When I turn on the Toshiba NB255-N245, I get a blank screen with a blinking cursor in the upper left corner. I've tried to restore to factory settings, but I never get the

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Did the drive fail to boot initially and thats why you did a recovery unfortunately the hard drive has either failed and must have a damaged sector,or the recovery partition on the drive is stopping the format, which will more than likely be the problem.

The recovery disc you have won't be a full windows copy only a restore disc for your notebook, and it will look for a backup folder residing on another partition on your drive.

The only way to get a full format is to use a freinds copy of windows to format it and then install windows using your product key code on the underside of your notebook, unless you buy a copy in which case use the code provided

SOURCE: Power comes on, blank screen, blinking cursor in

Hi! Try to go to bios(press F2) and check if the system is detecting the hdd, make sure no external devices are connected to the system.If yes, then try power drain first, unplug the ac adapter, remove the battery then press and hold power button for 10secs. Put the battery back in, plug in ac adapter and then restart the machine. If doesnt work try to use the cd to repair windows.If getting the same thing, try access safemode and then try to use system restore. Last option is to reinstall the operating system again if still no go, possible hardware problem and might need to call your manufacturer.hope this helps...

SOURCE: My Toshiba Satellite Notebook is only showing a

That blinking cursor is the way in which the BIOS is telling you that Windows is missing - its most critical, core files have been corrupted beyond repair. The only thing you can do is to reinstall using the recovery cd or your own Windows install disk.

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you need the windows operating system installer of your laptop and first boot it then look for repair of option then follow the step in repairing.