How to get rid of Toshiba splash screen??!!

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A friend of mine has an oldish laptop that needs the OS reloading but we can't get into the bios to change the boot sequence (just boots straight off c: drive, doesn't even look at the floppy or CD) as the stupid Toshiba splash screen comes up. Tried pressing every key to try to get into setup but to no avail so far.

Any tips?!
 
According to Mr Google if you know the flavour of your bios then;
The major vendors have standardized on the following keystrokes to enter the BIOS Setup:

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For AMI BIOS, press Del during POST.
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For Phoenix BIOS, press F2 during POST.
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For Award BIOS, press Del or Ctrl+Alt+Esc during POST.
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For Microid Research BIOS, press Esc during POST.

If your system does not respond to one of these common keystroke settings, you might have to contact the manufacturer or read the system documentation to find the correct keystrokes to enter Setup
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Or try;
Toshiba

The methods discussed first in this section are used to run the BIOS Setup routines on Toshiba laptop systems for the following Toshiba models:

All Libretto, all Portege, Satellite 100CS, 105CS, 105CT, 110CS, 110CT, 115CS, 115CT, 1555CDS, 200CDS, 205CDS, 2060CDS, 2065CDS, 2065CDT, 2100CDS, 2100CDT, 2105CDS, 2140XCDS, 2180CDT, 2210CDT, 2210XCDS, 2250CDT, 2250XCDS, 225CDS, 2500CDT, 2505CDS, 2505CDT, 2510CDS, 2515CDS, 2530CDS, 2535CDS, 2540CDS, 2545CDS, 2590CDT, 2595CDS, 2595CDT, 2595XDVD, 2615DVD, 2655XDVD, 2675DVD, 2715DVD, 2715XDVD, 2755DVD, 2775XDVD, 300CDS, 305CDS, 305CDT, 310CDS, 310CDT, 315CDS, 315CDT, 320CDS, 320CDT, 325CDS, 325CDT, 330CDS, 330CDT, 335CDS, 335CDT, 4000CDS, 4000CDT, 4005CDS, 4005CDT, 4010CDS, 4010CDT, 4015CDS, 1805-S177, 4015CDT, 4020CDT, 4025CDT, 4030CDT, 4060CDT, 4080CDT, 4080XCDT, 4085XCDT, 1415-S115, 1415-S105, 2410-S204, 1410-S174, 2410-S203, 1410-S173, 1415-S174, 1415-S173, 1405-S172, 1405-S171, 1400-S152, 2400-S252, 2400-S202, 2400-S251, 2400-S201, 1400-S151, 2405-S202, 1405-S152, 2405-S221, 2405-S201, 1405-S151, 4090XDVD, 4100XDVD, 2800-S201, 2805-S201, T2100, T2100CS, T2100CT, T2105CS, T2105CS, T2105CT, T2110CS, T2115CS, T2130CS, T2130CT, T2150CDS, T2150CDT, T2155CDS, 2800-S202, 2805-S301, 2805-S401, 2805-S202, 2805-S302, 2805-S402, 1805-S203, 1805-S253, 1800-S203, 1800-S253, 2805-S503, 2805-S603, 2590CDS, 2590XDVD, 2695DVD, 220CDS, 2545XCDT, 1805-S273, 1805-S204, 1805-S254, 1805-S274, 1800-S204, 1800-S254, 2060CDT, 1800-S206, 1800-S256, 1805-S255, 1805-S154, 1805-S207, 1800-S207, 1800-S274, 1805-S278, 1805-S208, all Satellite Pro, all TE-Series, and all Tecra

There are three ways to run the BIOS Setup on these models:

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From Windows, using the HWSetup program—The HWSetup program comes preinstalled on these Toshiba models, and it is also contained in the Toshiba Utilities package for these models, which can be downloaded from the Toshiba support Web site. To run HWSetup, open the Control Panel and double-click the HWSetup program. If you change any settings, you may be required to restart the system.
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Starting with the system powered off (not in sleep/suspend or hibernate mode)—Start with the system powered off. Press the power button and then immediately press and hold the Esc key while the system runs the POST (Power On Self Test). When the POST finishes, a prompt will appear telling you to press the F1 key to enter BIOS Setup. At that time, press the F1 key to access the BIOS Setup program.
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From MS-DOS, running the TSETUP program—TSETUP must be run under MS-DOS mode and not in a DOS session under Windows. The TSETUP utility will not work if a memory manager such as HIMEM.SYS, QEMM386, or equivalent is installed. TSETUP comes with the software provided with the system, or it can be downloaded from the Toshiba support Web site.

