Can someone give me a clue what to look for here. A guy I have helped before dropped his Toshiba laptop off he said it wouldn't stay started.
Last time I helped him he had a heating problem, the fans for cooling are under the laptop so I told him to get a holder that would let the air get through and it worked fine haven't heard from him for a year or so.
It is a Toshiba Satellite A60/65 says XP but so I must be wrong about the windows 2000 anyway he says he has some material he really needs off of it
Anyway I plugged it in cause the battery I think is bad, and it tries to start but then disconnects right away. by right away I mean nothing ever comes up on the screen.
YOU can hear it start and the lights come on but you never hear the hard drive doing anything and like I said it just clicks and shuts down.
Would it be the hard drive is bad? and if so can a person still get the info off of it? Can someone give me a clue? I think it is the hard drive but how can I check it
Last time I helped him he had a heating problem, the fans for cooling are under the laptop so I told him to get a holder that would let the air get through and it worked fine haven't heard from him for a year or so.
It is a Toshiba Satellite A60/65 says XP but so I must be wrong about the windows 2000 anyway he says he has some material he really needs off of it
Anyway I plugged it in cause the battery I think is bad, and it tries to start but then disconnects right away. by right away I mean nothing ever comes up on the screen.
YOU can hear it start and the lights come on but you never hear the hard drive doing anything and like I said it just clicks and shuts down.
Would it be the hard drive is bad? and if so can a person still get the info off of it? Can someone give me a clue? I think it is the hard drive but how can I check it