All my Toshibas use F2.  F12 is the choice of where to boot from (ie hdd, 
dvd, ext drv etc etc)

Cari

"HH" <nothere@notthere.net> wrote in message 
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> Go into the bios setup and see if there is an option to disable "quick 
> boot."
>
> HH
>
> "Ken1943" <kenw@no295no.net> wrote in message 
> news:901706tabo01bkt6kdfsg46hv10265hi4n@4ax.com...
>> Just got a netbook and can't find a way to see the basic boot screen. The
>> one before the Windows 7 screen. Tech support said F12, didn't work.
>> On a Asus eeepc, the tab key, shows the 'good' stuff. I would guess that
>> all the Toshiba laptops use the same key.
>>
>>
>>
>> KenW
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