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I have been trying and failing to get my Toshiba Laptop to boot from a USB Flash Drive. It seems like the laptop will not power the USB ports until the OS boots. This laptop does not have a built-in optical drive so I can’t just burn a CD and use that. The laptop is running Windows 10 (had 8.1 on it when I bought it). I have had several threads on Reddit but no one was able to resolve this for me. Here are the links to those that contain the troubleshooting steps that I have already attempted. https://www.reddit.com/r/Windows10/comme… https://www.reddit.com/r/techsupport/com… https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxmint/comme… Any help in getting this resolved would be greatly appreciated.

Hello Robert Seeley, Windows 10 can be very difficult in booting a USB. Before jumping right in I need to ask a few questions…

  1. What Operating System do you have installed one the USB? And what software did you use to make it bootable?
  2. Have you made any BIOS changes on the Toshiba Laptop? If you believe it is not the USB. Let’s try checking some of your BIOS settings you will need when booting from a USB. Here is a quick guide in getting to your BIOS in Windows 10 - http://www.laptopmag.com/articles/access…
  3. Once in BIOS, select Security- make sure Secure Boot is DISABLED.
  4. Next, select the Advanced tab- select System Configuration- make sure boot mode is CSM Boot.
  5. Press F10 and Save & Exit.
  6. When the Toshiba logo appears press F12 and you should now be able to boot from your USB. I hope this helps in your attempt to boot from your USB!

Hello, What you said about USB not having power until the OS is booted gave me a clue . In my BIOS there was a setting called “USB Power in sleep mode” and I enabled that and it worked. I know your post is quite old but thought this may be of some interest.

If you are using USB 3 stick try with USB 2 or USB 1 stick. This have helped me with similar problems with new and old comps.

I went to bios and changed cms to uefi and it booted immediately

Having been facing very similar problem with my Toshiba satellite laptop until I figured out that it was iOS image issue I downloaded so have get to download the original file to fix my problem. USB isn’t detected for boot if the iOS image file is not original

hey robert , your trick works thanks i wanted this so thanks