toshiba satellite c850 broken

summerof0763

my laptop wont go on when I switch it on it says no bootable device--please restart the system, I havent a clue about laptops and have no idea what to do, can someone help please tia

rizla_king

Loose hard drive connector or a completely dead hard drive I would imagine.

summerof0763

I checked and made sure hard drive was in properly, but its still coming up saying same thing , I just can't get into anything,

Jivesinger

Hmm - I hope it isn't a common problem with that particular model:
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4875051

Have you (or someone else who might have used it) changed anything in the BIOS settings?

Which version of Windows is it?

Bollotom

As Jivesinger says. The other thread, the OP didn't come back and say if anything else they did. Looks like it may be a HDD but the bios should be checked first.
What general area are you in? If close by I have a spare HDD. See what happens by reading the link and get back to us if anything new occurs. I'm sure closed will be close by (no pun intended) :-)

summerof0763

its windows 8, my daughter and grandson also use the computer but to be honest I would not know how to change anything in bios

Quiet_Spark

summerof0763 wrote: »

I checked and made sure hard drive was in properly, but its still coming up saying same thing , I just can't get into anything,

If the hard drive hasn't become detached electrically as you say, that only leaves hard drive failure as the next option (based on what you say in your first post).

JohnB47

My Toshiba laptop threw a wobley a while back but not in the way yours has. It just wouldn't switch on. I detached the power and battery and left it like that for half an hour then put it all back together and tried again - it worked. Worth a try.

summerof0763

could someone explain what the "bios" should say as I can't seem to find them, not sure what am looking for though, know that sounds dense but am clueless when it comes to laptops thanks

Bollotom

Start the computer and press F2. When the settings screen pops up move along to the "Boot" screen and check that there's a HDD showing there. Then press F10 and come out of bios by selecting do NOT save. If there is a HDD showing, make sure it is at the top of the list. The CD/DVD should be below that, as should USB.

bagby

Bollotom wrote: »

As Jivesinger says. The other thread, the OP didn't come back and say if anything else they did. Looks like it may be a HDD but the bios should be checked first.
What general area are you in? If close by I have a spare HDD. See what happens by reading the link and get back to us if anything new occurs. I'm sure closed will be close by (no pun intended) :-)

I've updated on my situation now. I was dealing via pm so stopped putting entries on mse. I was going to update once it was final. Thanks.