Satellite C660-1FS - error starting Windows 7

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• Satellite C660 does not start on disc or USB

  My Toshiba Satellite C660-DSC0QE app, BIOS version 1.80, will not start Windows more - it just goes to the dreaded black screen with white cursor.

  I tried a system Win 7 recovery disk, a USB with software from Kaspersky on her recovery and even a full Win 7 installation disc, and it does not start at one of them.

  The boot order is set correctly, (optical drive or USB port) devices are read, but their initialization never actually in them - there is an obscure error message, or it acts like they weren't there at all.

  The obvious answer to these forums seems to be disable secure boot mode and then switch the to the CSM UEFI boot mode. Easier said than done - the menu options don't exist at all in my BIOS/CMOS screens.

  Finally, I see no way in the instructions to get a BIOS update occur without being already in Windows on the PC - http://aps2.toshiba-tro.de/kb0/HTD9502M10000R01.htm I'm assuming that the BIOS version 2.00 would have these options.

  Any help gratefully accepted!

  Hello

  I assumed that you have a white blinking cursor in the upper left corner.
  Is this correct?

  These symptoms appear where the system can not find a boot device (HARD drive) or memory problems (RAM module).

  First of all, you said that you have UEFI / CSM boot mode in the BIOS settings.
  So I m asking you what parameters of start mode appear in BIOS exactly?
  Find you these settings in the right area?
  Usually, you should have an area (tab) called security in the BIOS.
  In most cases, you will find a safe boot option, but the Satellite C660 does not support this option because it s too old.
  But the startup mode (UEFI /CSM) should be available in the BIOS. Check the settings in the BIOS of the system area

  Anyway, as I said above; It could also be a memory problem, so I recommend you to check if the memory is OK.

• Satellite C660-2EF - error at startup what is PXE - E61 media test failure

  Hi there im wondering if anyone can help with this question, coming from the old computer school where it was a pain in the back to fix things, but you knew kind where you were, I don't know where I am!
  I mean, why the hell / modern machine manufacturers make it harder to sort out the problems! ???

  I DOWNLOADED them a FEW PICTURES ON MY WEB site (to use the space!) the address is my own and there is no questionable content or threats out there so feel free to take a look to see if you can help!

  my old toshiba satellite c660-2ef decided at the United Nations 10 months to recognize the HARD drive itself and after checking bindings cables and a good visual check, I went as far as buying a new SSD to replace the old drive as his is dead, it does not work either.

  http://www.ukamateurpokerplayers.com/laptop1.jpg

  According to other forums my bios is damaged, but I can't find a solution because I can't flash to phoenix v2.0 backpack because it is

  http://www.ukamateurpokerplayers.com/laptop2.jpg

  I tried to put the laptop into crisis mode by pressing fn and B buttons on start up and reflash the bios but it is in vain that I can't find a good or a simple procedure to obtain phlash16.exe work from a bootable USB and flash via this method as it is currently the only open to me

  not that I'm familiar with phlash16 but it just gives me an error himem? lost here even if it is the right version for my c660-2ef

  http://www.ukamateurpokerplayers.com/laptop3.jpg

  Toshiba dear this is a stupid way to package, a laptop without disc or recovery and I'm without a copy of manufacturers of windows 7 to my laptop, if you ask me its quite half cooked by design and very annoying.

  for the good people of this forum can leave please quickly answers that can help as im sighing myself to death here!

  I hope I can get it in service again with help!

  > dear toshiba, he is a stupid way to package a laptop without disc or recovery and I'm without a copy of manufacturers of windows 7 to my laptop, if you ask me its quite half cooked by design and very annoying.

  First of all its user forum at
  Second: read operating instructions you will find information on the recovery disc this disc must be created in the first day of buying using the preinstalled software called Toshiba Recovery Disk Creator.

  > my old toshiba satellite c660-2ef decided at the United Nations 10 months to recognize the HARD drive itself and after checking bindings cables and a good visual check, I went as far as buying a new SSD to replace the old drive as his is dead, it does not work either.

  Not all SSD drives are compatible it might be a BIOS<->SSD drive compatibility issue but its certainly NOT BIOS corruption as you suggested.
  Sometimes, manufacturers of SSDS offer an update of the firmware of SSD
  If these updates does not resolve the SSD drive, try another disc SSD
  But in general the disk SATA SSD or HDD must be supported.

  > How the hell can I reinstall windows on my pc without a disc of recovery and now theres absolutely nothing on my HARD drive?

