Satellite C55-B5353 - how to disable touchpad sensor?

I'm using Windows 8.1 on a Toshiba Satellite C55-B5353. I need to disable the touchpad sensor. It's driving me crazy.
I never use swipes or touchpad gestures...I rely exclusively on keyboarding and manual use of a mouse. But on this computer, because of the touchpad sensor, I cannot type, keyboard, or use my mouse efficiently. That's because the sensor makes my cursor jump, or causes pages to scroll up and down, etc.
I've tried using the F5 key and the FN+F9 keys. It doesn't work.
Can someone please tell me what to do about this problem? I can't get any work done until I find a solution. I don't know if the problem is the Satellite C55-B5353 or Windows 8.1.

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I've tried using the F5 key and the FN+F9 keys.
It should be either F5 or Fn + F5. See the top of p. 146 in the User's Guide.
Satellite/Satellite Pro C40/C50/C70-B Series User’s Guide
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