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    Windows 8 Laptop will not boot from DVD

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    by tjharring ·

    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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    • #2433911

      Clarifications

      by tjharring ·

      In reply to Windows 8 Laptop will not boot from DVD

      Clarifications

    • #2433893

      couple of thoughts

      by sue t ·

      In reply to Windows 8 Laptop will not boot from DVD

      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.

    • #2433860

      In BIOS

      by tjharring ·

      In reply to Windows 8 Laptop will not boot from DVD

      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.

      • #2433848

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        by sue t ·

        In reply to In BIOS

        thank you for letting me know what did the trick. Glad to see you figured it out.

      • #2903364

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        by mrawlingson ·

        In reply to In BIOS

        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.

    • #2433851

      I do not understand

      by alan918273 ·

      In reply to Windows 8 Laptop will not boot from DVD

      SSD I know
      HDD I know
      What is an ODD ?

      • #2433849

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        by flavournugget ·

        In reply to I do not understand

        Optical Disk Drive. It used to be easy to say CD, but the disks come in more flavors now.

    • #2433846

      What is an ODD

      by alan918273 ·

      In reply to Windows 8 Laptop will not boot from DVD

      I understand SSD and HDD, but not ODD

      • #2433839

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        by alan918273 ·

        In reply to What is an ODD

        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.

    • #2443337

      with the correct spelling this time

      by muddratt ·

      In reply to Windows 8 Laptop will not boot from DVD

      optical disc drive

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