Insert the first disc in the optical drive.
Toshiba satellite c55 b5299 boot from usb.
Ide cd rom refers to the computer s internal cd rom drive built in selectbay or built in to a toshiba docking device.
Now unplug the usb drive and connect it to the unbootable toshiba computer.
Either the dvd or the usb.
Restart the computer repeatedly until it starts up once it boots keep pressing the toshiba satellite boot menu key to enter the bios.
When the toshiba logo appears press the f12 key on your keyboard.
The easiest way to get it to boot from usb is to plug it in with the power off.
I disabled secure boot changed my boot settings from uefi to csm and changed the boot.
To boot a toshiba satellite from usb you usually have to pull up a boot menu or change the bios.
Turn on the computer.
At the boot menu screen use your arrow keys and select the dvd option or the usb flash option if you have the recovery media as a usb flash drive.
The recovery drive will be created automatically you need to wait for some time since it may take a long time.
Next power it on and hit f12 until the boot menu comes up.
When the creation process finishes click finish.
After checking around online i downloaded the windows 10 iso file from the microsoft website and used rufus to create a bootable usb drive from a brand new sandisk dual usb 64g.
In theory you only have to hit f12 once but your timing has to be right.
Click yes at the warning message screen.
The computer will boot from the selected device if it finds a bootable operating system otherwise it will search for a bootable device following the boot priority set in bios setup.
Since flash memory became available in the form of usb storage devices laptops and pcs have begun to be produced with the availability to boot from usb peripherals.