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can someone please help
summerof0763
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my daughter bought a 2nd hand laptop a toshiba satellite pro.
it arrived today and I switched it on, its coming up saying media test failure, can someone help me please, I feel sick as its for my grandson whise birthday is on monday.please if someone can help I will be very thankful.
it arrived today and I switched it on, its coming up saying media test failure, can someone help me please, I feel sick as its for my grandson whise birthday is on monday.please if someone can help I will be very thankful.
i came into the world with nothing,and guess what? i still have it!!!:p
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Possibly, your laptop is configured to incorrectly attempt to boot from a network card or removable device that is not present but for some reason the system thinks that it is.
Here's a guide about how to change the boot priority in the BIOS.
http://pcsupport.about.com/od/fixtheproblem/ss/bootorderchange.htm
You'll want to boot from the Hard Drive so put that at the top (the guide is designed for those who want to boot from a optical drive from a boot disc, but the principle remains the same).0 -
is there a hard disk in it!!
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Or it may just have an empty disk in it without Windows4.8kWp 12x400W Longhi 9.6 kWh battery Giv-hy 5.0 Inverter, WSW facing Essex . Aint no sunshine ☀️ Octopus gas fixed dec 24 @ 5.74 tracker again+ Octopus Intelligent Flux leccy
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hard drive is in it I checked still not getting it to go oni came into the world with nothing,and guess what? i still have it!!!:p0
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Possibly, your laptop is configured to incorrectly attempt to boot from a network card or removable device that is not present but for some reason the system thinks that it is.
Here's a guide about how to change the boot priority in the BIOS.
http://pcsupport.about.com/od/fixtheproblem/ss/bootorderchange.htm
You'll want to boot from the Hard Drive so put that at the top (the guide is designed for those who want to boot from a optical drive from a boot disc, but the principle remains the same).
am sorry I got list on this I got onto bios but its coming up cd/dvd, fdd or lan.
I really don't know what to do next.i came into the world with nothing,and guess what? i still have it!!!:p0 -
you sure theres a hard disk?
if the bios isnt indicating one, id assume its not present/isnt working/or not formatted. Was it sold as having a working hdd and an OS?0 -
Full model number? From where did you purchase it? How much? Does it have a warranty?
Give it back if you can and perhaps just tell the grandson what he will be getting.
No point in giving him a piece of junk that you may need to return anyway.
Of course you can purchase a HDD locally and install everything before Monday, but do you want to do that?0
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