Toshiba laptop black screen with flashing cursor

[mongii]

Hi!

my Toshiba Laptop can't boot in safe mode, can't boot regularly, cant get into windows. after the toshiba logo at the start, it just leads to a black screen with a flashing cursor. someone please help me.

laptop is a toshiba m305-s4910

OS: windows vista home premium

Tried the hardware recovery thing, which is: press and hold 0, then press the power button, then tap 0 when Toshiba logo starts. That does not work.

Tried pressing F8 to enter safe mode, that does not work either.

both of these things that i tried just leads to a black screen with a " _ " line that flashes at the upper left corner of the screen.
and when i press a button it "beeps" annoyingly.

what do i do know?

thanks in advance!

 

[GoravSingh]

I have this exact same problem.

I am using a Toshiba laptop M505 S4940, running Windows Vista SP2
4GB RAM, Pentium Dual Core processor T4200, Intel GMA 4500M

I had it a little less than 2 years now and this is the first major problem.

Notable events within the last 2 days include:

1)My successful attempt to adjust the size of System Restore file (changed it from 30GB to 1GB using CMD)

2) Yesterday, My version of Spyware Doctor was strangely not working. The active protection was disabled, as well as other features. Within 10 minutes, the laptop randomly shut down on me during the middle of my work and internet surfing. The screen went blank (LED lights still on, power still on) So eventually I held the power button till it completely shut off. It rebooted fine. I performed disk cleanup with CCleaner, and a defrag with WinOptimizer.

3) Today during my internet streaming, I received Trojan warnings on my Vipre antivirus. Then, it cut off, saying that my 'trial' expired,(strangely I have a full version). 2 minutes later, the laptop shut down, the same as it did the day before. However this time it could not reboot.

The screen loads the Toshiba splash screen, only offering you the options F2(for BIOS) and F12(for boot sequence). After this, the screen goes black with a cursor. Nothing is available to load.... you cannot access System Restore, Safe Mode(F8) or anything else [the screen for this does not load]

I have entered the BIOS.. the system recognizes all drives

I have tried using my Windows 7 CD to perform a boot, however, even if i change the primary boot device to CD...the same screen comes up, saying
"CD-ROM Boot Priority.... Boot Ready"



You can't click anything... all you can do is press CTRL+ALT+DEL to restart and face this torture again.

If ANYONE has found a solution..please respond!

Same for you!! Damion, Any Success ? if yes! plz, let me share your wisdom.

Hopefully, you guys read your Mails.

 

[bellomycr]

deleted by me thanks to mod rules that are just out of this world i will be finding a new form to fix this issue free of charge like always

 

[tsmallwood102]

Hello everyone, I'm not a registered member of this site, but Inhave been experiencing the same problems. My computer is a DELL Inspiron 1521 and had this problem occur almost a year ago and just decided to try and fix it. I did a bunch of research on different topics and to make a long story short, thanks to bellomycr, I got my computer working and is fully operational again. It took about 4 hours but don't completely restore your computer because their is a good chance that the hard drive is still operational and can be saved. I would list the solution, but to be honest, the solution just depends on your computer because my solution was a little more complicated. So, if you want to restore your computer to its regular working self, I STRONGLY advise you to get in contact with bellomycr and if you can't then Incan try my he's to help you although I am not as computer savvy as he is. One absolute necessity is Ultimate Boot CD v5.1.1, this is non negotiable. Anywho, If you want to get in contact with me my emails are at the bottom. There is also a way to just get your data files if you want to completely restore it anyway to get rid of any virus's or whatever. Don't give up guys it isn't too late! Thanks again Bellomycr!!!

 

[vicnkris]

Hello there. I had the same issue with my Toshiba Satellite and Bellomycr was able to help me get back up and running without losing any data. I sent Bellomycr an email and had a reply within the hour. Bellomycr walked me through the whole thing step by step for no charge and am so thankful right now to have my laptop back. THANKS AGAIN BELLOMYCR!!!

