Toshiba Satellite L650 does not show BIOS Setup Utility

[Vamsi Sangam]

I was looking to double boot my lappy to get some Linux based operating system, but the boot menu just does not open..... No matter what I press, F12, F2, F10, Del, the boot menu never shows up... Whats more, when i press the F12, it gives a loud BEEP as many times i press F12....... Then it just directly goes into starting the windows. Offcourse this clearly is the UEFI mode, but without access to Boot Menu, how will i change it to Legacy?..... I thought i was pressing thw wrong button, but when my Lappy starts up, it dows not show any buuton for boot menu below "Toshiba" title..... The very next thing that happens is Windows loads..... Please help to get the Boot Menu.....

 

[johhny123]

I had a similar problem, do this:

before shutting down hold down the SHIFT key, this will turn the system off completely.

before turning it back on, first of all press and hold down the F2 key, you will then see the BIOS

 

[n1ghtr4v3n]

I was looking to double boot my lappy to get some Linux based operating system, but the boot menu just does not open..... No matter what I press, F12, F2, F10, Del, the boot menu never shows up... Whats more, when i press the F12, it gives a loud BEEP as many times i press F12....... Then it just directly goes into starting the windows. Offcourse this clearly is the UEFI mode, but without access to Boot Menu, how will i change it to Legacy?..... I thought i was pressing thw wrong button, but when my Lappy starts up, it dows not show any buuton for boot menu below "Toshiba" title..... The very next thing that happens is Windows loads..... Please help to get the Boot Menu.....

shut down the system. press F2 while the power is actually off. push power button while pressing F2 at same time. voila... you'll boot in bios.
(at least my portege z930 boots like this into bios)

 

[Mayette]

I Upgraded my client's Toshiba L840 to windows 10 but camera did not work out and no drivers yet. So I need to re-install the Windows 7. I need to make the cd as the first boot device. "Just like the rest of you experiencing problem booting into BIOS setup. I followed all your instructions. Done everything one by one, but with no luck. Until I came up with the last reply: I press ESC while the system is restarting, then the option to press F2 for setup and F12 for boot menu came up. Again pressing the ESC button first will do the tricks. Good luck

 

[KM_Faisal]

Completely shutdown the pc. Press and hold FN+F2 keys and start pc. Its work for me.

 

[Vamsi Sangam]

I was looking to double boot my lappy to get some Linux based operating system, but the boot menu just does not open..... No matter what I press, F12, F2, F10, Del, the boot menu never shows up... Whats more, when i press the F12, it gives a loud BEEP as many times i press F12....... Then it just directly goes into starting the windows. Offcourse this clearly is the UEFI mode, but without access to Boot Menu, how will i change it to Legacy?..... I thought i was pressing thw wrong button, but when my Lappy starts up, it dows not show any buuton for boot menu below "Toshiba" title..... The very next thing that happens is Windows loads..... Please help to get the Boot Menu.....

shut down the system. press F2 while the power is actually off. push power button while pressing F2 at same time. voila... you'll boot in bios.
(at least my portege z930 boots like this into bios)

This too did'nt work.... Thanks for the response nyways.....

 

[TomasKo]

Can you get into BIOS? You have to disable UEFI / Safe boot inside BIOS. Then you'll be able to change boot order.

 

[Vamsi Sangam]

Yes, thats obvious, but my problem is that is cannot go to the Boot Menu......

Thanks for the reply.....

 

[TomasKo]

When you have UEFI / Safe boot disabled, boot menu should be active, you'll be able to change boot priority inside BIOS as well.

 

[Vamsi Sangam]

But how do i get to BIOS??...... No matter what i am pressing, the only things i see is the toshiba title followed by the windows logo.....

 

[TomasKo]

Turn off the laptop. Press and hold F2, press power on button while still holding F2 pressed.
Is it Windows 8 laptop?

 

[Vamsi Sangam]

I did do that as mentioned by "n1ghtr4v3n"..... It did no good..... It booted to Windows 8 nonetheless.....
It was actually a Windows 7 lappy.... When i wanted W8, then i encountered this problem..... Then i gave it to a computer shop, who put windows 8 in it..... He said even he tried to bring up the boot menu, but could not..... So he put W8 by inserting my HDD in another lappy.....

 

[TomasKo]

Is your keyboard working? Try using usb keyboard.

 

[n1ghtr4v3n]

I was looking to double boot my lappy to get some Linux based operating system, but the boot menu just does not open..... No matter what I press, F12, F2, F10, Del, the boot menu never shows up... Whats more, when i press the F12, it gives a loud BEEP as many times i press F12....... Then it just directly goes into starting the windows. Offcourse this clearly is the UEFI mode, but without access to Boot Menu, how will i change it to Legacy?..... I thought i was pressing thw wrong button, but when my Lappy starts up, it dows not show any buuton for boot menu below "Toshiba" title..... The very next thing that happens is Windows loads..... Please help to get the Boot Menu.....

shut down the system. press F2 while the power is actually off. push power button while pressing F2 at same time. voila... you'll boot in bios.
(at least my portege z930 boots like this into bios)

This too did'nt work.... Thanks for the response nyways.....

you can always boot into bios from windows 8 metro interface in settings. i cant really remember where, but its there in the options... this should work 100% !

