When you turn your Toshiba Satellite laptop computer on, all that shows up is a screen that displays “In touch with tomorrow TOSHIBA” and at the bottom of that screen it gives you an option to press your F2 or F12 function keys with a status bar that does not move. If you select your F12 function key nothing happens, and then if you select the F2 function key, it brings up some words “Please Wait…”. You have tried removing the laptop computer battery, power plug, and waited, then you placed that battery back and turned the power back on with no luck.
You have inserted a computer back up compact disc read only memory and this backup program restorationw ill not boot up. If that Toshiba laptop computer is faulty, can I retrieve all the information from it you ask? You will want to disconnect the active current power adapter, take out the battery, and then press that laptop computers' power button for a minute to drain any possible remaining electro static discharge power.
Also, you can remove and install that laptop hard drive again, by taking it out and then putting it back in. Now you will want to power on that Toshiba laptop computer and see if it will boot normally. You can remove that laptop computer system hard disk drive according to these following procedures.
You will need to release one hard disk drive cover screw securing that hard disk drive cover. Then you will want to remove that hard disk drive cover. You can pull out that hard disk drive strap if one exists. Then you will need to install that hard drive again and then try powering it on with just the active current power adapter.
You will not want to install that battery yet. Now you can power off that laptop computer system. Then you will need to turn that laptop computer upside down.
You can release one optional memory cover secured by a screw. Then you will want to remove that memory cover. You can spread out two memory lock latches so that that memory module pops up.
You will want to pull that memory module up and out at an angle, using care to avoid touching any connectors. That memory cover should be in middle of the underside of that Toshiba laptop computer system. Then you can install any of those memory module(s).
You will want to attempt to power on that laptop computer. If it still does not boot Microsoft Windows operating system properly, then if there are two memory modules, you can try testing one at a time.
Also, there might be a malfunctioning memory slot, so you can try testing any memory slots one at a time. Can you try booting it up without a hard drive? Also, are there any beep codes or flashing light emitting diode codes?
If there were more than one module of random access memory, you will want to make sure to try to boot it with just one memory module at a time to narrow down if it is a faulty memory module. You can verify if it will boot off a hard drive. If you think your hard drive might be failing, you can try inserting your hard drive back into that laptop and booting off a recovery disc.
You can try selecting any “System Recovery Options” on that recovery disc. You can choose startup repair. If a startup repair option does not work, you can boot off that recovery disc again, and this time choose “System Restore”.
You will want to choose a date before you began having problems with Microsoft Windows operating system not booting in order to restore Microsoft Windows to a previous working state. If no hard drive is detected, you can see if that basic input output system detects your hard drive and or if there is a hard drive diagnostic test you can run. If your basic input output system is set to automatically detect your hard drive and your basic input output system does not detect a hard drive, then that is a sign your hard drive is failing.
You can take that hard drive to a computer repair business and see if they can recover any data off of it. Another option is to place that hard drive in a ziplock bag and freezing it for at least an hour. Now you can observe if it will then boot off of it long enough to get your data off of it.
Caveat emptor, you will only want to attempt this if your not worred about potentially damaging your hard drive further. If you can afford it, you can take your drive to a data recovery service. Otherwise you will need to buy another hard drive and install Microsoft Windows operating system using an installation disc(s) or recovery disc(s).