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If both are UEFI, can I physically switch between a Win10 HDD and a Linux HDD as needed?
I have a work laptop with Win10 that only has room for 1 HDD, though I have a spare drive. I'd like to mostly outright switch to Linux, but I don't want to commit 100% in case an issue arises for ...
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MBR and GPT Partition style
I have two storage drives in my laptop.A SSD and a HDD.I want to install windows 10 in UEFI mode on the SSD .The both disks are MBR partition style.so i'll need to convert SSD to GPT.
Do i need to ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 doesn't detect hard disk partitions
I just installed Ubuntu 12.04 32-bit on an ASUS Laptop and wanted to install it in another one, the ASUS A55V.
After booting the laptop and setting up Windows 7 (I unfortunately cannot wipe out ...
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Linux on external drive / UEFI
I'm stuck on a problem : I want to make my external USB3 HDD self bootable.
For now I must go through UEFI boot option.
Explaination of my setup:
I have a Win8 Asus Laptop with UEFI.
I have ...
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Define default boot drive
I had my laptop (HP Envy) with an HDD disk. I've decided to upgrade it with an SSD disk on a free M.2 socket I had available.
I removed the HDD drive and after I have inserted the new SSD disk and I ...
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System does not boot from SSD after re-installation
I have an ASUS S56CM with UEFI firmware, x64, Windows 8.
Core i3 processor
500 GB HDD (496 GB and 4 GB marked as boot)
24 GB SSD (18 GB and 4 GB marked as OEM partition)
4 GB RAM
The system used to ...
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Not able to boot into Windows after stopping chkdsk abruptly (started and stopped in cmd)
I have an Acer Predator Helios 300. Boot Mode have 2 options: UEFI and Legacy. And the system has 2 drives: A 128G SSD and a 1TB HDD. And the system is not able to boot up.
What I've tried:
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Does the BIOS need to be updated to support GPT drives?
This is related to a previous question: Why is the "Extend Partition" option disabled?
I'm trying to understand how all pieces of BIOS, OS and disk configuration to determine if I need to ...
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Repair a HDD belonging to a UEFI computer in a Non-UEFI computer
I have an HP All-in-one PC that has UEFI firmware.
For some strange reason, the computer gets hung and reset itself. After reset, booting was not possible because no O.S. was detected.
I mounted ...
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Does UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) support disk with size lower than 2TB?
I'm trying to use UEFI on my PC with disk less than 2TB. It's only 466GB and running Windows 10 32 bit. Can I boot with UEFI on a PC that has disk with size lower than 2TB?
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Ultra fast boot does not work with Gigabyte z370 motherboard when second HDD is added
Ultra fast boot does not work when second brand new HDD is added. The following is my new built PC setup:
Operating System: Windows 10 Pro 64 bits
Bios:
Boot mode: UEFI (Windows is in UEFI mode as ...
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Is there a way to disable a hard drive in the UEFI?
BIOS allowed to disable specific hard drives. However I don't seem to find information about how to do it in UEFI. I would like to dual-boot, but I strongly prefer each Operating System (Which will be ...
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stuck 4 minutes at Gigabyte bios screen
I have a strange problem when I turn on my PC. I am stuck about 4 minutes at this screen before showing Clover boot loader:
Since now my PC (Gigabyte Z170X + i7-6700 + GTX970) was OK (NvMe full speed,...
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BIOS displays different boot options in different places
I recently installed Fedora on a partition on my SSD (created by the installer) and this seems to have screwed up my computer's boot options.
When I enter the UEFI boot menu, I am given two options:
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Legacy Bios PC - What all is required for a MBR hard drive to be bootable? Such as MBR, Boot Sector, Active Partition, Boot Loader, Ect
Speaking about a traditional or "Legacy" BIOS based PC what is all required by the BIOS for the drive to be bootable without going into specific OSs requirements.
I know it needs to have a MBR and a ...
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