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What is rav endpoint protection in an old legacy set of bios,mine just says ravs
From what I understand is uefi is the new version of bios @nd legacy is the old blue screen just like legacy usb is the old 2.0 sub,and yes if your firmware supports uefi you can boot versions of ...
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How do I turn secure boot off in UEFI BIOS on an ASUS TUF Gaming board?
I've tried following various tutorials. The closest one to displaying similar screens as I have was this: https://www.technorms.com/45538/disable-enable-secure-boot-asus-motherboard-uefi-bios-utility
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Can Windows (or some other OS) Detect that some other OS was running between reboots?
Let us say we have a Dual Boot Machine. Or we have a Linux LiveCD in the CD Drive.
We are running Windows & select reboot or Hibernate.
The Machine exits the OS and goes back to the Booting ...
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USB detected as a legacy boot device only
Windows 11 Pro installation USB flash drive is detected as a legacy boot device only
When I open setup.exe, it shows this error:
Use the other installation disc that says 64-bit. When you insert it, ...
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Can I use the full capacity of an external storage drive larger than 2TB with legacy BIOS?
I have an Acer C720P Chromebook running Gallium OS. I'm fairly new to Linux so this is my first time navigating hardware compatibility issues. I'm interested in configuring the machine as a Plex ...
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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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EFI file structure
I have system partition on my Windows 10 PC. It contains files
EFI
--Microsoft
----Boot
------bootmgr.efi
------bootmgfw.efi
------bootmgr.efi
------...other files
----Recovery
--Boot
----boot64.efi
--...
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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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Could BIOS be overwritten with UEFI
I see there are some workarounds on the internet that allow old PCs with BIOS to boot an UEFI image from USB flash to boot from NVMe SSD then.
Could the BIOS EEPROM on a motherboard be overwritten ...
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PC won't turn on after changing CMOS
I changed my CMOS battery and when I tried to turn on, after showing this screen below, the monitor goes blank.
And I can't press F10 or DEL to enter bios either, as only after this screen would it ...
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Is there a way to check hardware whitelist for a laptop?
I have an Asus n750jv laptop which has a malfunctioning Wi-Fi module (Qualcomm Atheros AR9485WB-EG). I'd like to replace it, but it's quite a challenge to find an exact same adapter in my location, ...
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Not able to re-flash bios on laptop
I always re-flash my laptop with the latest BIOS if I have any issues/bugs, recently I had a touchpad issue, with touchpad working only in BIOS so I wanted to reflash BIOS. I ran the executable(.exe) ...
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I have UEFI firmware, however Windows says I have Legacy Boot
I'm trying to get Windows 11, which requires EFI boot, however, when I checked the system info in Windows, it says I have Legacy boot:
When checking the UEFI firmware settings [Gigabyte motherboard],...
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bios boot from USB by default
I have been stuck with an issue for a while, a machine I am using has aptio utility manager (2019).
I need this machine to boot from a usb when one is present but one is not always going to be present ...
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