Boot from pendrive

Satellite m30x...
I can't boot from a bootable pendrive.
I tryed different pendrives (USB1 & 2) and boot system files.
Any hint ?
Ciao from Italy

Hello fabri22,
I have found this on Toshiba knowledgebase.
Maybe it will help you.
http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/su/su_sc_dtlView.jsp?soid=403623&moid=835431&BV_Sessi onID=@@@@0865842190.1106466178@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccc hadddjhjfhddcgfkceghdgngdgnn.0&ct=SB
Bye

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