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USB drive is not recognized in USB 3.0 port, in USB 2.0 is OK - in BIOS [duplicate]
My problem is that BIOS does not see my USB drive inserted into USB 3.0 port. However if i insert it into USB 2.0 port then its recognized and i can boot from it (My aim is to boot Linux in ...
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How remedy situation with two EFI partitions on one drive?
I've got a laptop with two EFI partitions, one for Windows, one for PopOS (I know now this isn't a stable configuration). It was working great for a while - I was able to switch between the two (in ...
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Moving Windows 10 from old BIOS computer to new UEFI-only computer
My customer is running Windows 10 on an ancient computer - so ancient it doesn't even support USB 3, but it is 64-bit. It's some kind of Pentium-class machine that originally had Windows 7 on it. ...
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Having to switch between secure and unsecure boot all the time
I've recently dual booted Manjaro and Windows 11, and have run into a conflict that seems impossible to solve.
I've read that one can not boot Manjaro on secure boot. At the same time, an online game(...
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I have no UEFI/Legacy BIOS boot option. What does that mean?
Throughout the internet, you can see an UEFI/BIOS Boot Mode option (or something similar) present in the BIOS, so one can switch between UEFI and Legacy BIOS mode.
I don't have this option.
This is ...
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Repair UEFI boot
I have laptop with two HDD. Each HDD has its own Windows 10 installation. Bios mode is UEFI. I have change boot sequence in bios and start system from second disc. System has done some windows update, ...
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Unable to access BIOS after enabling secure boot (no screen output)
I disabled CSM and enabled secure boot on my Gigabyte Aorus b550 AC with a EVGA GTX 1080.
Every time I boot up my machine, it boots straight into Windows (dual-boot system with ReFind as bootloader) ...
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Why is my motherboard not recognising my USB stick as bootable?
I created an USB flash drive with openmediavault v6 (not the installer, I mean I put the system on it).
I can use this flash drive to run OMV on the machine (a PC with a Gigabyte motherboard). I can ...
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UEFI preboot for legacy mode?
Some recent BIOSes (e.g. from Dell) have dropped Legacy Boot Mode, at least for SATA disks. That's annoying when one wants to boot an existing disk with no UEFI partition¹.
Is is conceivable to make a ...
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"System doesn't have any usb boot option" on corrupt dual boot
A friend of mine is asking for help installing Ubuntu on their laptop. It used to have a Windows 10 (upgraded from 8) and Ubuntu 16 dual boot, but they ran rm -rf / in Ubuntu for laughs to wipe all ...
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Windows 10 Media Creation Tool unable to boot in UEFI mode
I've downloaded the last Windows 10 Media Creation Tool (https://www.microsoft.com/it-it/software-download/windows10) in order to install Windows 10 in UEFI mode (before it was Legacy)
The USB stick ...
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How to unlock Dell Inspiron 15R N5110 BIOS hidden menu and possibly enable UEFI support
Apparently Dell decided for N5110 to use BIOS instead of UEFI,
but according to a user njoker link
"IT HAS A RIDICULOUS LEGACY BIOS LAYER ON TOP OF A TIANO UEFI IMPLEMENTATION"
How to enable ...
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If I brick my BIOS during update, can I use my computer if it was originally using UEFI?
So my question basically is, if my BIOS needs an update and power goes out during flashing the update, can I still use my computer if it was originally using UEFI environment to boot the computer?
I ...
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How do I get out of this repetitive BIOS update issue?
I did an update to the BIOS in September 2021, bringing it from F.21 to F.22, and I didn't run into any problems until now. I have an HP Notebook 15-dy1751ms, currently on Windows 11.
On the day of ...
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How can I switch from UEFI to BIOS?
I am trying to install Linux and I need to use legacy BIOS mode. I tried the common method shown on the manufacturer's support page, but the UEFI/legacy setting seems to be disabled on my PC. The Bot ...
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