Toshiba L675D won't turn on.

[unforsaken]

I bought this laptop a Toshiba L675D and the guy who had it before me wiped the hard drive. The laptop would power on and say no boot media found. I removed the hard drive and installed a new image on it. Put it back in now the laptop will not even come on. One light on the front comes on you here the dvd come on and the fan. But nothing else happens. Thank You For Any Help.

 

[Phillip Corcoran]

"I removed the hard drive and installed a new image on it"

Wrong procedure, it doesn't work like that. A Windows image can only be used on the same computer it was created on.

Leave the hard drive inside the laptop, then install Windows on it using a Windows installation disc & a valid Product Key.

 

[unforsaken]

So is that why the screen will not come up now. I had never put a image on one before. And thank you very much for your reply.

 

[Phillip Corcoran]

Nothing on the screen ? You should still get something on the screen even if it's just an error message. That should happen even if there is no hard drive at all inside it.

 

[unforsaken]

No It would come on until I took the hard drive out. The dvd come's on and the fan but that's it.

 

[Phillip Corcoran]

Put the hard drive back - - does the screen show anything then?

 

[unforsaken]

No it did before I messed with the hard drive. It would come up and say no boot media. But now nothing.

 

[Phillip Corcoran]

It's possible that the screen's backlight has blown then. A laptop repair shop should be able to fit a new backlight for you but get a cost estimate from them first.

Incidentally, the guy you bought it from should not have removed Windows from the hard drive because it's tied to the motherboard - - he really left you in the lurch doing that. Laptops & factory-built desktop PCs are supposed to be resold with the OS intact.

 

[unforsaken]

I thought of that and I plugged a external monitor into it and still nothing. And I really want to thank you again for replying.