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My laptop has two drive bays, and I want to have a dual boot system.

I have installed a clone of my Windows 8 (it works) and want to 'upgrade' it to 64-bit instead of x86 with the x64 disc that I bought and got posted out. I want to boot off the DVD I have.

However, on this Toshiba Satellite Vista laptop F2 used to provide access to the BIOS, but now it never works and goes straight to Windows 8. (There is a related question here that was closed.)

I have tried all the usual alternatives but just get a long beep when I press any key (F12, Del etc.) So, my question is, how do I access the BIOS, now that Windows 8 has hijacked it without telling me beforehand?

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    Hold down the F2 key and then power-on the computer. – Logman Jan 07 '13 at 03:01
  • See [these](http://pcsupport.about.com/od/windows-8/a/open-advanced-startup-options-windows-8.htm) [pages](http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/advanced-startup-options-menu-in-windows-8/) for help. – Karan Jan 07 '13 at 03:25

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This was somewhat planned by Microsoft. Try going to PC Settings > General > Advanced Startup and select "Restart now" to get into the UEFI BIOS where you can tell Windows/the BIOS to boot from a different device.

More info here: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2012/05/22/designing-for-pcs-that-boot-faster-than-ever-before.aspx

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