What does it mean if your Toshiba laptop has a blue screen?

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Eventually you might need to fdisk, reformat your Toshiba Satellite M45-S265 laptop hard disk clean and reinstall OS. Before going that route, try following simple fixes to see if the problem goes away. Remove the battery and charger/ac adapter/power cord from your Toshiba Satellite M45-S265 laptop, press and hold the power button for 20 seconds to discharge any residual current inside the laptop. This clears your RAM and is like a hardware reset. Replace the battery and charger/ac adapter/power cord and turn your laptop on. Boot in "safe mode". As it starts up press F8, the computer ask you if you'd like to start in safe mode. Highlight "safe mode" and press enter. See if your Toshiba Satellite M45-S265 laptop works normal. If it runs normal now, do the following maintenance and tune up, Uninstall unnecessary programs and applications. Scan with a antivirus program Scan with a spyware/malware program DEFRAG C: CHKDSK C: Clean up and repair registry problems with registry repair software of your choice Use external harddrive for all your future downloads. If the problem persists, did you check if it could be your Toshiba Satellite M45-S265 laptop power cord or power source problem? Defective or insufficient power supply might cause error messages that are misleading. Take the battery out and power on your laptop with the charger only. Make sure your laptop power jack and charger plug tip are securely connected. Did you notice the power jack loose? You can find laptop power jack on ebay. Fixing and soldering the power jack requires professional skill though. The charger green/blue LED should be on. If not, replace the defective charger. Toshiba Satellite M45-S265 laptop battery charger has its own limited lifespan and does not last forever, consider buying a lifetime warranty charger online from company like topmic.com

This does not sound good. Could be a couple of things: 1 - a virus has corrupted the start up files on the hard drive or 2 - the hard drive has failed. You could try to repair the operating system if you have the operating system CD/DVD. If you do not have the disc, you can use the back up discs you should have made when you purchased the computer. If you have no disks; then you can do a factory restore the partition on the hard drive if the hard has not failed. A factory restore will wipe your computer to the day you bought it. 1) Hold down the power button for ten seconds to switch off your machine Please note: Holding down the power button on the machine forces it to switch off. Any unsaved data will be lost. 2) Press and hold the zero key and at the same time, tap the power button once to switch on your notebook 3) When the machine starts beeping, release the zero key 4) When prompted by the warning screen, select Yes to continue with the system recovery 5) Select Recovery of Factory Default Software and click Next 6) Select Recover to out-of-box state and Click Next again 7) Click Next to Start the recovery

The BSOD means the operating system has corrupt system files you need to use the recovery disc to do a system repair or use the built in system recovery to reinstall the operating system putting it back to factory. Post the complete model number and installed operating system when asking a question since all Toshiba laptops are not the same.

There appears to be a major problem with your OS or with your hard disk. There is no quick fix. Try a "startup repair" - google it Or look for a good local computer technician who can help you.

This does not sound good. Could be a couple of things: 1 - a virus has corrupted the start up files on the hard drive or 2 - the hard drive has failed. You could try to repair the operating system if you have the operating system CD/DVD. If you do not have the disc, you can use the back up discs you should have made when you purchased the computer. If you have no disks; then you can do a factory restore the partition on the hard drive if the hard has not failed. A factory restore will wipe your computer to the day you bought it. 1) Hold down the power button for ten seconds to switch off your machine Please note: Holding down the power button on the machine forces it to switch off. Any unsaved data will be lost. 2) Press and hold the zero key and at the same time, tap the power button once to switch on your notebook 3) When the machine starts beeping, release the zero key 4) When prompted by the warning screen, select Yes to continue with the system recovery 5) Select Recovery of Factory Default Software and click Next 6) Select Recover to out-of-box state and Click Next again 7) Click Next to Start the recovery

The BSOD means the operating system has corrupt system files you need to use the recovery disc to do a system repair or use the built in system recovery to reinstall the operating system putting it back to factory. Post the complete model number and installed operating system when asking a question since all Toshiba laptops are not the same.

There appears to be a major problem with your OS or with your hard disk. There is no quick fix. Try a "startup repair" - google it Or look for a good local computer technician who can help you.