Toshiba satellite L305 starts up then goes to black screen

Rakibul Chowdhury

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Jul 8, 2014
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So the toshiba Satellite L305 starts up with the toshiba screen then in a blue box it asks for password . I put in the password then it went to a black screen (not completely black it was a black light). It had a small white blinking line at the top left (like this: __) and thats it. I tried reloading the factory settings after pressing F2. But no result. Also tried CTRL ALT DEL it rebooted but no difference. Finally I took out the battery then unplugged the external power and held the power button for 30 secs then replugged the external power but no difference. Now I need help
 
Solution
That blinking cursor often means that the system can't find the boot sector. Go into the BIOS and see if the hard drive is seen there. You should also try to reseat the hard drive and check things again.