Stuck In Boot Menu on laptop

PinkLady

Hi

My laptop froze, so I pressed control alt delete.

Now it's taken me to the Boot Menu, and I don't know what to press to get me out of it.

I'm not v techie as you can prob guess, any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks

Toxteth_OGrady

What choices does the boot menu give you?

PinkLady

Hi thank u.
HDD/SSD
CD/DVD
FDD
LAN

Enter BIOS setup

Thanks

NiftyDigits

The Power button for an extended time. Make and model?

ianders

Try HDD/SSD.

If not, as suggested, hold the power button pressed until it powers off then try powering back on.

PinkLady

I tried pressing the power button and it just comes back to this boot menu. It's a Toshiba Satellite

Thanks

PinkLady

I tried HDD/SDD and it came back to same menu saying HDD/SDD is failed

ianders

Best case scenario is you have a corrupt file that is stopping it booting, worse case you need a new hard drive. Either way, if you have a friend or know someone in the know it may be worth asking if they'd take a look.

There are a few things that can be done such as running diagnostics on the hard drive like spinrite.
How old is the laptop? Any remaining warranty on it?

Does it make any strange sounds when you switch it on?

NiftyDigits

Full model number? OS?

PinkLady

Thank you - I'm in! :-D