Will not boot up

I just pick up a Toshiba satellite C650-031 model psc12c-3100s
When I turn it on it goes to the Toshiba screen and then trys to start up.
I get check cable connection!
PXE-MOF: Exitng Intel PXE ROM.
No bootable device -- insert boot disk and press any key

I tried restarting and went to setup (F2)
I get system time and date
CPU Type: Intel Pentium CPU P6200
CPU speed: 2.13 GHz
HDD/SSD: none
ODD: TSSTcorp CDDVDW TS-L633C (S4)
Total Memory size: 4096 MB
System BIOS Version:1.60
EC version: 1.50

I go to the boot setup the HDD/SSD is a ST9500325AS(S1)
I tried to reload Windows 7 and there is no partition C to load to
can the hard drive be damaged?

Also tried system restore , Startup recovery and nothing so do I
have to replace the harddrive?
very confused.

 

Greetings, b1jqxk44.

That message means that there is no longer a bootable drive found in your system. Since you can enter your BIOS setup, do so and set your boot order to "CD/DVD first" and boot to the Windows 7 disk - you should then be presented options for creating/formatting a boot partition.

Is this a used machine? If so the possibility exists that the hard drive has been replaced and that no bootable partitions are present.

 

I get to where do you want to install Windows nothing is in the text box.
Under the text box is Refresh, Delete, Format, New, Load driver and Extend.
Only the load driver icon works.
It saids to install the device driver needed to access your hard drive insert
installation media containing the driver files click OK.
this could be a CD DVD USB flash disk.

I went to the pcsupport.toshiba. com I can find C650 laptops
but not my model no.
Where can I go from here?

 

My next step would be to boot to a SeaTools disk to check the integrity of that Seagate drive.

 

It has a Seagate 500GB.

 

I downloaded seagate put it on disc tried to boot from it
a blank screen for about 4 to 5 minutes and then it went
back to no bootable device insert boot disc press any key.

Put the windows disc in and played with it I was able to
view the hard drive the drive is called (Boot X?
133GB total 131GB free.

Why would a drive be called Boot X:?

 

Download the SeaTools .iso file and burn that file as an image to a CD/DVD (ImgBurn and InfraRecorder are good free .iso burning programs if you don't already have one).

These programs are advertising supported and may offer to install third party programs that are not required for the programs to run. These may include a toolbar, changing your homepage, default search engine or other third party programs. Please watch the installation carefully to opt out.

Then boot to that disk and run the SeaTools.

 

I figured out Iburn ( which I like ) Ran Seatools it showed me the same
problem in the help section which I have it said hard drive unresponsive
or corrupt or damaged replace drive
So looks like i,ll have to buy a hard drive

 

Glad you got a path to follow - good luck and thanks for the feedback.

 

I finally fixed this Toshiba C650. I picked up a hard drive for free
Reinstalled Windows and it works great.

Missing some drivers like Ethernet Controller
Network Controller
PCI Data acquistion and Signal Prossesing controller
PCI Simple communications controller
SM Bus controller

I tried Toshiba support and they sent me in circles from one site to the next.
I need to load these drivers just to get on the net. Where can I find them?

 

Good afternoon.

The model # PSC12C-3100S is showing as invalid at the Toshiba Support site - please recheck that ID.

When you do access the proper files for your computer, make sure to install any chipset package first (as indicated by your missing SM Bus controller), then concentrate on the other missing software.

 

Caliban that is my modal number. The Toshiba support told me the same thing
invalid modal no. I tried the serial no. same thing.

Anyways, I ran driver booster 1.0. It downloaded the proper drivers I needed
and installed them. All my drivers are up to date now.