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Re: OT:Toshiba laptop problem

Posted by Lee Marsh on 08/14/07 12:53

Colin Wilson wrote:
>> Turn the laptop of as soon as you turn it on hold down the "Esc" key and
>> press "F1" to enter the bios. I used to repair Tosh laptops for a living.
>
> Can you choose the boot media by any chance - the BIOS seems a little
> restrictive in that it doesn't let me set the CD followed by the HD* -
> if there's an option I can get to on booting up, it'd be bloody handy
> :-) (getting a backup c/o the Acronis boot CD etc)
>
> * I know there's an option for CD / Net / HDD, but if I start the
> machine with the network cable in, it goes on a DHCP hunt for several
> minutes without bothering to boot...
>
> (I did find the manuals and service data on this thing, but they tell
> you very little by way of anything really useful !)

Colin,

To boot from CD turn the laptop of and turn on, as soon as the laptop
comes on hold down the 'c' key, this will boot from the DVD/CD drive.
Alternatively press either "f10" or "f8" to select from a boot menu.

Cheers,

Lee.

 

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