

Once you enter the UEFI settings, follow the instructions displayed to reset the UEFI settings to defaults (usually pressing F9).Alternatively, try tapping F2 every half-second.Continue holding the F2 button until the UEFI settings load. Hold the F2 button and power on the laptop.If you are not able to load into Windows, you may be able to reset the UEFI by using the following steps: See this link under the Preinstalled section.

This is not good for you as your Windows 8 is broken. Hello, the problem you have is that Toshiba has a UEFI BIOS that can only be accessed from Windows. The computer is completely useless and I can’t get into any options at all. I tried to press 0 (zero) with the power button on starting up and keep pressing zero to go to factory settings but no benefit. I tried to disconnect the power supply and remove the battery then press the power button for 2 minutes > but no benefit. “bcdedit /set bootmenupolicy legacy” (no quotes)Īnd I could get into safe mood and tried to do system restore but it failed also.Īfter that I couldn’t boot the computer at all or even get into the system BIOS setup with F2 or F8 or F12.Īlso I tried to enter the dvd of the Laptop Recovery or the dvd of windows 8 but the they spins for little seconds and nothing happens although I am sure the dvd rom is the first in booting sequence, (but the dvd rom sometimes fails to read some disks) It was working normally until certain critical update is installed from Windows update, then it refuses to load windows at all and gives error message.ġ- in the beginning i tried to get into recovery options> advanced options> repair start up> but no benefit.Ģ- then i tried system restore> it failed and no benefit.ģ- then system refresh> but i have windows 8 dvd not 8.1 so it said not suitable cdĤ- then i searched the internet to enable safe mood and entered the following command in command prompt:

My laptop is Toshiba L755-16H, windows 8.1 updateĪll what I get now is the first screen of “Toshiba Leaading Innovation” and “H2O bios” then the logo of windows 8 (4 blue quartered window) then black screen with flashing cursor and the mouse arrow, and it keeps like that.
