New Laptop - "check media fail" and then "No bootable devices"

[HaveNotAClue]

Hi there, having a little problem with a relatives new laptop. She just bought a Toshiba Satellite C850-1KN running Windows 8.
The first day was fine; did setup and installed basic programs.
However the next day it ended up in a repair loop saying "Toshiba is searching for a solution..etc" and then restarting.
And now when we turn on the computer it comes up with a black screen saying "Check media" followed by "fail" after a few seconds. And then it says "No bootable devices"
I don't really know how to proceed. My thinking is that it can't recognise the HDD. I can get into the BIOS but that's about it.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks kindly

 

[Kevin_203]

Hi, did you solve this problem? I have the same machine, same problem. Thanks. Kev.

 

[dilan1987]

Hi there, having a little problem with a relatives new laptop. She just bought a Toshiba Satellite C850-1KN running Windows 8.
The first day was fine; did setup and installed basic programs.
However the next day it ended up in a repair loop saying "Toshiba is searching for a solution..etc" and then restarting.
And now when we turn on the computer it comes up with a black screen saying "Check media" followed by "fail" after a few seconds. And then it says "No bootable devices"
I don't really know how to proceed. My thinking is that it can't recognise the HDD. I can get into the BIOS but that's about it.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks kindly

 

[tommy61]

Im having the exact issue..i cant find any help online.

Toshiba C55A wont boot from another drive. Tried external cd in order to boot and internal with not success.... Tried to change the bios configuration but dont let me! its like disable just appear UEFI. I download some bios upgrade etc and try to install via USB drive but the laptop still reading media fail. Its like it dont see any usb drive, neither cd drivers...its extremly important to me fix that ASAP and i smacked my head days and long nights with no success... (the laptop previously had win 8) it dont have warranty.

 

[tommy61]

Im having the exact issue..i cant find any help online.

Toshiba C55A wont boot from another drive. Tried external cd in order to boot and internal with not success.... Tried to change the bios configuration but dont let me! its like disable just appear UEFI. I download some bios upgrade etc and try to install via USB drive but the laptop still reading media fail. Its like it dont see any usb drive, neither cd drivers...its extremly important to me fix that ASAP and i smacked my head days and long nights with no success... (the laptop previously had win 8) it dont have warranty.

 

[Lee Broadstock]

If you're still having trouble I found a fix that works for me.

In bios go to, advanced/system configuration/boot mode
Change it to CSM Boot

Thanks, I failed a partition on my laptop where it led to "check media fail" and then "no bootable devices", but now I fixed it with your instruction + usb boot(window 7 installation).

Does anyone have a Windows 8 or 10 bootable software for usb. Must be maximum of 4gb that I can download and use to reinstall windows ?. I have the same problem and my cd Ron is not recognised

 

[rgd1101]

Why 4gb? you can download windows 10 from microsoft here https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10