Satellite P845t-107 - Linux kernel doesn't boot at all

Hi!
I recently bought my first Toshiba notebook -> Satellite P845t-107.
Sadly I have a very big problem with it: None of my emergency tools is working.
So I won't have any chance to rescue data from the HD when Windows is broken and I can't search for viruses from a clean system.
All these tools are Linux-based.
In all the years I'm already using such tools I never had such problems with all of the dozens of computers where I had to use that.
I already tried to get help in Linux forums.
They had several ideas but none of them worked. GRUB boots (because UEFI-compatible and secure boot is off).
But after I select the kernel settings to boot with, it gets stuck in a very early stage without any error message.
Obviously Toshiba makes something very very different than other computer manufacturers.
So please tell me how I can make my emergency tools make working again.
Thank you!
notting

The fact you're even getting to GRUB implies you've already unset UEFI boot but I don't make assumptions about the millions of possible LINUX boot and kernel combinations such as the one you didn't spend time describing
UBCD, Hirren and other popular booters are choking more often on the AdvancedFormat drives, most have been updated but their free open source origins results in cross conflicted and frequently unqualified "solutions" and reposts of "fixes" untested by the whatever member on someother followatyourownrisk.com server.
Whether I'm using some purposed repair disc, a LIVE booter of the latest Mint or booting an obsolete 10.x Ubu LINUX from a USB drive, I'm always accessing the AF drive after choosing CSM / "compatibility" in the CMOS UEFI and occasionally fiddling the SATA controller AHCI choices
Your observation about Toshiba uniqueness is pertinent about gaining CMOS access at boot since some models ( I still can't find an authoritative list ) ship with locked BIOS at boot until the Widows TVAP utility is first launched even if it doesn't change anything.
I've personally experienced as much by clamping a death grip onto an unboxed Satellite F12 and F2 before inserting the battery and power cord and every time access to the BIOS isn't granted until Windows is booted and TVAP launches.
Their are minor references to this requirement in the support pages fine print quickly followed with protective legal warnings that sully the overall message.

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