Black screen on Toshiba laptop SA40-702

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Auntyzoo

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Black screen with Intouch with Tomorrow Toshiba came up then disappeared. Held down F12 and then this screen stays with 5 icons at the bottom. Don't know what to do now. Windows XP and Internet Explorer.
 

PudgyChicken

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How old is your laptop? From the model number I'm assuming that it's a pretty old machine. When you get the screen with the 5 icons, you need to use the arrow keys to switch over to the one that looks like a hard drive. Then you press enter and it'll boot from your harddrive.

What we need to know is whether this is an issue with Windows or with your machine.
 

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Thanks for replying. Not sure just how old it is as I inherited it from a relative who is no longer with us.
Which one looks like a hardrive? Sorry for being a bit dense. The first one looks like discs, the second like one disc, the third looks like an old floppy disc the fourth like two PCs and the fifth - I don't know.
 
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