ok , beyond a joke ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,why don,t you give the correct info when you started the post.
Ed : I can 'smell' Freddy's frustration over here !)
you are correct.
i,ve gone to bang my head against a brick wall
Do i change the sequence to Secondary------built in
why don,t you try it ,,,,a bloody USB external hard drive isn,t gonna boot without drivers is it?
i thinki will watch polatics on TV,,,,tis less stressful
freddy, buddy its not that i have not posted you the right info from the start................
i have been trying all the options in the mean while trying my luck with you tech guys...........
i am just trying to solve my problems
sorry to bother you...........but don't watch politics instead
thks 4 ur reply's
Why don't you try removing the secondary HD, if the flop drive does not work try making a boot disk on cdrw disk, set you bios to defaults.Quote:
Originally Posted by BHUMI PUTRA