Hey all,
First off, the hardware:
Toshiba Portege R835-P56X
i5-2310M
4GB DDR3 (upgraded to 8GB)
500GB HDD (upgraded to 128GB Kingston V100 SSD)
Running W7 Pro 64 bit
The problem:
I shut down my laptop earlier today (something rare for me) and just got back today and it fails to boot up properly. Here's the timeline of events:
1. Powered on PC
2. "Starting Windows" logo pops up and runs
3. Screen pops up saying that it is "strongly recommended to check the hard disk for errors" - skipped
4. I get a black screen that only shows a cursor.
5. Manual shut down and reboot
6. Attempt to load safe mode - computer freezes and manually reboot
7. Computer tries to boot like it did the first time, except I choose to scan the disk
8. Scan runs, deletes and corrects some files and reboots
9. Attempts to load Windows, boot to black screen with cursor only and then just reboots automatically in a cycle
Is this just a standard hard drive failure or is there a bigger issue? I've never had a drive fail (and hopefully no more do), so I'm just wondering. Hopefully it's only a dead drive because I'd like to get it up and running soon for school.
Thanks!
This is all I get each time it tries to boot (either regular or safe mode):
First off, the hardware:
Toshiba Portege R835-P56X
i5-2310M
4GB DDR3 (upgraded to 8GB)
500GB HDD (upgraded to 128GB Kingston V100 SSD)
Running W7 Pro 64 bit
The problem:
I shut down my laptop earlier today (something rare for me) and just got back today and it fails to boot up properly. Here's the timeline of events:
1. Powered on PC
2. "Starting Windows" logo pops up and runs
3. Screen pops up saying that it is "strongly recommended to check the hard disk for errors" - skipped
4. I get a black screen that only shows a cursor.
5. Manual shut down and reboot
6. Attempt to load safe mode - computer freezes and manually reboot
7. Computer tries to boot like it did the first time, except I choose to scan the disk
8. Scan runs, deletes and corrects some files and reboots
9. Attempts to load Windows, boot to black screen with cursor only and then just reboots automatically in a cycle
Is this just a standard hard drive failure or is there a bigger issue? I've never had a drive fail (and hopefully no more do), so I'm just wondering. Hopefully it's only a dead drive because I'd like to get it up and running soon for school.
Thanks!
This is all I get each time it tries to boot (either regular or safe mode):