PC will not start

Hi, my laptop (Toshiba Satellite 220CS) restarts (a hard reset) itself before it displays the icons on my desktop, it does display the wallpaper though. In safe mode I opened up system properties (in control panel), the device manager tab shows no problem
the performance tab:
76% of system resources free(its normally 80-90%)
file system:some drives are using MS-DOS compatibility
PC cards: no pc cards sockets are installed (i have two)
in the box below i have:
compatibility-mode paging reduces overall system performance
drive a is using MS-Dos compatibility
drive c is using MS-Dos compatibility

the code page my laptop uses is 850, which is the one it has used since i bought it, but this appears at startup:
C:\mode con codepage prepare=((850) C:\windows\command\ega.cpi)

Code page operation not supported on this device

C:\mode con codepage select=850
Device error during select

 

though I have restarted my laptop several, after posting the message, I restarted it again (and I didn't change any settings) it now works, but takes an extra 5-10mins to turn on.

my laptop instead of saying
code page operation not...
and
device error...

now says:
MODE prepare code page function completed
and
MODE select code page function completed