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(In advance I am sorry for bad grammar)
I recently installed windows 10 on my laptop(toshiba satellite l50-a-13k)
I want to test a live OS from an USB flash drive.To do that i need to change the boot options in my BIOS.However i can't access i.I disabled fast startup,tried to enter it while in advanced startup...and nothing seemed to work.Whenever i start up my laptop i get the "toshiba" logo.If i try to press the boot key(f2) or any other key i just get a black screen and it returns me to that same screen.I updated the BIOS but still nothing.I guess the only thing that is left to do whould be to disconnect the HDD and then try out something but since it is a laptop it can get tricky to get the HDD out...
I hope someone has a tip on how to get to BIOS or force the laptop to boot from USB without having to remove the windows 10 HDD.
 
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Some Toshibas have software to do that in Windows. Go to start, all programs, Toshiba, utilities, hwsetup. Hopefully you have that.

If you do have this, go to general and default to reset the BIOS.

If that doesn't work keep hitting F2. It should work on bootup.
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I did a complete shutdown.
Pressing f12 freezes the boot at the toshiba logo.
Pressing f2 takes me to a black screen and then back to the logo.
The only thing i can blame for this is windows 10 because before i switched to it everything worked.
 
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The only guide i found on resetting the BIOS to default involves entering the BIOS itself or reinserting the CMOS battery which is not an easy thing to do on a laptop...
Is there any way of accessing it or resetting from the OS itself?
 
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Some Toshibas have software to do that in Windows. Go to start, all programs, Toshiba, utilities, hwsetup. Hopefully you have that.

If you do have this, go to general and default to reset the BIOS.

If that doesn't work keep hitting F2. It should work on bootup.
 
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iLoveRAM

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You are my hero!
I downloaded the hwsetup from the official driver page for my laptop and it worked.
I didnt manage to reset the BIOS.
However i managded to change the boot priority which is the thing i needed to do in the BIOS anyway.
Thank you very much!
 
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