  You need a recovery disk you didn t he created in the past please order it here:
  http://backupmedia.Toshiba.EU/landing.aspx

• Satellite A200-1RK error starting upwards

  Hello

  I hope someone can help me.

  I'm not very skilled when it comes to technology please bare with me. My mother has a laptop Toshiba Satellite A200-1RK whom she had for a few years now. She recently dropped it and when she turn back comes up with an error message saying "windows did not start, a recent hardware or software change might be the cause" then it gives you 2 options, 1 is a recommended recovery option and the other just trying it to load windows.

  I tried both and they come just with the windows loading screen and doesn't progress t from there. Anyone got any advice on how this could be repaired. My mom has a lot of pictures that she didn't get round to the backup to the hard drive and you can understand what is important to her. Perhaps this is a case that something has been knocked out of place when she dropped him, I do not know Mr. should I consider in a store to get fixed? I put just t like going to these places if I don't have to because I am very little knowledge about the jargon of techno etc.

  Thank you.

  Hello, Debbie

  To start Windows in safe mode, try to please.
  Start Notepad, and then press F8 repeatedly to display the advanced startup options.
  If it has listed the safe mode option, chose him and press ENTER.

  Please let us know if it will work.

• Satellite A660-158 - cannot start Windows

  Toshiba Satellite A660-158

  I bought a laptop Toshiba Satellite A660-158. It has served me less than a week. I think it's the broken hard drive.

  My problem:
  Once I start the computer, it started and has worked for a while, but suddenly, there was an error reading that I didn't have the time. Computer has been restarted. And does not load... Until the boot mode does not reach. But the initial test (with logo) succeeded. Takes a long time and finally gives an error:
  -----
  Cannot start Windows. Maybe it was because of the recent small difference is the hardware or software configuration. To fix this error:
  1. Insert your Windows installation disc, restart the computer (the complete transmission wasn't)
  2. choose the language settings, and then click Next.
  3. Select "repair your computer".
  If this disk is missing, contact your system administrator or computer manufacturer (he turned and said to wear to the DEPOT, but I do not have this feature).

  Status: 0xc000000e

  Details: Unable to start menu, since the required device is inaccessible.
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  Please help me! Idon't know what make me)
  Please write to E-Mail: [email protected]

  Post edited by: HunterS7777777

  Hey,.

  And why do you think the hard drive is faulty?
  Have you ever tried the repair your computer option? Usually with this option you can restore factory in a few minutes.

  Also if you have the Toshiba recovery disc you can also restore the factory of this disc. Just boot from it and follow the instructions on the screen. You need to do a few clicks only, installation with all the drivers and tools happen automatically.

  If you have any other questions, please let us know! :)

• Is it safe to upgrade Satellite C660 / 660D to 10 Windows

  I want to upgrade to Windows 10, my laptop is aproximidly 2 years.
  I have a toshiba satellite C660/660D. My question is; I can do it, I have to get new driverpack for it, where can I get those or Windows will find itself?
  Is anyone here who has the same laptop as mine and the upgrade? Will you tell me if this is satisfactory, but it works correctly?

  I did the upgrade on my own as soon as it became available. I found this worked OK but was a bit disappointed by the absence of perfprmance speedor. One of the options for you is to create a 10 disk DVD set windpws I did. Then I did a new install of windows 10 and reloaded all my programs. This has a portable work much better.
  According the information I read you need to do the first updated Microsoft then will issue a license that is kept on servers that is unique to your machine. When do you it a re - install it is not necessary to enter a license during the installation key, simply skip this step.

  Windows 10 rauns well on this laptop I have not had any problems with other than the card reader drivers, but googling found a driver that works now, unfortunately I don't remember where I found it sorry. I think the driver of Windows 8 was one I used.

  In November there was a big update, I had problems with. The installation of it was causing my laptop overheating and automatic stop before finishing. I have overheating problems on this machine despite disassemble and clean and replace the thermal paste on the processor.

  I had to make a new record to Win 10 installation updated on another PC and use it to update the Toshiba, but it was still close during the update and came near close.

  Win 10 works very well and starts quickly, although I have replace the hard drive under Win 7 for one SSD due to the failure of the hard drive, which will account for some of the performance...

  I, like others, do not like everything, about 10, but it does not work on the C660 - 1 7 I own

• Satellite C660 - 2 EV starts plus-Boot not found Bishop

  I don't know how but my grandson has seriously broken the Satellite C660 - 2 EV

  Boot from the disk - Boot Mgr not found

  Boot from the recovery partition - Boot Mgr not found.

