Can I boot laptop with no disc?

I tried that, but no matter which safe mode I choose (safe mode, safe mode with networking, safe mode with comand prompt), it stops loading at:

Windows\System32\drivers\crcdisk.sys

then goes to a blank grey screen. :(

I was told on another forum that it should have come with a recovery disk, but I'll be darned if I can find it. I kept everything that came with it, and I never saw it when I first opened the box 6 months ago.

I don't suppose there is something I can download on my PC, put on CD ROM, and load to the laptop?

Thanks for all of your help!

Those laptops do not come with a recovery CD. My brother has one and when he called toshiba, they told him to make his own or order one from them. The CD is free but the shipping is $24.95 (rip off). Every time he follows the instructions to make a recovery CD it stops and tells him to insert a blank CD. He has tried both CDs and DVDs with the same result. Now he is upset because his hard drive needs formatting.

I bought my son an ACER and it formatted back to factory settings without the Recovery CD to the D drive. He lost nothing but the software I installed. It was the easiest formatting I have ever done.

I had the same issue with Toshiba Satellite L305-S5921, working well in safemode but a blank white and sometimes blue screen with no cursor after a few seconds of turning on the laptop. I tried reinstalling windows 7 nothing as it started sometimes not finishing and bringing the same blank screen white or blue no cursor. it accepted windows xp service pack 3 preactivated which i used while sill looking for a solution. I tried updating Bios software but still the same window.

Luckly the problem was solved and the laptop is now ok. It is a hardware problem, in particular the BIOS Chip. I was lucky with mine the bios chip was removed and another re-soldered then Bios Data rewritten/reprogrammed onto the other bios chip on the board