Satellite U840-110 - Windows 7 doesn't start - looped boot

Hi,
I have been using a Satellite U840 - 110 laptop since Dec 2012 on a Windows 7 Home Premium operating system. Recently, the laptop was left on standby for a couple of days. When I tried to start the computer, it initially froze. So I forced reboot by pressing the on/off button. After repeating this for a couple of times, it first showed a blue screen. After which when the computer was restarted, it showed a black screen with the following message
'Windows Error Recovery
Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software change might be the cause.
Launch Startup Repair or
Start windows normally'
I have tried both these options a few times and everytime at the end of the process, it would come back to these same screen. I have also tried to press F8 and used Advanced Boot Options and tried 'last know good configuration'.
None of it seems to work and I have not been able to load Windows. I have not got any backup of my data and may end up losing a lot of vital information.
Is there anyway I can sort out the problem and get the computer to work again?
Is there any way to retrieve the data from the hard disk.
Thanks in advance for the help!

Is there any way to retrieve the data from the hard disk.
You can remove the HDD from the notebook and could connect it to another computer using USB-to-SATA caddy.
After that you could insert the HDD into the notebook again and could try to perform the Toshiba HDD recovery.
(F8 – repair my computer – Toshiba HDD recovery)

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WantedBy=timer-hourly.target
db_backup.service:
[Unit]
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IOSchedulingPriority=7
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[Install]
WantedBy=timer-hourly.target
test_service.py is a simple python script that appends the current time to a file, to check if the service is being run by the timer. (it is after I start the timer after boot, and runs correctly every hour)
db_backup.sh is a script that dumps a database into a text file in a mercurial repository, commits the change and pushes it to backup locations.
Last edited by fede (2014-06-25 21:06:09)

Have you tried this:
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inet addr:10.1.1.148 Bcast:10.1.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
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TX packets:1221 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
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wmaster0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-16-CE-67-85-B5-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
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thanks for looking
Last edited by bioe007 (2008-04-30 14:19:12)

From: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Network_Profiles
"Ensure that net-profiles is in your rc.conf DAEMONS=() line."

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this is my first post in this forum after a few days trying arch:)
simply love it... doesn't require too much efort(but if it did it would be a pleasure:) )
well let's stick to the issue...
here it goes:
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Last edited by FOKA (2007-11-18 05:03:46)

thank u byte and andre.ramaciotti for answering to my post:)
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byte i've typed /usr/local/bin/avant-window-manager and it worked thanks
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bash: /bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/opt/bin:/opt/java/jre/bin:/opt/mozilla/bin: No such file or directory
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/usr/local/bin has to be placed there right? how to?
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NVIDIA High Definition Audio version=1.0.0.59
NVIDIA High Definition Audio version=1.0.0.59
NVIDIA High Definition Audio version=1.0.0.59
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Network Atheros AR8131 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller version=1.0.0.17
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IDE Device TOSHIBA MK5055GSX
IBG 4H6Z0XEVG SCSI CdRom Device FW version=1.03
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Windows Security Update "KB973525"
Windows Update "KB974332"
Windows Update "KB974431"
Windows Security Update "KB974571"
Windows Update "KB975364"
Windows Hotfix "KB975467"
Windows Update "KB976098"
Windows Security Update "KB976325"

Hi
May I ask you if you have checked the system requirements of Civilization 4 firstly? Before you try to play a game you should check the system requirments. Is the notebook fast enough and very important: Is the graphic card compatible with this game?
Check this!!!
If you can fulfill the system requirements you should make sure that the latest display driver from Toshiba is installed. Dont use the driver from nVidia directly, it doesnt have an overheat protection.
And have you installed the latest DirectX version?

Satellite L300D-11A - Windows vista does not starts

Hi,
When I turn on my computer I get the following error message:
Error Recovery for Windows
Windows could not start up. A hardware or software change that was recently carried out may be the cause.
If windows files are damaged or incorrectly configured, you can start the repair tool to help you diagnose and resolve the problem. If the power supply was interrupted during startup, choose start windows normally.
Start startup repair tool (recommended)
Start windows normally.
After a while windows automatically selects the first option and try to load windows in recovery mode but then I get the following error:
"The installed software could not start. Click ok to shutdown the computer".
When it shutdowns and I start the computer again I get the same error message where I started with the 2 options of recovery mode or start windows normally.
When I select the 2. option (start windows normally), it loads windows and after a while reboots and then I get the same error again with the two options.
I have tried to boot from CD (recovery disk, vista bootable cd) and computer tries a while but then it gives up and start booting from HDD again. (I have altered to boot from CD first in BIOS).
Does anyone know how to solve this issue?
I have Toshiba laptop model nr: L300D-11A

