I was formally the IT guy for a small company. To date myself, the last network OS I worked with was Netware 5. The problem I am having is trying to downgrade from Windows 8 Pro to Windows 7 Pro.
Okay should be a piece of cake, but it's not. I recently purchased a Toshiba P850 series laptop. My intention from the very beginning was to downgrade. I do have a Windows 7 pro dvd, the laptop is configured to use the ODD drive as primary boot. When I boot the system it continuously boots from the HDD. I have spent time on the phone with Toshiba's tech support, but that was a waste of time. Much to my dismay Toshiba's tech support is sorely lacking.
During on of my calls I was transferred to Toshiba's, "Expert support" who told me to use the Shift + Restart function to be able to boot from the ODD. I was told this must be done because even shutting down Windows 8 only puts it into an advanced hibernation. I have tried the shift + restart option that brings me to the advanced start page. According to tech support I am to choose "Continue on to OS" and when screen goes black hold down the F12 key.
This does the exact same thing as holding down F12 after power on. I brings up the boot manager to select your primary boot drive. In any case I cannot boot from the ODD. Does anyone have any ideas?
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couple of thoughts
on some of our toshibas there is a program called hwsetup and I have to actually change the boot order in that to make it work. Also, some brands of laptops also have in the bios a quickboot option that you have to disable. might be called something else if present. can you go into power options in windows 8 and disable hibernation and change the power key to mean shutdown?
Good luck. As I have some toshibas I will be interested in the outcome.
Good luck. As I have some toshibas I will be interested in the outcome.
19th Nov
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In BIOS
The answer to my problem was in the BIOS, something Toshiba's techies did not know. I had to disable "Secure Boot" and switch from booting with "UEFI" to "CSM". Once this was done system booted from the Windows 7 DVD. It is now running on Windows 7 and I just need to find two more Win7 drivers and I'm good to go. Surprisingly the BIOS was configured for normal boot not fast. Sue T thanks for your response. I decided to go through the BIOS configuration first before altering the power settings.
20th Nov
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thank you for letting me know what did the trick. Glad to see you figured it out.
Sue T
20th Nov
Finally! A solution! Turning off secure boot and changing UEFI to CSM worked a treat. Thank you very much for posting your solution.
Don't think I'll be advising clients to purchase a Toshiba from here on out. That was a complete waste of my time for absolutely no reason.
Don't think I'll be advising clients to purchase a Toshiba from here on out. That was a complete waste of my time for absolutely no reason.
mrawlingson
10th Apr
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I do not understand
SSD I know
HDD I know
What is an ODD ?
HDD I know
What is an ODD ?
20th Nov
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Optical Disk Drive. It used to be easy to say CD, but the disks come in more flavors now.
FlavourNugget
20th Nov
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What is an ODD
I understand SSD and HDD, but not ODD
20th Nov
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Many thanks FlavourNugget.
My first post and your reply was not visible when I logged in 2 hours later,
and I thought I must have clicked Cancel when I intended Submit,
hence my second post.
I am now guessing there is a 2 hour wait for moderator approval before a post appears.
Incidentally I ticked the box to be alerted but have not yet got an email.
My first post and your reply was not visible when I logged in 2 hours later,
and I thought I must have clicked Cancel when I intended Submit,
hence my second post.
I am now guessing there is a 2 hour wait for moderator approval before a post appears.
Incidentally I ticked the box to be alerted but have not yet got an email.
alan918273
20th Nov
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with the correct spelling this time
optical disc drive
28th Jan
