Toshiba Satellite BIOS not listing CD/DVD drive as a possible boot device

[styloPi]

On my Toshiba Satellite C55-A5281, the BIOS does not list the CD/DVD as a possible boot device. (The CD / DVD drive works fine).

Under Advanced - System Configuration in the BIOS, I noticed that the Boot Mode was grayed out and set on [UEFI Boot]. But not sure if this would have even helped.


The System Bios version is 1.4
The EC Version is 1.4

BIOS utility program that runs is: InsydeH20 Setup Utility. The Rev. is 3.7

Thanks so much

 

[popatim]

To boot from the optical drive you use the f-key option during post.
You will see a message like 'F12 - Boot Device'
Once you press it a window will pop up listing the available boot devices. Some systems will not list the optical drive unless bootable media is already installed in it. (Same for usb ports too)

 

[styloPi]

To boot from the optical drive you use the f-key option during post.
You will see a message like 'F12 - Boot Device'
Once you press it a window will pop up listing the available boot devices. Some systems will not list the optical drive unless bootable media is already installed in it. (Same for usb ports too)

 

[styloPi]

To boot from the optical drive you use the f-key option during post.
You will see a message like 'F12 - Boot Device'
Once you press it a window will pop up listing the available boot devices. Some systems will not list the optical drive unless bootable media is already installed in it. (Same for usb ports too)

 

[styloPi]

Thanks for your reply but it does not help. When the list of bootable devices is displayed the cd dvd is not listed. Although a bootable dvd is in fact in the drive, it is not detected. By the way it should not matter if the disk is i sertrd or not. The drive should be recognized. Thanks anyway for your response.

 

[rpaustin]

i am having similar issue, and I am trying to boot from cd dvd drive with Oem window 7,
I press f12 , it takes me to boot menu, but no option exist to boot from dvd drive, options are
1 hdd, 2 usb,3 odd (TSSTcorp CDDVDW SU ) , 4 LAN( Efi network 0)
Option 3 gives me a boot failure proper digital sig not found
under advanced,system config setting UEFI BOOT is grayed out.
I would appreciate if somebody has found a solution to this issue and can help.