The next method discussed in this section is for the following Toshiba models:

Satellite 1605CDS, 1625CDT, 1675CDS, 1695CDT, 1715XCDS, 1735, 1755, 1730, 1750, 3005-S303, 3005-S403, 3000-S353, 3005-S304, 3000-S304, 3000-S307, 3005-S308, 1005-S157, 1000-S157, 1005-S158, 3005-S307, 3000-S309, 1905-S277, 1000-S158, 1200-S121, 1200-S122, 1905-S301, 1955-S801, 1955-S802, 1100-S101, 1905-S302, 1105, 1115-S103, 1905-S303, 1955-S803, 1905-S304, 1955-S804, 1110-S153, and 1115-S104

These models use a Phoenix BIOS. To access the BIOS Setup on these systems, the system must be off, and not in sleep/suspend or hibernate mode. Press the power button and then immediately press and hold down the F2 key. When the POST (Power On Self Test) finishes, the BIOS Setup screen will appear.

The final method discussed is for the following Toshiba models:

Satellite 5005-S504, 5005-S507, 5005-S508, 5105-S607, 5105-S608, 5105-S501, 5105-S701, 5105-S502, 5105-S702, 5105-S901, 5205-S503, 5205-S703, 5205-S504, and 5205-S704

These are "legacy-free" models, and they do not incorporate a BIOS Setup program in the motherboard ROM. The only way to run BIOS Setup is using a Windows-based BIOS Setup utility called HWSetup. The HWSetup utility comes preinstalled on these Toshiba models, and it is also contained in the Toshiba Utilities package for these models, which can be downloaded from the Toshiba support Web site. To run HWSetup, open the Control Panel and double-click the HWSetup program. HWSetup provides a graphical front end for modifying BIOS settings. Note that if you change any settings, you may be required to restart the system.
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That is the best I can do as I've never needed to look that far under the hood, best of luck.

PS PF12 when the Toshiba splash screen pops into view will get you to the boot menu, could this be the screen you are after? I have used this a few times when reinstalling the operating system but can't remember if it was the bios screen or not.
 
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Thanks auric, one or more of those methods is sure to get me into the correct bit, thanks heaps!
 
I had a similar problem with a PB pc. Instead of a screen which told you how to get into the settings, there was a PB/Microsoft screen.

Pressing F2 did the trick, which then allowed you to get into settings to disable the PB/MS screen.

A bit daft that you need to get into the settings to turn of the screen so as to have it tell you how to get into the settings :rolleyes:
 
Yeah, really annoying aren't they!

I think I tried all the 'F' keys already (as well as Del & Ins) , but as soon as I have the laptop back here again I'll run through all the other possibilities..
 
Good god, why do you people put up with this stuff?
 
I'm working on a Toshiba Satellite 5005-2504, which is one of those that doesn't have a legacy BIOS and uses a BIOS-substitute that's loaded in windows.

The trouble is, the windows on this machine died (you know, it happens). I'm supposed to be fixing it for this guy, and it's the most frustrating thing....

It sounds like you've got one of the models that doesn't have the BIOS either, if it doesn't check removables when booting. It shows the Toshiba logo, then boots from the hard drive.

My trouble is that I took the hard drive out to remove windows and do a full format/clean install using my own laptop. Got that done, great. Now the Toshiba won't boot from its own hard drive - just sits there with a flashing underscore for a cursor.


Any thoughts? I just need to get it so it boots into windows, so...
 
For the one I was playing with you needed to press 'Esc' repeatedly followed by F1 as soon as the machine powered up to get into a sort of 'mini' bios. I got a single screen of setup options including a boot sequence option - sorted.

With a bit of luck yours may be the same!
 

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