 

[Vamsi Sangam]

Is your keyboard working? Try using usb keyboard.

I used it just now..... No result..... .....

 

[Vamsi Sangam]

I was looking to double boot my lappy to get some Linux based operating system, but the boot menu just does not open..... No matter what I press, F12, F2, F10, Del, the boot menu never shows up... Whats more, when i press the F12, it gives a loud BEEP as many times i press F12....... Then it just directly goes into starting the windows. Offcourse this clearly is the UEFI mode, but without access to Boot Menu, how will i change it to Legacy?..... I thought i was pressing thw wrong button, but when my Lappy starts up, it dows not show any buuton for boot menu below "Toshiba" title..... The very next thing that happens is Windows loads..... Please help to get the Boot Menu.....

shut down the system. press F2 while the power is actually off. push power button while pressing F2 at same time. voila... you'll boot in bios.
(at least my portege z930 boots like this into bios)

This too did'nt work.... Thanks for the response nyways.....

you can always boot into bios from windows 8 metro interface in settings. i cant really remember where, but its there in the options... this should work 100% !

I googled it but did not find any suitable stuff.... Can u help me please.....??

 

[Allen Dsouza]

I was looking to double boot my lappy to get some Linux based operating system, but the boot menu just does not open..... No matter what I press, F12, F2, F10, Del, the boot menu never shows up... Whats more, when i press the F12, it gives a loud BEEP as many times i press F12....... Then it just directly goes into starting the windows. Offcourse this clearly is the UEFI mode, but without access to Boot Menu, how will i change it to Legacy?..... I thought i was pressing thw wrong button, but when my Lappy starts up, it dows not show any buuton for boot menu below "Toshiba" title..... The very next thing that happens is Windows loads..... Please help to get the Boot Menu.....

shut down the system. press F2 while the power is actually off. push power button while pressing F2 at same time. voila... you'll boot in bios.
(at least my portege z930 boots like this into bios)

This too did'nt work.... Thanks for the response nyways.....

[Facing the same problem.Were you able to solve it?.]

 

[kosni77]

I was looking to double boot my lappy to get some Linux based operating system, but the boot menu just does not open..... No matter what I press, F12, F2, F10, Del, the boot menu never shows up... Whats more, when i press the F12, it gives a loud BEEP as many times i press F12....... Then it just directly goes into starting the windows. Offcourse this clearly is the UEFI mode, but without access to Boot Menu, how will i change it to Legacy?..... I thought i was pressing thw wrong button, but when my Lappy starts up, it dows not show any buuton for boot menu below "Toshiba" title..... The very next thing that happens is Windows loads..... Please help to get the Boot Menu.....

shut down the system. press F2 while the power is actually off. push power button while pressing F2 at same time. voila... you'll boot in bios.
(at least my portege z930 boots like this into bios)

This too did'nt work.... Thanks for the response nyways.....

you can always boot into bios from windows 8 metro interface in settings. i cant really remember where, but its there in the options... this should work 100% !

I googled it but did not find any suitable stuff.... Can u help me please.....??

I was looking to double boot my lappy to get some Linux based operating system, but the boot menu just does not open..... No matter what I press, F12, F2, F10, Del, the boot menu never shows up... Whats more, when i press the F12, it gives a loud BEEP as many times i press F12....... Then it just directly goes into starting the windows. Offcourse this clearly is the UEFI mode, but without access to Boot Menu, how will i change it to Legacy?..... I thought i was pressing thw wrong button, but when my Lappy starts up, it dows not show any buuton for boot menu below "Toshiba" title..... The very next thing that happens is Windows loads..... Please help to get the Boot Menu.....

shut down the system. press F2 while the power is actually off. push power button while pressing F2 at same time. voila... you'll boot in bios.
(at least my portege z930 boots like this into bios)

This too did'nt work.... Thanks for the response nyways.....

[Facing the same problem.Were you able to solve it?.]

Do not whether you have found a solution or not but you may try this: log out from your account -> select restart and right afterwards press and hold down F2 key untill the restart is initiated...normally you should come across with bios setup utility after that

 

[Brisefrais]

I will explain my experience but you say holding f2 before turning it on didnt work, although the worker guy in repair shop told me that some lapps you must hit and hold f2 AFTER power on. Moreover i suggest to try hold the other buttons this way.. and good luck...i''ll explain more about it when he finish repairing mine... also he said win8 tend to crash cause new lapps are drsigned to take original or cracked win copies.
The system is logged out and only black screen and mouse cursor appears. I'll publish anything new i know once i get my laptop.

 

[cristinike]

power off your laptop, hold down F12 key and then press the power on key while still holding the F12 key.