I have a Toshiba I upgraded from 7 to 8... I need to boot from a USB drive but cannot figure out how... It boots up too fast, I don't even know how to get to the damn bios. Any help would be great.
press "windows key" and c, then press change pc settings->general settings->restart now(last option at the bottom)->after reboot select "advanced options->uefi firmware settings. After reboot bios screen will show up press the bios specific key to boot to bios
When exactly am I pressing Windows Key + C I tried it during start up and it still went to Windows 8 Screen
I didn't get the advanced options. Instead of I got Continue, Troubleshoot, Turn off I went to troubleshoot...'' It gave me "advanced options" but then i dont see uefi firmware settings (im pretty sure this is legacy bios since I upgraded from windows 7" all i got is System restore, recovery, automatic repair, command prompt, startup options. I go to startup options and get options to boot into safe mode and crap but nothing to boot from usb or get into bios
What do you mean by tell the details? Its a Tohishba Satellite Windows 7 Upgraded to Windows 8. is that what you are asking for?
Ok I am not sure whats happening but.. I changed the boot order to USB first and its still not booting to USB and also F2 doesn't work again :/
Completely power off the laptop , remove battery wait for a few minutes , reinsert battery,press F2 and press POWER ON button,if you are able to get into bios,turn off quick/fast boot option. save and exit. now what do you have in the usb that you are trying to boot?
" For CD-ROM BIOS updates in Windows 8 models: 1 Shut down the system while pressing the SHIFT key to completely power off. 2 Power on while pressing F2 to enter the BIOS Setup Menu. 3 Go to the Security tab and set the Secure Boot setting to Disabled. 4 Go to the Advanced tab, enter System Configuration and set the Boot Mode to CSM Boot. 5 Press F10 to save and exit. 6 Boot from the BIOS CD-ROM and type FLASH at the C: prompt. 7 After the BIOS update has completed, restore the Boot Mode setting to UEFI Boot and the Secure Boot setting to Enabled. For CD-ROM BIOS updates in Windows 7 models: Type FLASH then press enter at the C: prompt." found this on a website telling users how to update bios. cannot insert links hxxp://laptopdriverhelp(dot)com/?brand=toshiba&serie=Satellite&model=S855-S5252&os=BIOS hope it helps cheers,
You can set to boot from USB within Windows 8 by open "Run" and type this... RunDll32.exe pwlauncher.dll,ShowPortableWorkspaceLauncherConfigurationUX This will show a dialog...just select "Yes" and reboot to USB. ☺
Where exactly did you get this info? I googled "RunDll32.exe pwlauncher.dll,ShowPortableWorkspaceLauncherConfig urationUX" and didnt get a single result except this forum post.