I keep running start up repair but the computer keeps telling me the E (external HD USB connected) or the D (Toshiba recovery disc) does not contain information about my hardware!
That’s weird. I wonder if Windows has some way to make your OS installation so hardware specific that it won’t boot under a circumstance such as this to combat piracy?
Is there any way you could epoxy a clip of some sort to the motherboard or use a very small zip tie to hold the HDD connector in place or something like that?
I found this website for repairing and dissasembly of Toshiba laptops. Maybe you can find something specific to your model.
http://www.irisvista.com/tech/