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How to make MBR HDD bootable in UEFI mode?
I have a PC that does not support booting from internal MBR HDD. Currently, it seems only to support booting from GPT partitioned HDD in UEFI mode. It does support booting from external MBR HDD if I ...
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What’s the point of a BIOS password?
I have realised that there is absolutely no point to having a password protecting your BIOS/UEFI menu!
Here are the reasons:
It is the easiest thing to “hack.”
Literally. Anyone can use a jumper and a ...
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Can't find installed linux in bootmenu
I just tried to install Linux server to my ThinkCentre m92p. First I tried to install Ubuntu server. Installation was completed successfully, but I couldn't find anything to boot in my boot menu. Then ...
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My UEFI doesn't boot normally after a normal CMOS reset
It started with my computer hanging at the posting screen (the HP logo with a text under it that says: "protected by hp sure start"), it kept hanging for MINUTES before it goes to boot my OS....
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Unable to add UEFI entry on my HP laptop
Ever since I have removed Ubuntu from my HP 15s-eq247ng Laptop and installed Debian on it, I had issues with the boot entries. It had kept the Ubuntu entries in the beginning until one day I must've ...
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Dell BIOS, different boot entry after Auto-On-Time event
I want to make use of the Auto-On-Time feature in my Dell Latitude E7250. This feature sets the time of day when the system will turn on automatically. Is it possible to mod the BIOS to allow it to ...
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How to get into UEFI BIOS if flash screen does no longer show & default keypress no longer works?
To prepare a PC for an upgrade from Win 10 to Win 11 and making triple-booting into Linux and Haiku easier, I switched the partitioning scheme of the boot drive from MBR to GPT.
This worked fine.
Then ...
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Removing Standalone Windows UEFI Boot Entry
In short, Windows creates its own boot entry in UEFI. In my case this is not good because I wanted to have a single entry that takes me directly to my GRUB (where I can also start Windows) and I ...
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Installing 32bit windows in 64bit UEFI
I have a device and a software from the 2000' that only work on 32bit windows OS. I currently have an Asus ROG GA503 that runs 64bit win11.
I wanted to run windows 7 32bit on a USB stick so that I ...
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Notebook boots into EFI Shell, instead of booting straight to Windows
Recently I bought a MSI laptop, without Operating System.
So I Installled Windows 11 from USB Stick, and everything gone pretty much well. Also, before installing to my SSD I noticed, that there were ...
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Gigabyte GA-P75-D3 Motherboard stuck on the logo screen(s), hot keys do not work
I have a relatively old machine with GA-P75-D3 Motherboard, SSD and 4 cards of RAM (I think max allowed RAM is there).
Yesterday the computer stopped turning on. When powering up, it displays a big ...
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Issue installing windows 10 on a new SSD drive
I bought a new Samsung SATA SSD and initialized it as a GPT drive. I want to use this drive to boot and run Windows 10, but have run into many issues which are way over my head.
Eventually, I fully ...
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Enter UEFI Setup on Lenovo G580
I have a Lenovo G580 laptop and I attempted to install Ubuntu alongside Windows 10. However, I later decided to uninstall Ubuntu. While trying to restore the Windows boot loader, I encountered an ...
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How do I delete an old boot option that doesn't show in bcdedit?
I converted my ssd from MBR to GPT. Now in the BIOS I have 2 boot options with the same name, which is "SSD name Boot Manager". Booting into the first boot option doesn't work but the 2nd ...
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BIOS setting to power on after power loss isn't working properly
What would make a PC to fail to automatically power on after power loss when it's configured to do it like that on the bios?
The PC works well otherwise and sometimes powers on automatically after the ...
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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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BIOS only shows Manjaro installed usb devices
I have a laptop that came with Windows 10 and I wiped the disk to install Arch. But I screwed up on the bootloader or grub stuff (probably) and It didn't boot. So after that I decided to install ...
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Linux shows I am using BIOS, when my motherboard runs UEFI
I ran into some boot problems on my ubuntu server installation.
Linux version 5.4.0-81-generic (buildd@lgw01-amd64-052) (gcc version 9.3.0 (Ubuntu 9.3.0-17ubuntu1~20.04))
[GPT partition not showing up ...
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Can't boot into bios Samsung NP300E5Z
I recently changed the bios settings to allow to boot UEFI so that I can install Linux. After installation I can no longer boot to bios using F2 I even tried F10 to bring up boot menu but nothing ...
