Portege P3500: It is possible to boot from a USB?

Is it possible to boot from a USB? I tried to make a bootable usb key, and it really worked on my home pc, but not on the computer laptop... the BIOS settings are correct, as much, I know (legacy usb - fdd) select, first start device floppy drive
where is the problem?

Hello

As far as I know it of not possible to boot from the USB key.
Only you can boot from the drive from the external USB floppy drive or CD/DVD compatible external USB.
I found in the user manual that the DVD-ROM (PA3246) drive is available as an external drive option and you can buy the car from the dealer of Toshiba.

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