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    Mar 26, 2008, 06:10 AM
    Boot off the cd
    Hey'yall

    Toshiba Laptop Satellite L20-181 Model, can it boof off external media e.g DVD drive or USB.. is there like an update to facilitate that option ? I can't recover the laptop from its recovery-cd's because the optical media doesn't seem to be working ! Toshiba suggest I take the machine to them,

    Any suggestion ?
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    Mar 26, 2008, 06:15 AM
    You may have two options: during boot-up you may bee an option that allows you to one-time select the boot device (can be F12) or you ma have to enetrt he BIOS and change the boot order.
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