It may be that it can’t detect the HDD due to the broken connector and since there is no bootable CD or USB inserted it moves to the last option which may be boot from PXE which is boot from a network drive connected via the LAN (Ethernet) port, which most home users wouldn’t use
Get into BIOS and check the ''boot priority settings'' and make sure that the internal HDD has 1st priority. To get into BIOS press F2 on startup when the Toshiba logo is on the screen.
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Disable or remove the PXE boot option in BIOS (save the changes when exiting BIOS). After restarting, if it can’t detect the HDD there should be a message saying “no OS detected” or something similar (insert system disc?) indicating that there is no operating system i.e. Windows, Linux etc found in the laptop.
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Disable or remove the PXE boot option in BIOS (save the changes when exiting BIOS). After restarting, if it can’t detect the HDD there will be a message saying “insert system disk in the drive. Press any key when ready. . . . indicating that there is no operating system i.e. Windows, Linux etc found in the laptop.
You may have to get the connector fixed first before it will boot from the HDD. Is it the connector on the HDD or the motherboard? It should still boot from a bootable CD or USB but even if it does you still can’t access the HDD because it is not being detected.
Just verifying that you removed the battery before doing any other work inside the laptop?
It may be that it can’t detect the HDD due to the broken connector and since there is no bootable CD or USB inserted it moves to the last option which may be boot from PXE which is boot from a network drive connected via the LAN (Ethernet) port, which most home users wouldn’t use
Get into BIOS and check the ''boot priority settings'' and make sure that the internal HDD has 1st priority. To get into BIOS press F2 on startup when the Toshiba logo is on the screen.
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If you disable or remove the PXE boot option in BIOS (save the changes when exiting BIOS), if it can’t detect the HDD there should be a message saying “no OS detected” or something similar (insert system disc?) indicating that there is no operating system i.e. Windows, Linux etc found in the laptop.
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Disable or remove the PXE boot option in BIOS (save the changes when exiting BIOS). After restarting, if it can’t detect the HDD there should be a message saying “no OS detected” or something similar (insert system disc?) indicating that there is no operating system i.e. Windows, Linux etc found in the laptop.
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You may have to get the connector fixed first before it will boot from the HDD. It should still boot from a bootable CD or USB but even if it does you still can’t access the HDD because it is not being detected.
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You may have to get the connector fixed first before it will boot from the HDD. Is it the connector on the HDD or the motherboard? It should still boot from a bootable CD or USB but even if it does you still can’t access the HDD because it is not being detected.
Just verifying that you removed the battery before doing any other work inside the laptop?
It may be that it can’t detect the HDD due to the broken connector and since there is no bootable CD or USB inserted it moves to the last option which may be boot from PXE which is boot from a network drive connected via the LAN (Ethernet) port, which most home users wouldn’t use
Get into BIOS and check the ''boot priority settings'' and make sure that the internal HDD has 1st priority. To get into BIOS press F2 on startup when the Toshiba logo is on the screen.
If you disable or remove the PXE boot option in BIOS (save the changes when exiting BIOS), if it can’t detect the HDD there should be a message saying “no OS detected” or something similar (insert system disc?) indicating that there is no operating system i.e. Windows, Linux etc found in the laptop.
You may have to get the connector fixed first before it will boot from the HDD. It should still boot from a bootable CD or USB but even if it does you still can’t access the HDD because it is not being detected.
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Just verifying that you removed the battery before doing any other work inside the laptop?
It may be that it can’t detect the HDD due to the broken connector and since there is no bootable CD or USB inserted it moves to the last option which may be boot from PXE which is boot from a network drive connected via the LAN port, which most home users wouldn’t use
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It may be that it can’t detect the HDD due to the broken connector and since there is no bootable CD or USB inserted it moves to the last option which may be boot from PXE which is boot from a network drive connected via the LAN (Ethernet) port, which most home users wouldn’t use
Get into BIOS and check the ''boot priority settings'' and make sure that the internal HDD has 1st priority. To get into BIOS press F2 on startup when the Toshiba logo is on the screen.
