Laptop not strated

This is a keyboard error. Try pressing all the keys (make sure none are stuck). If this doesn't help you may need to try removing and reinstalling the keyboard (make sure the cable is inserted correctly) or you may need to replace your keyboard.

First you must boot from a CD or DVD or from a floppy disk and not from the hard drive.

Creating a Windows XP boot disk

Note: The Microsoft Windows XP CD is a bootable CD and in many cases you should not need a bootable floppy diskette. Booting from the Windows XP CD will allow you to not only install/re-install Windows XP but will also allow you to troubleshoot it.

Create MS-DOS bootable diskette

When formatting a floppy diskette, users have the option of creating a MS-DOS startup disk, follow the below steps to do this.

1. Place diskette in the computer.
   
2. Open My Computer, right-click the A: drive and click Format.
   
3. In the Format window, check Create an MS-DOS startup disk.
   
4. Click Start
   

How to boot from Microsoft Windows XP CD.
1. Restart the computer while it is rebooting keep on tapping on F12
2. In the boot menu option select on CD/DVD Rom the press Enter
3. Computer will restart and you will be prompted to " Boot from CD/DVD press Any key" just press any key on your keyboard. Just the let the Windows Setup files be loaded.
4. Press "R" when you the screen below





5. Press 1 then Enter
6. In the command prompt type format c:/q then press Enter

Note: This will format the drive c: or wipe out the information in the hard drive

I don't see a problem with that as that is the old way of updating firmware.
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This can mean only one of two possible things. Either the [Tab] key on your computer is stuck, or your system needs to be serviced.

download ready for ec/kbc update. please the ec/kbc update

plz visit Microsoft for the update

go to system setting by pressing F2 when you see the toshiba or bios logo

disable the system setting auto update.

Hold the "Esc"key when you power on the laptop until you get the BIOS setup screen coming up.

But I don't think you can fix the Ec/KEB problem by change any thing in BIOS or you just want find USB drive and make it boot-able from BIOs?

Hi,
I am not sure if this will work. But worth a try.

http://www.allbootdisks.com/downloads/Disks/Windows_98_Boot_Disk_Download49/Automatic%20Boot%20Disk/Windows98.exe

download the link and create a boot disk (floppy)

Insert a blank floppy and run the exe file to create it.
You need to create this some computer having floppy drive.

Insert this disk into your laptop and boot using this disk.

You should be able to boot in dos prompt.

now, you could browse through the harddisk contents by accessing C: or D: or etc ....

I assume you know basic DOS commands :)

lemme know if it works .

This can mean only one of two possible things. Either the [Tab] key on your computer is stuck, or your system needs to be serviced

First, turn the computer off. If the cause is a stuck [Tab] key, you may be able to un-stick it by tapping the [Tab] key several times. Turn the computer back on. If you don't see the error, congratulations, you fixed a stuck [Tab] key. If you do see the error message, you should contact a Toshiba Authorized Service Provider and have the system serviced