Shuts down as in power off? I've heard of Toshiba laptops that would shut themselves off when overheating. If the CPU cooling fan has failed or is running too slow, that could be the situation here. Or there could be a build-up of lint or dust in the cooling fins/passages.
And if not that, there's some other hardware thing gone seriously wrong. At this point I'd be removing the hard drive to recover data if there are no recent backups. You can get a little external USB case for a laptop hard drive for about $10. Carl -----Original Message----- From: Windows Home/SOHO [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rod Lindgren Sent: Saturday, October 29, 2005 5:15 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: HARDware: Laptop won't boot Well, I found an XP Home CD, started the boot from CD. It began to boot, loading different files. When it gets to the part where I can choose the Recovery Console, I select it and it asks which Install of Win I want to repair. There is only one listed. I hit enter and the machine shuts down. Rod Lindgren -----Original Message----- From: Windows Home/SOHO [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Carl Houseman Sent: Saturday, October 29, 2005 1:48 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: HARDware: Laptop won't boot You need to get your hands on a Windows XP CD or download the 6 floppy kit from Microsoft so you can at least get into Recovery Console and see if there's anything to recover. If you have a choice of XP CDs, you'd prefer one with Microsoft labeling that came with a new computer, and matches your version (Home or Pro) and already at SP2. The least important thing is SP2 - you can use an earlier version to try to fix the computer. If it doesn't match any of the preferred attributes, you can still use the CD to access the Recovery Console. 6 floppy download: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310994 Recovery console is accessed by pressing the R key after booting the XP CD or 6 floppies. Once into Recovery Console the first thing you want to do is a CHKDSK /R. If things are fixed, repeat it and see if anything more gets fixed. If you continue to see things get fixed each time you run it, the hard drive may be shot. -- ---------------------------------------- The WIN-HOME mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html -- ---------------------------------------- The WIN-HOME mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html
