Can't get past first "honey comb" screen

Battery was dead attempted to boot machine hooked into electric source, will not boot past yellow honeycomb screen.
Toshiba Satellite running Windows 8 core i3 Intel chip.
Tried F1 during boot-up tried F12 during boot-up tried tried F5 during boot-up, will not ctrl-alt-delete, (no response) appears keyboard is locked as unable to turn off or on numlock or turn on cap lock.

 

Was this done without the battery installed?

 

with the battery and without the battery installed

 

It sounds like your system is corrupted. ( my HP Notebook runs OK without the battery installed).
I would suggest you refer to your laptop manual for instruction on how to Reset the OS.
I had to do this for my brother's Toshiba laptop about 3 years ago but I can't remember the key to press to activate the Reset.

what key to start Toshiba Satellite recovery - Google Search

 

Hi chaosrn, have you had any luck yet? Did you manage to get a Reset done?

 

no, not yet, i'm still trying to find a way to get it up WITHOUT losing the other things, since my SO didn't back up anything. Although i suspect it really isn't an issue, since she has retired and no longer needs it for her classroom!
it has been a little hectic (digitally), lately