"J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote in message
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In message , HB writes:
OK, this is version Fatdog64-702 Dec 2016 as someone here recommended. It
saw and loaded Fatdog. Fatdog works - so what does this tell me about the
Toshiba and why it can't load Windows?

It tells you (or at least gives a good indication) that everything in the
Toshiba works, _except_, possibly, the hard drive. The hard drive is where
Windows is, or at least was.

Distinct possibility at this point because it ran Linux fine from the DVD.

The _hope_ is that the hard drive works, but has just had some corruption
which we may be able to fix (either using the Linux boot disc you have
made, or, as I have learnt from this thread, a Macrium 7 boot disc).

According to the site it may use Macrium Linux or Vista. Toshiba is W-7.
Do I download Rescue software there to make yet another boot disk - this
time from Macrium? Does it have to be burnt as an OSI file? We know Linux
will run from a DVD but there is no way to get to windows from there. It's a
dead end. How do I get to windows through Lenux on a DVD?

If the hard drive _is_ actually faulty, that's no reason to discard the
PC - you'd just buy it a new hard drive, and install an operating system
on that. The rest of the laptop seems to be working - processor, memory,
CD/DVD drive, display, keyboard, probably USB sockets, ethernet port, and
wifi - and people are telling me it's a relatively new laptop. The Windows
you'd install we _might_ be able to help you to get working without having
to buy it (since you'd already bought it when you bought the laptop),
though I think that might be hard work, or could be a new Windows 7 (if we
can help you find one - they're scarce now), or a new Windows 10. Or of
course you could install a Linux instead - most of them are free.

It can run Linux from the DVD but one look at it and I don't care for it.
Also, the kid's games are not likely to work on Linux.


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