Toshiba laptop boots up in F2 mode

Hi
Please help me.
Ive been given a Toshiba laptop and when it boots up its always in F2 mode, and wont close down or boot up properly?????
How do I stop this ?? Any help, thanks

Hello
What is F2 mode?
And what notebook you have? Such important information I cant find in your posting
Maybe you can also post a photo of this problem ;)

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