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  • ModelPerfect
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    • Nov 2003
    • 2862
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    Boot from CD - Toshiba Satellite - HELP! :)

    Anyone know how to boot from a CD on a Toshiba Satellite 5205?!? Not even their tech support could tell me. Neither ESC, DEL, C, nor any F-keys will give me a boot from CD option or enter Bios. F8 gives me the option to boot into safe mode, which now doesn't even work. HELP!
    Logan
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    • Chris
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      • May 2003
      • 27880
      #2
      mine satellite i just put the cd in and restart and it gives me the option
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        • LiveDose
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          • Feb 2002
          • 25792
          #3
          Wow, weird. I just restored my friends laptop this weekend with the exact same problem. Must be a similar virus? Couldn't get the laptop to do shit. It is a Gateway.

          I picked up a drive case, pulled out the hd, put it in the case, copied everything, pop the drive back into the laptop, restored everything and copied files back. Pain in the ass but nothing else was working...

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            • ModelPerfect
              Confirmed User
              • Nov 2003
              • 2862
              #4
              Originally posted by Chris
              mine satellite i just put the cd in and restart and it gives me the option
              Yeah, that obviously isn't happening with mine. Yours must already have the BIOS' boot sequence ordered to boot first from CD if a disk is present.
              Logan
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                • ModelPerfect
                  Confirmed User
                  • Nov 2003
                  • 2862
                  #5
                  Originally posted by LiveDose
                  Wow, weird. I just restored my friends laptop this weekend with the exact same problem. Must be a similar virus? Couldn't get the laptop to do shit. It is a Gateway.

                  I picked up a drive case, pulled out the hd, put it in the case, copied everything, pop the drive back into the laptop, restored everything and copied files back. Pain in the ass but nothing else was working...
                  I've already got the data backed up. I'd be happy with just being able to boot to a Windows CD and format/reinstall.
                  Logan
                  modelperfect [at] gmail.com
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                    • eroticsexxx
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                      • Aug 2006
                      • 3133
                      #6
                      See if you can get a "stuck key error" by just pressing and holding down a random key while powering on.

                      Usually when that happens you get a prompt asking you to press f1 or some other key to continue, as well as a prompt for whatever key enters the bios
                      Last edited by eroticsexxx; 06-25-2007, 04:06 PM.

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                        • ModelPerfect
                          Confirmed User
                          • Nov 2003
                          • 2862
                          #7
                          Originally posted by eroticsexxx
                          See if you can get a "stuck key error" by just pressing and holding down a random key while powering on.

                          Usually when that happens you get a prompt asking you to press f1 or some other key to continue, as well as a prompt for whatever key enters the bios
                          Thanks. Actually by luck, I just figured it out. Evidently, the correct combination was holding F12 while powering on, then entering a boot password, then navigating a graphical display. Weird computer.
                          Logan
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                            • ModelPerfect
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                              • Nov 2003
                              • 2862
                              #8
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                              Logan
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