  Boot from an installation (generic) Windows 7 disk - boots, begins to install, finds, he does not have a required driver (but don't tell me what it is). Allows me to access the drives C:, D:, E:, and X:

  Boot from recovery Toshiba DVD. White bar gets about 25% on the whole of the screen then stops with "You have removed a USB support during installation" (or something like that, laptop currently in pieces).

  Removed and replaced the memory and DVD player. Removal of the HARD drive connected to my PC via the USB adapter and scanned the two visible partitions (300 GB each) at the level of bad sector. No problems.

  Help! I'm out of options.

  Laptop must be functional (basically) as it starts from DVD (non-Toshiba).

  HARD drive seems OK when verified externally and start (Non-Toshiba)

  What remains?

  Everything that you have done is good, and I would do the same tests.

  The value of the default BIOS and test it with another HARD disk, if you can get one for testing purposes.
  I can't say for sure, but somehow, I feel THAT HDD is the troublemaker.
  Try installing the DVD of initial recovery on the new HARD drive.

• Satellite C660 does not start when it is connected to the battery

  Satellite C660. I can only start with the battery disconnected and connected charger.

  Since when you noticed this problem?
  Is the battery that you always use original one you have with your machine?

  When Windows is fully charged and you put the battery in addition is recognized correctly battery?
  What happens when you unplug the AC power supply

• Satellite Pro C650 - cannot start Windows more

  I have a Toshiba Satellite Pro C650 11Z model under Windows 7 Home Premium. I'm not very savvy computer. I can use my computer to perform tasks and use the software, but I m not very got when it comes to computer and tinkering under the hood, somehow.

  I was using the laptop yesterday evening to watch a You Tube playlist and was downloading a PDF 29MB file in the background. I have done this kind of thing before and never encountered any problems.

  When the download finished (I use Google Chrome) I clicked the button at the bottom left of the screen to open the download. You Tube then frozen.

  I could see the little green circle spinning around like loading upward download, but nothing was happening. Then Google Chrome no longer according to the bar at the top of the window.

  I tried CTRL + ALT + DEL, but the workload Manager wouldn t. The only thing I could do was turn off the laptop and running again, as it had frozen him completely. When I turned on it again, I had the Windows error recovery menu as shown in the following image.

  http://www.TechJaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Win7-error-recovery.PNG

  The problem is that none of these options does nothing. If you choose the recommended option (for example Startup Repair) it comes up with the gray bar saying Windows loads the files and then will just a black screen. By selecting Start Windows normally gets you to the swirling colorful circles that make up the logo Windows and he said: start Windows but still once, it does nothing but just stick to that.

  A friend told me that a BIOS reset * may help. However, I don't know how to get the BIOS on the laptop. He called Insyde H20 installed and I don't see the option to access the BIOS.

  Someone at - it ideas as to what could have wrong and how can I fix? I don't have a recovery disc as my laptop was bought for me by a charity. The warranty has expired now so that I can contact t their support line.

  To be honest I don't think BIOS has nothing to do with it. Start your laptop and press F8 several times to display the advanced startup options. You will find the option to start the operating system in safe mode.
  If please test and let us know what happen when you try to do.

• Satellite M40-256 - error starting by CD

  Hello

  a well known friend has Satellite M40-256, which Windows problem (error during the update and the manipulation of her children).

  It does not have an external Toshiba FDD or ODD. This laptop is also no built-in floppy drive. Buying one for that matter? NO.
  The boot priority has been changed: CD-network-HDD.

  I tried another Toshiba no ODD (in BIOS not mentioned/found) of brand
  The STRANGE original works/boots in another pc (via an adapter) very large.
  I tried several CD/DVD to boot from (error is displayed): moment-Linux such as knoppix, suse and other windows CD, recovery CD,... without success

  Each time the same result: the laptop has a black screen, the STRANGE is accelerating and after about 3 to 5 seconds, windows starts with the black progress bar.

  I also tried to press C to force startup from the CD.
  Some time previously, I had only access to windows in safe mode. But after uninstalling some updates, it ends with a license problem. This problem can be solved only by starting windows cd via cd.

  It has a bios Toshiba 1.00 (interesting, seems old enough).
  I'm trying at the moment to start the network. The Toshiba shows some messages regarding success/failure at startup via the network or a CD?

  Defined execution bit one influence on behavior?
  Does anyone know a solution to windows startup?

