It could possibly be that your hard drive got fried somehow. The only time that I have ever run into a problem like that is whenever I was stupidly messing around on my computer during a lightning storm, and an overload of power surged through my computer and fried my hard drive. All I did was replace the hard drive and install my Operating System and I was working on it again. I don't have any idea on how to replace a hard drive in a laptop, but my suggestion to you would be to call Toshiba and see if they can help you any more.
You can get them from Toshiba website.
Goto http://209.167.114.38/support/Download/files_downloads/index/Tecra/t8310en.htm
Well, the Tecra brand is subsidiary of Toshiba. So the first step would be to locate a Toshiba authorized dealer, such as Toshiba Direct, and start the search there. The electronics store, Best Buy, also carries them.
To enter the BIOS on a Tecra, hit the ESC key as soon as you see the Toshiba flashscreen in red. When prompted, hit the F1 key.
There are many places where a person could purchase a used Toshiba Tecra. A person could find a used Toshiba Tecra at a pawn shop in their area. Also, someone could find a used Toshiba Tecra in the newspaper with someone selling one.
The free Toshiba Tecra A3 Drivers can be downloaded from the official website of Toshiba. An internet search with words "Free Toshiba Tecra A3 drivers" will give links of where to download the drivers.
The Tecra M4 uses a Wacom "Penabled" digitizer. You can get the driver from Wacom's website. Look for the "Penabled" tablet PC driver downloads.
You can find the drivers on the Toshiba Australia website (http://tinyurl.com/l3hptw) or Toshiba Europe Website (http://eu.computers.toshiba-europe.com/innovation/download_drivers_bios.jsp)
With the recovery disks, just insert disk 1 into your drive, boot laptop to CD and your on the way to recovery.
Depends how old the computer is.
What drivers are you looking for? I found tons online! Just go to htt://www.google.com and type in Toshiba Tecra 8000 leave the laptop off! http://www.quickerwit.com/search.cfm?p12&p3Tecra%208000&p5Toshiba+Tecra+8000+drivers&hl&rlsN&tabfroogler or http://www.softlookup.com/driveauthor.asp?id=1820 Hope this helps!
The Toshiba Tecra 8000 uses standard 2.5" IDE / PATA hard drives. Depending on the size of the replacement (up to 127 GB should work), the price can range from $20 to $80.