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Thread ID: 142963 2016-10-19 20:35:00 Anyone know how to get into a Toshiba C50D-A BIOS?? Or does it exist? Speedy Gonzales (78) PC World Chat
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1427649 2016-10-19 20:35:00 I think the hdd is 1/2 dead in this thing. It seems to load pretty quickly, but the disk usage is always high (Win8 is on it). Once it loads

I see there's a system settings program in windows, that lets you change whatever.

But it does bugger all. I can change it so it boots from USB. But if I plug a USB flash drive in, to try and boot from it, it does nothing

I've tried ESC, F1, F2, after it restarts, does nothing. I've disabled fast boot in this system settings program, it still boots into windows
Speedy Gonzales (78)
1427650 2016-10-19 21:15:00 Toshiba had used ESC, F1, F2 and F12 to enter their BIOS setup.

If still no go, try all function keys or DEL.
Kame (312)
1427651 2016-10-19 21:23:00 DOn't know personally, but some sites Googled for this suggest holding down F2 then powering up.................. ManUFan (7602)
1427652 2016-10-19 21:26:00 if may be ctrl F2

this may be of some help
askleo.com

UEFI boot nightmares :badpc: :annoyed:

Just why MS hasnt tried to standardised boot/post F keys is beyound me.
Every other PC is different , even manufactures chop & change the post/boot f keys from year to year
1101 (13337)
1427653 2016-10-19 21:40:00 I'll try Ctrl F2. I've tried ESC, F1, F2, Del those do bugger all Speedy Gonzales (78)
1427654 2016-10-19 21:49:00 Would this help? techin.oureverydaylife.com Bryan (147)
1427655 2016-10-19 22:15:00 I'll see if there's something in control panel. There is a media creation option. You can use dvd or flash drive. Dont know why it's got the USB option. It fails before it starts Speedy Gonzales (78)
1427656 2016-10-19 23:25:00 It's F2 - if you 'mash' F2 as soon as you hit the power button, it should get you into the BIOS, otherwise hold down the shift key and click 'restart', then choose 'change setting in UEFI' or something to that effect. wratterus (105)
1427657 2016-10-20 02:42:00 It was F2. Just took forever to get into the BIOS. Thought the prob was the hdd. So I removed it and put another hdd that hasnt been used in.

And installed Win10 Home x64. It's just as bad lol (or worse)

The disk usage isn't as high, but the CPU usage kept going to 99%, and made it slow as. Altho, it's only 1 GHZ. With 4 GB ram

Don't think I'll reinstall the Toshiba crap that was on it. That'll probably bog it down. And some of the programs didnt work anyway. And I don't why the site has bluetooth drivers for it. I can't find any mention that this laptop has it. On the site, in the BIOS. or in device manager
Speedy Gonzales (78)
1427658 2016-10-20 03:27:00 Does it have one of those AMD E1 or E2 processors? They are utter garbage if so, and the notebook will always be a dog - even with a SSD they are still average. I wish manufacturers wouldn't make computers with that lower spec. wratterus (105)
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