Satellite C655 - Windows OS doesnt start anymore

I have a C series and it was working fine yesterday. This morning i turn it on and you can hear it starting as usual and then the first screen (Toshiba screen) is visual and then it goes black with a hash mark at the top left corner and stays like it and wont move forward.
Any hints on how to get it working right?

Blinking cursor in the left upper corner is mostly a sign of HDD malfunction or RAM problems.
Therefore you should check if HDD is listed in BIOS (first BIOS page) properly.
In case its not listed, the HDD is faulty and has to be replaced.
In case its listed, you should check if you could reinstall the system using Toshiba Recovery disk (medium) or other Windows installation disk.
If its not possible, the RAM modules should be tested, checked and if necessary replaced.

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Hi there,
Santa brought me a Toshiba laptop this year and I spent the night trying to install Arch Linux on it.
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sda3 NTFS //Useless restauration
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sda2 NTFS //Windows
sda3 NTFS //Useless restauration
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sda1 Linux (83)
sda2 * HPFS/NTFS // (Why the fuck is this one bootable ? Oops ?)
sda3 HPFS/NTFS
sda4 Extended
sda5 Linux (83)
sda6 Linux Swap / Solaris (82)
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title Arch Linux
root (hd0,0)
kernel blablabla
initrd blablabla
title Arch Linux
root (hd0,0)
kernel blababla
initrd blablabla
title Windows
rootnoverify (hd0,1)
makeactive
chainloader +1
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I think I can fix the misplaced * by reinstalling again and remanaging partitions but I'm clueless about how to launch Windows 7 again. Could it be possible that the partition's content was wiped during the Archlinux install (I never touched it in the partition managing menus nor mounted anything there) ?
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Last edited by fil_razorback (2009-12-25 04:41:25)

Thank you pointone, you helped me understanding what was going on and it's all good now.
sda3 was a recovery partition (there was a readme on it) and it was used when I put the recovery DVD in the machine. This DVD wasn't able to reinstall just the bootloader so it put everything back to factory settings.
I started all over and got it working, this time leaving untouched sda1 and putting grub on the MBR. My dual boot now works
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Hi buddy,
> I alrweady ordered the Recovery CD's from Toshiba
So in my opinion your question is already answered. Jus wait for the Toshiba recovery disk to restore factory settings.
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/dev/disk0
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   2:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh SSD           127.0 GB   disk0s2
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   1:                        EFI                         209.7 MB   disk1s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD            621.8 GB   disk1s2
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000001d0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
000001f0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 55 aa |..............U.|
00000200
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00000000 33 c0 8e d0 bc 00 7c 8e c0 8e d8 be 00 7c bf 00 |3.....|......|..|
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00000040 b4 41 bb aa 55 cd 13 5d 72 0f 81 fb 55 aa 75 09 |.A..U..]r...U.u.|
00000050 f7 c1 01 00 74 03 fe 46 10 66 60 80 7e 10 00 74 |....t..F.f`.~..t|
00000060 26 66 68 00 00 00 00 66 ff 76 08 68 00 00 68 00 |&fh....f.v.h..h.|
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Message was edited: posting has been translated

Hello Francine
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Message was edited: posting has been translated

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Get a book. Spend more time researching. Make sure not to install x-ware or anything that isn't needed and compatible. You should invest in backups, and use restore check points.
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we have problems on our sles10.3+oes2sp3 2-node cluster with the jstcpd (daemon?).
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Regards,
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