Satellite A105 Reboot, will not start up

Hi....
Laptop belongs to my wife and this morning I am told that it will not start up.
Problem is .... Begins to start and shows symptoms of previous post by tommy1980murf.
Quick flash of a blue screen with text, then moves onto options for Safe Start, Safe network start ...etc...
No matter which optoin is chosen the laptop goes through the process bringing up the Windows XP logo then abruptly shuts down almost like a reboot. Process automatically starts over again and again.
Options on immediate power up are F2 and F12.
Does anyone have any advice to offer?
Thanks in advance for your help ...Andy

WIll it boot into Safe Mode? If so right click on the My Computer Icon and select Properties. Click on the Advanced Tab, then the Setting sbutton by Startup and Recovery. Now make sure that the Automatically Restart checkbox is NOT checked then OK your way out. Now when the blue screen appears the system will stop giving you a chance to read it and tell us EXACTLY what it says. Not something like, EXACTLY WORD FOR WORD. The lines you will be needing to post will be the ones in this picture http://www.pcstats.com/articleimages/200409/BSOD_2.gif that state:
STOP: and a string of NUMBERS (they are zeros not letter O's)
and the
Driver_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL line.
Also look to see if they list any specific driver, file, or program.
If you don't post your COMPLETE model number it's very difficult to assist you. Please try to post in complete sentences with punctuation, capitals, and correct spelling. Toshiba does NOT provide any direct support in these forums. All support is User to User in their spare time.

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