Laptop starts up, but screen goes no where!

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Myilovejack Posts 3 Registration date Wednesday December 26, 2012 Status Member Last seen December 27, 2012 - Dec 26, 2012 at 02:33 PM
Myilovejack Posts 3 Registration date Wednesday December 26, 2012 Status Member Last seen December 27, 2012 - Dec 27, 2012 at 02:33 PM
Hello,

I have a Toshiba NB205-N211 laptop. Recently it has been acting very weird.

Sometimes it will turn on and start and load just fine.
Sometimes it will turn on and come to the toshiba screen, with the big red letters that say TOSHIBA, has F2 and F12 options at the bottom but I can't go to them, I press the buttons and nothing will come up.
This time I tried turning on my computer and it did the same thing but it is missing the F2 and F12 options.

I have tried tons of things, starting it with the battery and charger in, without the battery and no charger plugged in, and just the charger plugged in with no battery.
I have tried holding down 0 until it beeps to go to out-of-box state, it doesn't beep or go to another screen, it stays at the startup screen.
I have unplugged the charger and taken out the battery and held down to power button for 30 seconds and another time for 1-2 minutes. Put everything back in and nothing.
I have turned it on and turned it off then held down the ESC key, turned it back on, nothing.

Overall everything I've tried doesn't work. I might let it rest for a while to see if it will come back on fine later, but for now, it's doing nothing and I'm getting very annoyed with it. Please help me!!! :(
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Ambucias Posts 47310 Registration date Monday February 1, 2010 Status Moderator Last seen February 15, 2023 11,163
Dec 26, 2012 at 05:11 PM
Hello,

Will it start in safe mode ? What is your operating system ?
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Myilovejack Posts 3 Registration date Wednesday December 26, 2012 Status Member Last seen December 27, 2012
Dec 26, 2012 at 08:39 PM
I'm using Windows XP and no I can't go into safe mode.
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Ambucias Posts 47310 Registration date Monday February 1, 2010 Status Moderator Last seen February 15, 2023 11,163
Dec 27, 2012 at 05:40 AM
It sure looks to me that you have harddisk failure.

I suggest that you see a qualitfied hands-on technician.

Sorry
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Myilovejack Posts 3 Registration date Wednesday December 26, 2012 Status Member Last seen December 27, 2012
Dec 27, 2012 at 02:33 PM
Ok, thanks for your help anyway!
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