I am having a nightmare attempting to fix sisters Laptop, i don't know original cause but later found it could have been to do with upgrade from Windows 8 to 10 not completing though could be completely wrong. On command prompt it does say version 10.10240 but it was still 8 when she last used it.
The laptop was stuck on an automatic repair loop that would just keep restarting. I tried doing a system restore which did not work, i tried changing boot options, going back to previous build and system reset all failed.
I then tried bootrec /rebuildbcd bootrec /fixmbr bootrec /fixboot
This only led to the Laptop then loading with the message, no bootable device.
I had to create recovery drive which allowed me to try Reset PC again which continued to say partition missing.
I attempted another fix which was to create a partition with some instructions but in the end it said 0 installations of Windows was found. This Laptop came with Windows 8 pre-installed.
I found that the C: Drive was somehow RAW rather than NTFS so i formatted and it returned to NTFS.
I still couldn't create partition to boot Windows and have same problems as before, did formatting completely ruin any chance of getting Windows to boot at all? It did say 0 installations even before i did that but now i've cleared everything, i don't even care about data loss just want to get it working somehow.
This Laptop is a Toshiba S50-A, it did not come with any CD's only with Windows 8 pre-installed and i don't even know know how to open the DVD drive on it, it has a shape of it on the side but no button to open from outside whatsoever can only use USB Drive.
Thanks for any replies in advance.
The laptop was stuck on an automatic repair loop that would just keep restarting. I tried doing a system restore which did not work, i tried changing boot options, going back to previous build and system reset all failed.
I then tried bootrec /rebuildbcd bootrec /fixmbr bootrec /fixboot
This only led to the Laptop then loading with the message, no bootable device.
I had to create recovery drive which allowed me to try Reset PC again which continued to say partition missing.
I attempted another fix which was to create a partition with some instructions but in the end it said 0 installations of Windows was found. This Laptop came with Windows 8 pre-installed.
I found that the C: Drive was somehow RAW rather than NTFS so i formatted and it returned to NTFS.
I still couldn't create partition to boot Windows and have same problems as before, did formatting completely ruin any chance of getting Windows to boot at all? It did say 0 installations even before i did that but now i've cleared everything, i don't even care about data loss just want to get it working somehow.
This Laptop is a Toshiba S50-A, it did not come with any CD's only with Windows 8 pre-installed and i don't even know know how to open the DVD drive on it, it has a shape of it on the side but no button to open from outside whatsoever can only use USB Drive.
Thanks for any replies in advance.
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