Cannot start the Satellite Pro A120SE-180

Support the necessary computer startup.

I have a Satellite Pro A120SE-180. I took out the RAM to check how much I had. Then, I opened the battery compartment without thinking about the consequences. Now I get just a power indicator and that it will not start at all.

I can't open the disk drive or get any life out of it. I was running an upgrade of Vista, which was available as a cheap option when I bought with Windows XP.

Hi Rob,

What might have happened, is that the operating system and a hard drive can have erased himself when the RAM and battery have been removed at the same time!

The only way to fix and doing things is again to send it to a Toshiba service center and get them to look! Also, do not upgrade to Vista - I'm using XP and it seems to do the job the way it was supposed to! I intend to switch to another Satellite Pro, an A300 running Vista, but I will look for someone who can replace XP on it!

Joe

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