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

styloPi

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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

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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

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styloPi

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styloPi

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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

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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.