  Thanks in advance

  Check the instructions posted by Akuma.

  If it doesn t work I think that the CD/DVD drive is faulty and must be replaced. Contact the nearest ASP that you can find on the Toshiba site and ask for a replacement.
  It of important that you buy a disc that is compatible with the laptop but the ASP that will.

  Good luck!

• Satellite L30-113 cannot start Windows OS

  After downloading upgrades my computer does not start at the top. My computer screen shows a black screen, red, writing in the middle. He then goes to the screen, then go to windows error recovery page when you press on enter too lance beginning repair it then repeats the process and also switches its self off when you press start windows normally. I can't find the boot disks, the laptop is a Satellite L30 - 113 series.

  Mary Anne.

  Hello

  I had a similar problem on my computer but was able to fix it.
  I took my CD of Win XP and started the repair console.

  Then I used the command Chkdsk and scanned and repair files and sectors on the HARD disk.
  Then I used the Fixboot command. He writes a new boot sector on the system partition.
  Finally used Fixmbr command that repairs the boot partition's master boot code.

  Check out this page of MS:

  [How to install and use the Recovery Console in Windows XP | http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307654]

  Good bye

• Satellite C660 - how to install Windows on the new drive?

  I have an old C660 of 14 months (2 months warranty!) and the HARD drive died quite suddenly.

  * 3 days works great
  * 2 days, got stuck at the "starting Windows".
  * Tried to fix with a System Repair (DVD) boot disk, but could not solve the problem (ran all night)
  * Start of DVD today and now the prompt of commands, each command "dir" on c: takes 20 seconds and try to copy files gives IO error.

  I'm going to buy a new HARD drive and install, but is there a way to get Windows 7 on the drive?
  There is no Windows disk supplied with the notebook... THERE is a recovery partition, but it died too.

  I don't want to buy a new copy of Windows when I already have a license.

  (I never have a backup complete incl. system, like the one and the only time that I tried to do that it was unable to complete the process, killing of many Virgin DVD-R in the process).
  I have most of my personal files backed up.

  Thank you

  The situation is quite clear. You don t have created the recovery disk and you have only two options now:
  (1) you can order the original Toshiba Recovery disk and install the original recovery image
  (2) you can get the original installation disc from Microsoft and install own OS

  In the first case, check it please http://aps2.toshiba-tro.de/kb0/TSB0202TA0000R01.htm

  If you take the decision to use option 2 Please note that your product key is useless and you have to pay for the new activation of license and the code. The sticker product key Microsoft belongs to the recovery image only.

  If you have any other questions you are welcome.

• Satellite C660-162 compatible with Windows 8?

  Hello

  I just installed windows on my Satellite C660 - 162 PSCOSE 8 and I want to know if it is compatible with my Toshiba model, because I heard that windows 8 may damage the computer if it is not compatible with it

  Thanks in advance

  Hello

  In my opinion these should ask themselves before Win8 installed. More info about Win8 instalation on Toshiba laptops, you can read on http://www.toshiba.eu/innovation/generic/windows8-message/
  There you can check the support for your laptop model > Toshiba matrix compatibility. Check it out.
  >... I heard that windows 8 may damage the computer if it is not compatible with it
  I don't know what kind of damage you hear, but in General, you can install any OS and check if and how it works.

  The only thing that will be damaged is HARD drive recovery option, so I hope that you created the recovery disc until you have installed the Win8 version.

  If you have any other questions you are welcome.

• Satellite C660-115 - error message "Gfxui works not" at startup

  I got a Toshiba Satellite C660-115 Windows 7 and at startup I get the message ' gfxui works not ", can I ignore what my laptop seems to work ok.

  It is a problem with the GUI GUI Intel.
  You need to reinstall the Intel graphics driver.

  Visit the page of the Toshiba UE driver and download and save the correct Intel driver

• Satellite C660-12R - Compatible with Windows XP?

  Hi friends,

  I would like to ask if my Toshiba Satellite C660-R12 is compatible with Windows XP? I'm not able to find any information about it.

  Thanks for your help
  w.

  Hi wencman,

  It is important to know if you can get all the drivers for your model laptop and Windows XP. This should be checked on the official page of Toshiba:

  http://EU.computers.Toshiba-Europe.com > support & downloads > download drivers

  Satellite C660-12R belongs to the PSC0QE series and as you can see all the drivers for Windows XP are available so to install XP should be no problem. You can download the drivers official and pre-tested. :)