Boots right into bios setup and doesnt see hd or cdrom

I went to change boot sequence and hit setup from list in the pull down from f12 by accident. Now the laptop boots rignt into a bios setup screen that wont allow me to change nor does it reflect correct hardware settings. How can i get it back to boot normally ???? PLease help Toshiba Sat Pro l300d

ComputerzEast wrote:
You may be able to go back to an older bios revision. . . some computers let you and others do not. I don't have experience with this particular model to know for sure.
I wouldn't mind trying. I'm not sure where I'd find older bios updates, tho. HP doesn't seem to archive their bioses on the site.
20YearsHPUser wrote:
In windows, what bios version does it report? -- you said you were able to boot into windows.
I'm...not sure what you mean, but if you're asking me which bios version I have installed currently, it's: 3.10. For Pavilion a410e.
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Ihis may sound stuipid but have u tried hitting the ESC key to enter BIOS?
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I am new on the forum and this is my first post.
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Loading Dump File [C:\Windows\Minidump\010711-24296-01.dmp]
Mini Kernel Dump File: Only registers and stack trace are available
Symbol search path is: SRV*C:\SymCache*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols
Executable search path is:
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Product: WinNt, suite: TerminalServer SingleUserTS
Built by: 7600.16385.amd64fre.win7_rtm.090713-1255
Machine Name:
Kernel base = 0xfffff800`02a54000 PsLoadedModuleList = 0xfffff800`02c91e50
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System Uptime: 0 days 0:29:44.806
Loading Kernel Symbols
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Loading User Symbols
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Microsoft (R) Windows Debugger Version 6.12.0002.633 AMD64
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Loading Dump File [C:\Windows\Minidump\010711-22531-01.dmp]
Mini Kernel Dump File: Only registers and stack trace are available
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Loading User Symbols
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Mobo: MSI PRO-E 7522
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ATI XfX 5870 6 Eyefinity Black Ed. 2 GB (as main card)
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Ah, ok so its already running at 1066?
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Then what would you have me do now?
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