my toshiba laptop has started shutting down with out warning and it has to stay off for some time before it will restart, what can I do to correct this
I HAVE A 32BIT COMPAQ LAPTOP RUNNING ON WIN VISTA. AFTER POST, MY LAPTOP WOULD BOOT TO A BLACK SCREEN WITHOUT ANY ERROR MESSAGES. I HAD RESTARTED MY LAPTOP, GOT INTO THE STARTUP MENU, RESTARTED IN SAFEMODE WITH NETWORKING, AND SCANNED MY LAPTOP FOR VIRUS’ TO FIND NO INFECTIONS. I’VE NOTICED THAT DESKTOP ICONS AND BACKGROUND WAS ENLARGED SO I RESET THEM TO DEFAULT. NEXT I RAN SPINRITE TO FIND NO ISSUES WITH MY HD. I THEN REBOOTED TO NORMAL AND SEEMED TO RESTART OK. AFTER DELETING EXPIRED NORTON’S, I RAN DEFRAG BUT MY LAPTOP FROZE WHICH FORCED ME TO BRBOOT WITH THE POWER BUTTON. I ATTEMPTED DEFRAG AGAIN AND MY SCREEN GLITCHED AND WENT BLACK. WHEN I REBOOT NOW, MY SCREEN GOES BLACK AND CAN’T GET INTO START UP MENU. WHAT CAN I TRY?
my toshiba laptop has started shutting down with out warning and it has to stay off for some time before it will restart, what can I do to correct this
That is most likely a heat issue. Which model Toshiba?
I HAVE A 32BIT COMPAQ LAPTOP RUNNING ON WIN VISTA. AFTER POST, MY LAPTOP WOULD BOOT TO A BLACK SCREEN WITHOUT ANY ERROR MESSAGES. I HAD RESTARTED MY LAPTOP, GOT INTO THE STARTUP MENU, RESTARTED IN SAFEMODE WITH NETWORKING, AND SCANNED MY LAPTOP FOR VIRUS’ TO FIND NO INFECTIONS. I’VE NOTICED THAT DESKTOP ICONS AND BACKGROUND WAS ENLARGED SO I RESET THEM TO DEFAULT. NEXT I RAN SPINRITE TO FIND NO ISSUES WITH MY HD. I THEN REBOOTED TO NORMAL AND SEEMED TO RESTART OK. AFTER DELETING EXPIRED NORTON’S, I RAN DEFRAG BUT MY LAPTOP FROZE WHICH FORCED ME TO BRBOOT WITH THE POWER BUTTON. I ATTEMPTED DEFRAG AGAIN AND MY SCREEN GLITCHED AND WENT BLACK. WHEN I REBOOT NOW, MY SCREEN GOES BLACK AND CAN’T GET INTO START UP MENU. WHAT CAN I TRY?