Satellite Pro A300 does not

Hey guys,.

So my laptop hit me a few months ago and I have never anything on it. But now, I'm determined to get it sorted!

So basically, I had my laptop connected to my printer via USB, the laptop is just frozen. Nothing was responding so I turned it off.

Now, when I turn on the laptop, I get this message "Windows has encountered a problem communicating with a device connected to your computer."

Then he'll talk maybe caused by a disconnected usb device when using the laptop. Now, I don't remember exactly as it was a few months ago, but there is the very real possibility that I accidentally unplugged the laptop when I used the printer!

I can't start the laptop at all. I get this message described above and if I click on enter I the option to run the Startup Repair (does not work, just brings me to a black screen after the attempt to load files or something) or start windows normally, just take back me to the screen on the error!

I tried my recovery discs, I had with the laptop, but it ends as just in a black screen, no noise of a disk moving as if its launch of its application.

If anyone had a solution to this problem, it would be great. (I said that I'd give you guys a shout before my departure for the computer Expert, which equals money, so hopefully one of you can help!)

Thank you very much for reading!

Rob

You boot from the recovery disk or run it in Windows?

You can boot from other bootable CD or DVD?

Added additional memory (RAM)? Maybe test it with the www.memtest.org Memtest bootable CD
You can test the hard drive as well using Hitachi Drive Fitness Test or similar bootable CD.

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