aarondewberry
IS-IT--Management
Hi all. I have a Toshiba laptop (8 months old) and this morning it decide not to boot at all.
Heres what happens and what i've tried...
On boot this appears..
So i click enter and another screen appears
with two options..
launch startup repair
start windows normally
so i choose launch startup repair and this screen appears
Then it goes back to the windows boot manager error but its slightly different
Things i've tried:
Booting in safe mode
F8 - REPAIR YOUR COMPUTER: Goes to the 'windows is loading files....' screen and back to the error
F8 - Last known good configuration: as above
Tried booting from my recovery disc. The disc drive just makes an awful ticking sound and it stays as a black blank screen.
There are no devices attached. i haven't installed anything recently and Windows Vista came with the laptop.
I've had a look at this thread thread1583-1432252 with no luck.
What could possibly be the problem? is there anyway of getting this thing to boot?
Any help would be much appreciated guys.
Thanks
Heres what happens and what i've tried...
On boot this appears..
Code:
windows boot manager
windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software change might be the cause.
To fix the problem insert the installation disc... click "repair your computer"
file: \windows\system32\config\system
status: 0xc00000e9
info: windows failed to load because the system registry file is missing or corrupt.
So i click enter and another screen appears
Code:
windows error recovery
with two options..
launch startup repair
start windows normally
so i choose launch startup repair and this screen appears
Code:
windows is loading files....
Code:
windows boot manager
windows has encountered a problem communicating with a device connected to your computer.
status: 0xc00000e9
info: an unexpected i/o error has occurred
Things i've tried:
Booting in safe mode
F8 - REPAIR YOUR COMPUTER: Goes to the 'windows is loading files....' screen and back to the error
F8 - Last known good configuration: as above
Tried booting from my recovery disc. The disc drive just makes an awful ticking sound and it stays as a black blank screen.
There are no devices attached. i haven't installed anything recently and Windows Vista came with the laptop.
I've had a look at this thread thread1583-1432252 with no luck.
What could possibly be the problem? is there anyway of getting this thing to boot?
Any help would be much appreciated guys.
Thanks