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Lenovo G505s and "Default Boot Device Missing or Boot Failed."
I am Using Lenovo G405s and running Windows 8 on my laptop, and whenever I turn on the laptop this error pops up -
SATA HDD : WDC WD5000LPVT-24G33T1 boot failed SATA ODD :
MATSHITA DVD-RAM ...
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How do I change UEFI boot order when the BIOS (the firmware) does not have that option?
I want to change the boot order to default to rEFInd but the system always boots to Windows 10 and I have to use F10 method to boot into Linux via grub and rEFInd. I want to boot into rEFInd by ...
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How to install Ubuntu on Odys Winbook 14 - USB booting via uefi not working
I couldn't figure out yet how to install Ubuntu on an Odys Winbook 14.
Stats:
Intel® Celeron® Quad Core Processor with up to 4x 2,2 GHz Burstspeed
35,56 cm (14") 16:9 Full-HD IPS Display (1.920x1....
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Laptop not booting from any bootable device (UEFI broken?)
I was trying to install Debian in a dual boot with the already installed Windows 10 on my laptop. Now when I boot up the PC it shows the Dell logo and the options to press F2 for Setup and F12 for ...
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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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Custom Secure Boot keys not working
I successfully installed Debian Stretch on my ASUS G750JZ laptop with Secure Boot turned off. Now I'm interested in enabling it, so I created my own PK, KEK and db keys and uploaded them into my BIOS. ...
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Booting from USB/CD on Lenovo y510p
I forgot my windows 7 password on a Lenovo y510p laptop. I'm trying to boot from CD, in order to reinstall the OS or boot from USB to reset the password. Both options fail because of EFI security ...
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Booting SD card from UEFI
I've come across the problem.
I'm trying to boot a bootable SD Card using UEFI.
However, this doesn't work, as there is no "SD Card" boot option AFAIK.
I have tried putting all the USB-related ...
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Boot from CD using UEFI instead of BIOS
I have a Lenovo IdeaPad Y510P. This is my last attempt at recovering my computer, as my recovery partitions are gone and I cannot boot into my computer otherwise. I have Windows 8 x64 OEM installed. I ...
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Extract Samsung OEM recovery from laptop HDD
I have a Samsung NP540U3C with Windows 8. I recovered it to factory condition, booted and it was fine.
There were 107 Windows updates so I downloaded and installed them, rebooted and then I was ...
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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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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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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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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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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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