Toshiba Satellite win8 booting problem?

[mikehende]

The disk is 500gb, I am not sure how/where to find the legacy boot option? In the Advanced tab, I am seeing 2 options for boot mode [UEFI and CSM boot]

 

[Rich-M]

Me neither it could be in a different location in every bios but it is there usually around the boot drive order somewhere.

 

[mikehende]

It's ok, I used Gparted to convert the disk to GPT, installing win8 on the new disk now, will let you guys know in a few.

 

[Rich-M]

good job!

 

[mikehende]

Well it was the HDD, new HDD works lightning fast and no wireless issues, only the dvd doesn't autoplay.

 

[Rich-M]

Newer versions of Windows have shut down "Auto Play" Mike.

 

[mikehende]

Not saying you're wrong but I find that very hard to believe Rich, for what possible reason would they do this and when you put a movie into the drive, how would you get it to play without having to open the file in explorer?

 

[Rich-M]

Actually it is "Auto Run" that changed in Windows 7, my bad.
http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2009/04/28/autorun-changes-in-windows-7.aspx

 

[mikehende]

From what I understand this relates to USB drive and not a machine's internal drive?

 

[allheart55 (Cindy E)]

It's possible that AutoPlay has been turned off.

Open AutoPlay by pressing winkey + X simultaneously, and then clicking Control Panel. In the search box, type AutoPlay, and then click AutoPlay.

Make sure Use Autoplay for all media and devices is checked.

 

[mikehende]

When the owner gets the new HDD and brings back the laptop I will look into this, thanks.

 

[allheart55 (Cindy E)]

Okay, Mike. If that doesn't work, there is something else you can try using the command prompt.

Press winkey + Q button simultaneously, type CMD in search box, right-click Command Prompt, and then click Run as administrator.

At the command prompt, type net start shellhwdetection, and then press Enter.

Restart your computer

 

[mikehende]

Doesn't work Cindy , I am getting this:

"System error 5 has occured.

access is denied"

 

[allheart55 (Cindy E)]

You need to right click the command prompt and select "Run as an administrator", Mike.

 

[mikehende]

ok, after better following the instructions and after hitting ENTER it shows "The requested service has already started". I restart and pop in the dvd but still nothing.

 

[allheart55 (Cindy E)]

Does any disk start automatically or is it just DVD's?

 

[mikehende]

Only a software disk auto starts, well opens and asks for your action. I installed Media Player Classic, it doesn't autoplay but works and plays fine when selecting cd's and dvd's and when you click on PLAY in MPC when playing a CD, WMP will auto open and play the cd.

 

[allheart55 (Cindy E)]

Did you reboot after you followed the instructions for the command prompt, Mike?

 

[mikehende]

Yes, I tried that option a few times and rebooted each time

 

[allheart55 (Cindy E)]

Is this Win 8 Pro, Mike?

Windows 8.1 and Windows 8.1 Pro don't come with DVD movie playback capability. If you're running Windows 8.1 or Windows 8.1 Pro, you can search for a DVD player app in the Windows Store. If you have Windows 8.1 Pro, you can also buy the Windows 8.1 Media Center Pack that includes DVD playback.