Need help with this problem..A user brought in their Toshiba Satellite M45-S265 laptop saying that it wouldn't boot up.After powering on, the Toshiba logo screen appears and then the screen goes ...

First thing to try would be to boot with a WinPE CD, and check the disk for file system errors. I prefer Hiren's Boot CD myself. Boot using the CD, then go to a command prompt and type chkdsk c ...

To load an offline Windows Registry Hive, open Registry Editor and select “Load Hive” from the File menu. Choose the registry hive file, typically located in the Windows\System32\Config directory.