Hi
If I understood you message, you have tried to boot from Recovery disk and from MS Vista CD and neither recovery disk not Vista CD worked.
Is it right?
Hmm thats very strange.. Maybe you could remove the HDD from the notebook and could put it into an external USB HDD case.
Then you could format this HDD using another computer.
After that you could try to reinstall the OS again
Please also enter the BIOS and set it to default settings set the SATA mode to compatible and try to boot from Vista CD again
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Windows Explorer doesn't start?

Hi there ;)
Well, I think I have a somewhat peculiar problem. When I start windows, the welcome screen shows up, then it goes black, my "Documents" folder shows up but then nothing happens. I press Ctrl+Alt+Del and I can see that explorer.exe isn't running. So I ckick Run, type in "explorer" and it starts, along with the rest of the "boot" process, meaning it starts all my programs and etc... So, I have a lazy windows xD
Can anyone guess the problem?

There's a registry key that tells Windows what "shell" to load on startup. Open regtedit, and look for the key here:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
Make sure that the shell key is set to be explorer.exe. It's weird, but I've seen it happen.
Added by Forum Moderator:
Warning: While this solution solves the issue or problem, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly by using Registry Editor or by using another method. These problems might require that you reinstall the operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that these problems can be solved. Modify the registry at your own risk. For more information about modifying the registry, see Microsoft support article 256986.

Satellite A500-19Q: Win 7 doesn't load - UNMOUNTABLE BOOT VOLUME

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I'm working since 2 months with my new A500-19Q running Win 7 Home Premium 64bit.
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Today, the machine doesn't load win 7 at all.
If I let the loading work, the system reaches the blue screen with "UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME".
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Hi
The blinking cursor in the left upper corner means that something could be wrong with the HDD or the partition on the HDD.
I had such issue some years ago on my notebook and in my case the HDD died it was a head crash.
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Windows install doesn't like my boot camp partition

I am on a late 2013 MacBook pro, retina display, running yosemite. I am attempting to run windows 7 through boot camp. I followed all the instructions on apple support websites, using a USB drive and my downloaded ISO image of windows 7 professional. I partitioned it with 40 GB for windows, and boot camp restarted and launched into windows setup. After selecting language and which version of windows 7 I wanted, it asked which partition I wanted to install on. I selected the 4th partition, the one labeled boot camp. I formatted it, as in the instructions, and then when I hit next, this message appeared.
"Setup was unable to create a new system partition or locate an existing system partition. See the setup log files for more information."
Any help would be greatly appreciated, and apologies if I missed this solution in another thread or and missing something simple.

Hello, I have the same problem as OP and I seeing as he hasn't replied in some time, I'll go ahead and give you my results.
west-wireless-20-92:~ CodeSpartax$ sudo gpt -vv -r show /dev/disk0
gpt show: /dev/disk0: mediasize=500277790720; sectorsize=512; blocks=977105060
gpt show: /dev/disk0: PMBR at sector 0
gpt show: /dev/disk0: Pri GPT at sector 1
gpt show: /dev/disk0: Sec GPT at sector 977105059
      start       size index contents
          0          1         PMBR
          1          1         Pri GPT header
          2         32         Pri GPT table
         34          6
         40     409600      1 GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B
     409640 975425848      2 GPT part - 53746F72-6167-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
975835488    1269536      3 GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
977105024          3
977105027         32         Sec GPT table
977105059          1         Sec GPT header
and
west-wireless-20-92:~ CodeSpartax$ sudo fdisk /dev/disk0
Disk: /dev/disk0 geometry: 60821/255/63 [977105060 sectors]
Signature: 0xAA55
         Starting       Ending
#: id cyl hd sec - cyl hd sec [     start -       size]
1: EE 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [         1 - 977105059] <Unknown ID>
2: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused
3: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused
4: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused
Does this tell you anything? I'm needing to have a windows partition on my Mac for my CS classes, but I would very much prefer to not have to use Parallels.
Thanks for your time.

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