 

[Hertz2p]

I emailed bellomycr and he walked me through the fix and it cured the issue within about 10 minutes. Thank you very much.

Ed

 

[adavies]

I was having the same problem described in this thread, so I emailed bellomycr and he had the problem fixed in no time. Turns out a corrupt Windows Update caused the problem on my laptop. If anyone else is having this problem, I recommend emailing bellomycr and chances are good that this remedy will solve your problem.ds

 

[AveryJ]

Similar issue here as the OP. But the laptop boots fine, as long as I don't touch the keyboard. If at anytime, before Windows starts loading, a key is pressed, it will lock up.

That means no F8 menu, no booting from CD drive, nothing.

I have tried a bios update, and the options in the bios are slim.

This is in a Toshiba Satellite A215-S7437.

It's not a critical issue now, but if something goes wrong in the future, it will be.

If anyone has any ideas, let me know!

 

[bellomycr]

try updating driver for keyboard or try reseating it plastic rim at keyboard pops off should be like 4 or 5 screws flip keyboard forward (spacebar up toward the screen only one ribbon

 

[jmbujold]

bellomycr,

I have the same issue with a friend's Toshiba Netbook (NB505) and Windows 7.

I've tried the following with no succes:
- Windows Recovery (pressing F8)
- trying to kick off the Toshiba HDD Recovery process (pressing "0" while booting)
- booting with a Win7 bootable USB Key and trying different restore points
- booting with a Win7 bootable USB Key and reactivating the main partition
- booting with a Win7 bootable USB Key and attempt to activate the Toshiba Restore partition

Hence, finding this forum, I am planning on using UBCD as recommended by you. Do you have any pointers on what I should focus on and which UBCD tool I should consider as the next step?

jmbujold521@gmail.com

 

[bellomycr]

deleted by me thanks to mod rules that are just out of this world i will be finding a new form to fix this issue free of charge like always

 

[ObjectiveFlash]

WOW - Thank you SOOO much!

This has taken the Toshiba from a blank screen with flashing cursor to actually attempting to boot. =)
It now does "Loading RAMDISK image..." and "TOSHIBA Recovery Tool" but then the system runs into another error.

"Windows cannot find 'C:\BIN\BOOTPRIORITY.EXE'. Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again. To search for a file, click the Start button, and then click Search."

When I click "OK" it restarts the computer and reaches the same error message again.

I am very happy to see that Windows is trying to load, but do you know what else I could do to try and get past this next problem?

Thanks so much in advance!

 

[ObjectiveFlash]

If partition 1 doesn't work for you, try again with partition 0, 2, or 3.
For me, partition 0 finally worked! Thanks so much bellomycr!!

 

[netStudent]

whats ur email?

 

[netStudent]

i tried this and it says bootmgr is missing. what now? please help me. thanks

 

[bellomycr]

i tried this and it says bootmgr is missing. what now? please help me. thanks

Do not post email addresses.

 

[simple77]

Thank you so much for all of your help this afternoon, you saved this laptop. I encourage anyone who needs help with an issue like this, get in touch with bellomycr, not only is this laptop a toshiba satellite a205-s5804 working again, but absolutely nothing was lost in recovery as well.

Bellomycr knows what he is talking about, and was nice enough to walk me through the entire recovery process over AIM too.

Thank you again!

 

[bellomycr]

deleted by me thanks to mod rules that are just out of this world i will be finding a new form to fix this issue free of charge like always

 

[Ackerdacker]

Thanks a million Tom! This fix repaired my blank screen, cursor blinking issue!! I t was easy too. Toshiba wanted $40 just to talk about it with no guarantees.
Thanks again.
Ackerdacker

 

[Proximon]

Do NOT post email addresses on the forum. And when using someone's tool that they have put many years into, link their site please. No direct links to a mirror.

 

[JAYR23]

............HELP! please


i did all the steps but now it says

BOOTMGR is missing
Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart

what do i do?