Re: Satellite T110-107 will not boot into recovery option screen using f8 key.

I have tried numerous times and can't get the system recovery option by intermittently hitting the *f8 key during startup* like it says in the manual, it just goes straight into Windows. I just installed the latest BIOS but that didn't help either. I have no disks for recovery but I would like to get the f8 issue solved anyway. Everything else works perfectly. Thanks.

Hi
Maybe you didnt press the F8 in the right manner
You have to press F8 immediately after the notebook has been powered up!!!
Press it several times to be 100% sure
If this will not function, create the recovery disk!!! This should be done at first before doing anything with the notebook!!!!
The recovery disk is always important and helpful if something would go wrong with the HDD!!!
After creating the recovery disk use this disk in order to set the notebook back to the same state like at the first day of purchase

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