Intermittent Boot Failure

[akanefsky]

I have a Toshiba laptop about 2 years old running Windows 7. It started having a boot up problem coming out of hibernation where it was asking for the Boot CD. Sometimes turning it on and off helps, sometimes it doesn't. I once unplugged and reconnected the hard drive and that worked for that time but it subsequently happened again. Once booted, I have no other hard drive issues whatsoever.

Is this a connection problem? an OS corruption problem? a hard drive problem? some other problem?

Thanks for your insights.

Adam

 

[HOSED]

1. I would verify that the hard drive is good. Go to the Manuf.'s site and download a tool that runs outside of windows to check the HDD. If none is offered see this:
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/313457-seatools-dos-windows-how-use.html
2. Also check event viewer for any related error messages.
3. http://www.sevenforums.com/general-discussion/97430-seven-x64-hibernation-problem.html

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[JackMDS]

Is this a connection problem? an OS corruption problem? a hard drive problem? some other problem?

Thanks for your insights.

Adam

It can be any of the above depending your resources (spare parts etc.) it is a matter of elimination process.

I would start by disabling Hibernation and Sleep and see if it is happening when the computer boots from On/Off.


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