If you disable or remove the PXE boot option in BIOS (save the changes when exiting BIOS), if it can’t detect the HDD there should be a message saying “no OS detected” or something similar (insert system disc?) indicating that there is no operating system i.e. Windows, Linux etc found in the laptop.
You may have to get the connector fixed first before it will boot from the HDD. It should still boot from a bootable CD or USB but even if it does you still can’t access the HDD because it is not being detected.
It may be that it can’t detect the HDD due to the broken connector and since there is no bootable CD or USB inserted it moves to the last option which may be boot from PXE which is boot from a network drive connected via the LAN port, which most home users wouldn’t use
Get into BIOS and check the ''boot priority settings'' and make sure that the internal HDD has 1st priority. To get into BIOS press F2 on startup when the Toshiba logo is on the screen.
If you disable or remove the PXE boot option in BIOS (save the changes when exiting BIOS), if it can’t detect the HDD there should be a message saying “no OS detected” or something similar (insert system disc?) indicating that there is no operating system i.e. Windows, Linux etc found in the laptop.
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You may have to get the connector fixed first before it will boot from the HDD. It should still boot from a CD or USB but you can’t access the HDD because it is not being detected.
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You may have to get the connector fixed first before it will boot from the HDD. It should still boot from a bootable CD or USB but even if it does you still can’t access the HDD because it is not being detected.
It may be that it can’t detect the HDD due to the broken connector and since there is no bootable CD or USB inserted it moves to the last option which may be boot from PXE which is boot from a network drive connected via the LAN port, which most home users wouldn’t use
Get into BIOS and check the ''boot priority settings'' and make sure that the internal HDD has 1st priority. To get into BIOS press F2 on startup when the Toshiba logo is on the screen.
-
If you disable or remove the PXE boot option in BIOS (save the changes when exiting BIOS), if it can’t detect the HDD there should be a message saying “no OS detected” or something similar indicating that there is no operating system i.e. Windows, Linux etc found in the laptop.
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If you disable or remove the PXE boot option in BIOS (save the changes when exiting BIOS), if it can’t detect the HDD there should be a message saying “no OS detected” or something similar (insert system disc?) indicating that there is no operating system i.e. Windows, Linux etc found in the laptop.
You may have to get the connector fixed first before it will boot from the HDD. It should still boot from a CD or USB but you can’t access the HDD because it is not being detected.
It may be that it can’t detect the HDD due to the broken connector and since there is no bootable CD or USB inserted it moves to the last option which may be boot from PXE which is boot from a network drive connected via the LAN port, which most home users wouldn’t use
Get into BIOS and check the ''boot priority settings'' and make sure that the internal HDD has 1st priority. To get into BIOS press F2 on startup when the Toshiba logo is on the screen.
-
If you disable or remove the PXE boot option in BIOS (save the changes when exiting BIOS), if it can’t detect the HDD there should be a message saying “no OS detected” or something similar indicating that there is no operating system i.e. Windows, Linux etc found in the laptop
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If you disable or remove the PXE boot option in BIOS (save the changes when exiting BIOS), if it can’t detect the HDD there should be a message saying “no OS detected” or something similar indicating that there is no operating system i.e. Windows, Linux etc found in the laptop.
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You may have to get the connector fixed first before it will boot from the HDD. It should still boot from a CD or USB but you can’t access the HDD because it is not being detected.
Hi @zain1 ,
It may be that it can’t detect the HDD due to the broken connector and since there is no bootable CD or USB inserted it moves to the last option which may be boot from PXE which is boot from a network drive connected via the LAN port, which most home users wouldn’t use
Get into BIOS and check the ''boot priority settings'' and make sure that the internal HDD has 1st priority. To get into BIOS press F2 on startup when the Toshiba logo is on the screen.
If you disable or remove the PXE boot option in BIOS (save the changes when exiting BIOS), if it can’t detect the HDD there should be a message saying “no OS detected” or something similar indicating that there is no operating system i.e. Windows, Linux etc found in the laptop