TSGL: Toshiba Satellite CD Boot Problem

[The Computer Whisperer]

Russ, I think you have a dud CD drive,

It is common with Toshiba laptops.

Toshiba laptops wont boot from 3rd party external devices so you will
probably need to replace the drive.

Try and get an aftermarket drive because official Toshiba products are way
too expensive.

Justin

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On 06/02/07, Russell W. Coover <coover at fastmail.fm> wrote:
>
> Continuing trying to find a solution, I have disabled all boot options
> except the CD ROM. All I get is an error message of "Media test failure.
> Check cable" and "Exiting PXE ROM".
>
> Perhaps the CD ROM is not working properly. It does spin the CD, but there
>
> doesn't seem to be a way to determine if it is actually reading the CD.
> Unfortunately, the Toshiba Splash Screen covers up drive detection, so I
> cannot see if the drive is being detected ... which leads to the question
> ... Is there someway to get rid of the initial Splash Screen?
>
> Russ Coover
>
> I am trying to find myself. If you see me before I do, please ask me to
> wait
> until I return.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On
> Behalf Of Russell W. Coover
> Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 9:20 AM
> To: 'Tech Support Guy Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: TSGL: Toshiba Satellite CD Boot Problem
>
> Thanks, Jon, but this cannot be done. The machine Blue Screens before
> Windows opens. And the Safe Mode Menu does come up, but it Blue Screens
> during Boot up there, too.
>
> As I said, the problem is in the Registry. I'm not sure I can repair that,
> but I can't even use a CD Boot Disk to take a look or to even to run the
> Recovery Disk. I'm at an impasse.
>
> I'm sure others have had this problem where the machine will not boot from
> a
> CD. I've just never run into this in the past, and I haven't been able to
> find a solution through an internet search.
>
> Russ
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On
> Behalf Of jonpan
> Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 2:01 AM
> To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List
> Subject: Re: TSGL: Toshiba Satellite CD Boot Problem
>
> Hi Russ,
>
> You could try start/run/msconfig
>
> boot.ini
> boot options
> click on safe boot
> re-start
>
> Should then boot immediately to safe mode. (should...)
>
> John
> Od/G
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Russell W. Coover" < coover at fastmail.fm>
> To: "'Tech Support Guy Mailing List'" <list at tsgserver.com>
> Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 1:44 AM
> Subject: TSGL: Toshiba Satellite CD Boot Problem
>
>
> A friends Toshiba Satellite P25-S5092 is failing to boot, Blue Screening
> with a "c0000218 Registry File Failure" error message. It is pretty clear
> his registry is messed up. I tried to boot it going to a previously good
> configuration, but that didn't work. Safe mode, of course, doesn't work
> either.
>
>
>
> I wanted to back up the hard drive before going any further, and loaded an
> Acronis True Image Boot Disk into the CD/DVD drive. The boot bypassed the
> CD
> and attempted to load Windows. I opened Setup and made sure that the
> CD/DVD
> drive was the first boot option and tried again. Windows attempted to
> open.
> It was suggested that perhaps I should hold down the "c" key until the
> word
> "Toshiba" appeared on the screen. I did that, and again it was back to
> Windows.
>
>
>
> I have also attempted to boot with a Windows XP Pro disk, Windows XP Pro
> SP2
> Slipstream disk, and a Linux Boot Disk. These all fail and the computer
> attempts to boot to Windows.
>
>
>
> Any suggestions? Thanks .
>
>
>
> Russ Coover
>
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