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    System Bios Unshadowing

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Jammo, Nov 8, 2010.

  1. Jammo

    Jammo Newbie

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    dear colleagues

    kindly help me to unshadow Bios as i have a satellite m200 laptop that has no setting for changing the Hard disk status to non sata native. i have tried but no soln.. kindly assist.

    is there a way to delete bios and redo them again?
     
    Jammo, Nov 8, 2010
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  2. Bog

    Bog Losing it...

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    You can revert to an older BIOS version by downloading it from Toshiba's website and running it just like any "routine" BIOS flash.
     
    Bog, Nov 8, 2010
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  3. Tsunade_Hime

    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    Why would you want to change your hard drive settings in BIOS?

    If you have Windows installed as IDE mode and you change to AHCI, Windows will not boot up, unless you are doing it for SSD and you do the registry change.
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Nov 8, 2010
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  4. Bog

    Bog Losing it...

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    Flashing the BIOS in a notebook has an inherent risk; if things go awry, there's no way to fix the computer. However, I've done it on Toshiba, HP, Dell, IBM, and Sony laptops without a problem.
     
    Bog, Nov 8, 2010
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  5. Liddo-kun

    Liddo-kun Notebook Enthusiast

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    It's been a long time since I've heard about a user wanting to change the BIOS shadow setting. Can you elaborate on your goals?
     
    Liddo-kun, Nov 8, 2010
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  6. JohnnyFlash

    JohnnyFlash Notebook Virtuoso

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    He's just using the term incorrectly.
     
    JohnnyFlash, Nov 9, 2010
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