Quote Originally Posted by mstlyharmlss
i have a toshiba satelite running XP professional, and have no way of accessing my BIOS during startup. i tried every F key and escape, and dont have any clue how to open up my options to boot from CD. I do not have a floppy drive which it would boot from by default, just my CD Drive.

I downloaded the smart startup manager referenced in the FAQ and dont have the slightest clue as to how i run that, either.

thanks for your help!
I believe that you have to hit the ESC key just at boot then the F1 to get into the BIOS. BTW this should be in the owners manual.