Thanks very much for your responses.
I had used the machine a couple of months ago,
just to see if it worked at all. I was able to get
into Windows, but I didn't actually do any "computing".
With its behavior now (and I swear, one minute there's
Windows, the next, no Hard Disk detected), I'm scratching
my head. Could the aforementioned Windows have been
ghosted somehow?
All whirring and clunking considered, I guess now I have a new doorstop?
Thanks again,
Diane
At 12:39 AM 1/30/03 -0500, Mike Michel wrote:
>If you can't get the C:\> prompt-- you can't type SCANREG nor type SCANREG
>/RESTORE.
>Not getting a C:\> prompt means no C: drive.
>
>Sounds like the Hard drive is gone or going. The first clue is the message
>"no hard disk" which SHOULD BE SEEN in the BIOS SETUP.
>
>If you can get to the BIOS setup see if the Hard Disk is recognized.
>
>If it's recognized in BIOS, use a boot disk to FDISK and FORMAT and
>install an OS(operating system) unless your interested in what is on the
>hard drive. But apparently you can't get the OS to come up.
>
>Be aware that bumps and clunks indicates Hard drive problems while Squeals
>indicate fans with dried out bearings.
>
>Perhaps this is why the Pc was no longer used. Also Hard drives can freeze
>up when setting for periods of time. (The head can freeze to the disk
>because of trash)
>
>Mike Michel
>
>
>
>On Wed 01/29, Larry Fisk wrote:
>Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Toshiba Satellite Laptop
>
>Diane;
>type: "scanreg /restore" (no quotes)
>space between scanreg and /restore
>then you should get a list of registry backups
>to chose from. Just might work.
><>< Larry Fisk
> Fisk Computers
> Fruitvale, Idaho
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Diane Duncan" <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 11:39 PM
>Subject: [PCBUILD] Toshiba Satellite Laptop
>
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I just fired up an old Toshiba Satellite 1605/cds4.3
> > that I "inherited" from my son. It's dusty and tired,
> > clunks and whirrs. I have no papers.
> > F2 to the BIOS, and it said there's no hard disk. I
> > turned it off.
> > I turned it on again. After about 10 minutes, the
> > Windows 98 splash screen
> > comes on and there's a louder whirring sound.
> > 10 minutes later, I get a black screen with white lettering
> > telling me "Warning:Windows has detected a registry/configuration
> > error. Choose, Command prompt only, and run SCANREG."
> > But the machine doesn't respond to anything I input.
>
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