http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVSRm80WzZk"Consider a journey through time and space................"A) Let's discuss why you performed a System Restore in the first place.1) Screen resolution seemed to be messed up?2) Thought you picked up a virus?3) Will Biff from Back to the Future, ever find true love?NO...............just wanted to see if you were following along, lol!Suggest you go to Display Properties, and see what the Screen Resolution is.Right-click on an empty area of your desktop screen> Left-click on Properties at the bottom of the list > Left-click on the Settings tab.Screen resolution should be 1280 X 768Use the slider to adjust it.Color quality should be -> Highest (32 bit)If you adjust either one (Or both), go to the bottom right, and click on Apply, then to the bottom left; and click on OK.Please post back in a Comment.Regards,joecoolvette
The message indicates that either a device or the USB controller has drawn too much power.Disconnect all external USB devices (make sure that the touchpad is active if you use a mouse with the notebook). Then click on the Restart command on the error message. Try adding one device at a time and see if the message recurs. Try moving the devices to a powered USB hub and try that at different USB ports. (Disconnect and reset the message if needed.) You can choose to ignore the message. In XP, click Start > Properties. Select the Taskbar and select customize. Set the Surge message to Ignore. Since this error most often occurs when the computer is hibernating, go to the Control Panel section for Power Options. Disable the System Standby (set to Never in the Power Scheme Tab) and Hibernate (uncheck in that tab) options. Note: these settings will limit battery run time. (Windows XP didn't handle these well.) Other solutions that may help is to set the USB controller to USB 1.0 or to disable it. You can disable this from the Device Manager; scroll down to the Universal Serial Bus. If you have a device that is pulling too much power, you will need to replace it. (That's more cost-effective than repairing the power draw for most USB devices.) It could damage the port. I hope this helps. Cindy Wells
When you just switch on the computer look out for the first screen(before windows even starts up).and try to quickly read usually it will tell you what button to press.depending on the make its usually f12 or del but first check what your model says.
First, make sure the ESC key is the proper key to get to the BIOS. You should see a prompt right after you get the Toshiba splash screen to hit a function key to change settings. I'm thinking because you got a media failure error, your hard drive may be bad and the boot order says to boot to the HD.
If you purchase a new OS disc of your choice, assuming it will work on your laptop, just palace the disc in the drive, boot from the disc and follow the on screen prompts. Hope that helps.
It could be a problem withthe lens, you should try cleaning the lens, it's already gone bad there is noharm in trying
If you take a little riskcan solve .
follow the instruction: Don'tpanic its very simply.
1.When running yourpc , open the drawer.>
2.switch off the acpower
3.remove powercable & sata or pata cable
4.remove all thescrew from the back side
5.press clip toopen the font panel
6.reverse thecd/dvd rw
7.just remove thecover
8.clean the optical lance9.http://www.howtodothings.com/computers/a3631-how-to-clean-a-cd-rom-drive.html
10.use a little ( not much )oil place on two steel shaft11.cover all the equipment
12.now you can fit to your pc
Ifit does the same problem please change the cd/dvd rw because the lance has defected.
Hopeit will help you.
If there is no option to change boot sequence outside of the bios there are very few options left. Most laptops allow for changing the boot sequence at start up without going into Bios by pressing F10 or F8 when you see the initial splash screen. If you can't get into Bios because of forgotten password you can search the internet for LCrack which is a free download that will, in most cases, allow you access to the passwords on the computer to include Bios. If this fails look for a reset switch on the bottom. This will be a small hole that you use a toothpick to press the reset button inside. If that is not present you can try removing the battery and the power cord then holding the Power button down for 30 secs. This is a back door reset that works on some systems. If all of these fail to rest the Bios password then you are left with opening the computer, removing the CMOS battery and then putting it all back together. If you just need to boot from the CD and not access the hard drive then you can remove the hard Drive and force the system to boot from another device but you won't be able to install the hard drive after the computer boots. It won't recognize it and will most likely damage the drive if you try.
