Have you run the repair installation after booting from the Windows
DVD? What you said seems to imply not...
On 2/18/10, drumz posted:
> Yes, I ran the repair and it just goes right back to the screen with the 2
> choices of repair or start normally.
> "Gene E. Bloch" wrote:
>> On 2/17/10, drumz posted:
>>> My sons toshiba laptop just turned off and won't restart not matter what
>>> I've tried.
>>
>>> I tried starting in safe mode and just about every other option. I can boot
>>> from the CD but it just returns back to Launch Startup Repair or Start
>>> Windows Normally.
>>
>>> This is the error:
>>> Status: 0xc00000e9
>>> Unexpected I/O Error
>>> And says it could be due to a recent change in hardware or software
>>> He says that he hasn't done any updates to anything.
>>> So does this sound like a hardware problem?
>>> Thanks much for your input.
>>
>> It does sound like hardware, but not 100%...
>>
>> Have you tried the startup repair? It has worked OK for me - but be
>> warned, you have time to cook a turkey while it churns. If that
>> succeeds, then it was software.
>>
>> OK, it's really only 30-40 minutes, but it seemed like forever the
>> first time I tried it, since I had no idea...
>>
>> Failing that, if you have the Windows installation DVD, you can boot to
>> that & try a Repair Installation (but it's confusing to get there
>> during the installation process). This is *not* the same as factory
>> recovery, which destroys all the info on the hard drive & starts over.
>>
>> --
>> Gene Bloch 650.366.4267 lettersatblochg.com
>>
>>
>> .
>>
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