I don't know if this is a software or hardware question:

I recently bought a Toshiba Satellite Laptop, Model 127, Celeron CPU 
2.00 Ghz, 240 MB of Ram, with a 30 gig hard drive. 

Thinking I was being helpful to the laptop, I tried to install Norton 
SystemWorks, and it turned into a hellacious mess.  The upshot was I 
took the laptop to a tech person who eventually reinstalled all 
applications and drivers using the rescue disk that came with the 
machine.

When I took the machine to the techie, and a major reason she did the
complete reinstall was the D: drive would not self-launch.  Music 
wouldn't play without clicking help; a program I wanted to install that 
had previously displayed a splash screen on my desk top would no longer 
do that but had to be installed on the laptop from Run.

I don't know whether the D: drive would or would not self-launch when I 
brought it home brand new because I started mucking about with Norton 
SystemWorks early on.

One of the remarks the technician made was Toshiba has a reputation for 
suddenly failing when it comes to self-launching from the D: drive and I 
should call them for a fix if the problems continues.

Can anyone please shed some light on this?  Now that my Toshiba has had 
all applications and drivers reinstalled and it still won't self-launch, 
does that mean it never did?

Thank you one and all.  I really mean it.

Anne Neighbors

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