Re: Restoring C - drive.

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anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com
Date: 10/07/04 

Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2004 12:01:46 -0700

     Hi Alex,

  I went to Toshiba's web site and found out how to get
to the Bios on my Laptop. I also found the lastest Bios
Update and installed it, 1.50. It does not give you a
choice to boot to a USB drive, but one of the choices is
a LAN. I don't know much or understading Networking other
then I am on one. I can hook my USB drive up to my Router
(a NetGear WGT634U) and access it that way. By setting
the Bios to boot to LAN will it boot off of the USB drive
like that? Do I have to do anything else? I am sorry to
keep bothering you. My only other recourse is to spend
more money to do what I am looking to do and I am hoping
to avoid that.

Thanks again!
Sincerely,
Jim

>-----Original Message-----
><anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
>>My Laptop does not
>>give any such information. It is a Toshiba Satellite
A65-
>>S1062. Do you know how to enter the BIOS on this type
of
>>Laptop PC?
>
>Toshiba usually have a Toshiba tools in the Start Menu -
 All Programs
>that includes BIOS options. Also my Portege Tablet has
a hot key system
>to select the boot device. It can boot a Toshiba CD
drive on a PC card,
>or a Toshiba floppy drive on USB but doesn't boot a USB
DVD drive I have
>- consult its manual
>
>
>--
>Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies)
>Bournemouth, U.K. Alexn@mvps.D8E8L.org (remove the D8
bit)
>.
>

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