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Asus to set USB boot style from UEFI/EFI to BIOS
On my Asus laptop,
I've disabled the Secure Boot Control, and
I've enabled [Launch CSM] (Compatibility Support Module)
I partitioned my HD using MBR
All my systems on my Asus laptop are boot from ...
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Is there an UEFI with NVRAM entries editor [closed]
As topic states - is anyone aware of an UEFI (incorrectly still called BIOS) for a modern motherboard which provides NVRAM boot entries editor?
The question is not about "how can I edit those ...
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Dell E5430 BIOS menu says "File System Not Found!" when I click "Add Boot Option"
I have two Dell E5430 laptops, and I'm encountering this problem on both of them:
When I boot up the system I press F12 and then select BIOS settings. Within the BIOS settings I navigate to the page ...
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Is my laptop equipped with a BIOS or UEFI?
So I googled to see if I had BIOS or UEFI. In Windows 10, I go to System Information and see that my BIOS Mode is UEFI. I restarted my laptop (Asus X412FJ) and pressed F2, but the Legacy BIOS remained....
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Update Dell XPS 13 POST Bitmap Image
I have a Dell XPS 13 9360 running multiple OS's (Win10, Ubuntu and Arch) and would like to change the image displayed when the computer boots up and performs a Power On Self Test.
Currently, it just ...
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Computer doesn't POST after enabling Secure Boot
I wanted to enable Secure Boot to check if my PC Is compatible with Windows 11, and in order to do that, the UEFI firmware asked me to choose a Protocol/Publisher/Platform key (I don't remember ...
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Windows 10 restore failed, laptop unusable
My Dell Inspiron 15 7559 was working fine, but since it is 5 years old I tried to restore Microsoft Windows to factory settings, however, the process failed and now I cannot access Windows anymore.
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FreeDOS Boot File - My BIOS Requires Exact File
Dell's Alienware BIOS requires that you specify an EXACT FILE before allowing you to add a bootable entry (what a pita, but that's a different matter). Anyhow, I don't know that much about the boot ...
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Reset corrupted NVRAM on Samsung NP530U3C
Problem: NVRAM is corrupted and that throws ACPI error which prevents any modern Windows or Windows PE from booting with BSOD. It seems that it is right as described HERE + ACPI BSOD error.
What I ...
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Manjaro UEFI installation - Unable to find boot partition after reboot
Hope everyone is safe during these times! I have a Dell Optiplex 3060 Micro Form Factor. I changed the BIOS settings to what I know it should be for a Linux installation - disable Secure Boot, disable ...
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Computer BIOS boot with UEFI
I recently bought a refurbished Dell Optiplex 7010 tower and I upgraded the BIOS version of the computer to a recent one released in 2018 {A29}. So I read some graphics card are not compatible with ...
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Ubuntu 20 dual boot installation Error : No firmware reserved region can cover this
I was trying to install ubuntu-20.02 (using Pendrive) dual boot in HP-notebook-15-ac101tu with windows 10, a little old machine. At first, I didn't know to look for BIOS/UEFI, so tried bios ...
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Changed UEFI from Legacy to UEFI Boot and now I can't boot Windows
I've changed UEFI from Legacy to UEFI Boot using MBR2GPT, setting the boot option to the hard drive, but after mbr2gpt finished, I received an error about an XML file, which I ignored. Upon rebooting, ...
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How to boot from DVD when BIOS only have Windows Boot Manager as option?
I think the problem is is recently switched to UEFI when I had to reinstall windows 10.
But now I cannot boot to my dvd drive? the bios only shows 1 option, Windows Boot Manager. And the only options ...
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Unable to change from UEFI to Legacy Mode
i have a Acer Aspire 5 A515-44 with Windows 10 Pre-installed , but I need for my Car Diagnostic Programs Windows 7. So I decided to work with a Virtual Machine installed Win 7 but the programs won't ...
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Understanding UEFI [closed]
When searching the internet for UEFI, I found two types of articles: one type "explains" to me that UEFI is the modern alternative to MBR booting, that it's widely supported by now and that ...
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GPT disk not recognized by firmware
My motherboard is BIOSTAR H81MHv3, its BIOS/UEFI/Firmware/Whatever is Aptio Setup Utility Version 2.15.1231 Copyright (C) 2012 American Megatrends, Inc.
I have four disks, all Seagate Hard Disk Drives:...
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