HELP ME please! Continuous Reboot

goinon · 11-05-2009, 08:43 PM

Hi all,

I am having seom trouble.

I have a m40 Toshiba Satellite which was configured to work on a server I had in NZ, I have sinced moved and no longer have the server, now to create enough space on the hard drive (56GB) I had to delete files and folders.
Therein lay the first problem, without being connected to the Server (which I no longer have) I was unable to delete any files, I needed at least 9GB of free space to do a new install of Windows 7, which I managed to create.

However now my Toshiba is in a continuous reboot cycle, and no matter what I do I cannot seem to get it to do anything different!
I have even tried to reboot it from an XP disk that I have with no luck.

Does anyone have any ideas?

Dogg · 11-06-2009, 11:37 AM

This should likely be in the Win 7 forum as it sounds like an installation issue and not an actual HDD problem.

With that said, format the drive and perform a clean install of Win 7.

goinon · 11-06-2009, 11:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dogg

This should likely be in the Win 7 forum as it sounds like an installation issue and not an actual HDD problem.

With that said, format the drive and perform a clean install of Win 7.

Thanks,
I would format the drive, however NOTHING will boot from the DVD Rom.

Even when I change the priority in the BIOS

Dogg · 11-07-2009, 10:57 AM

Then it sounds like you also have a DVDROM issue. You could try simply removing and resinstalling the drive, maybe it's a loose connection. Or it may need to be replaced.

11-05-2009, 08:43 PM	#1 (permalink)
goinon Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 2 OS: vista SP 2	HELP ME please! Continuous Reboot Hi all, I am having seom trouble. I have a m40 Toshiba Satellite which was configured to work on a server I had in NZ, I have sinced moved and no longer have the server, now to create enough space on the hard drive (56GB) I had to delete files and folders. Therein lay the first problem, without being connected to the Server (which I no longer have) I was unable to delete any files, I needed at least 9GB of free space to do a new install of Windows 7, which I managed to create. However now my Toshiba is in a continuous reboot cycle, and no matter what I do I cannot seem to get it to do anything different! I have even tried to reboot it from an XP disk that I have with no luck. Does anyone have any ideas?

11-06-2009, 11:37 AM	#2 (permalink)
Dogg Tech Hardware Team Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: St Louis, MO Posts: 1,965 OS: XP sp3	Re: HELP ME please! Continuous Reboot This should likely be in the Win 7 forum as it sounds like an installation issue and not an actual HDD problem. With that said, format the drive and perform a clean install of Win 7. __________________ Google is your friend !

11-07-2009, 10:57 AM	#4 (permalink)
Dogg Tech Hardware Team Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: St Louis, MO Posts: 1,965 OS: XP sp3	Re: HELP ME please! Continuous Reboot Then it sounds like you also have a DVDROM issue. You could try simply removing and resinstalling the drive, maybe it's a loose connection. Or it may need to be replaced. __________________ Google is your friend !