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Boot - Asus motherboard boot opens up bios instead booting - occasionally
I have a system runs on windows-8.1, Asus motherboard(UEFI supported). Occasionally(at least once per boot) it opens up bios settings menu instead booting. It shows two boot device (i) HDD with ...
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UEFI BIOS: APM power-on option set, but computer does not power on when power comes back
ENVIRONMENT
Asus VivoMini UN62-M033R
Intel Core i3-4030U @ 1.90 GHz 1.90 GHz
UEFI BIOS 0226 x64 Build 11/05/2014 9.5.20.1742
Windows 8.1 64-bit
WINDOWS SETTINGS
Windows Power Options: power button ...
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Totally remove Windows 8.1 from Toshiba Satellite laptop
I have a legacy app that will not run under Windows 8.1. I want to load Windows XP but need to totally wipe out Windows 8.1. I have tried going into advanced settings in the BIOS and changing UEFI to ...
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Unable to enter EFI firmware
I have Lenovo (G580 Model 20157) laptop. It had Windows 8.1. I dual booted it with Ubuntu 15.04. I am unable to go into EFI setup since then. I tried that by:
Pressing F1, F2, F3, F4, F5, F6, F7, F8, ...
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How can I do a dvd install of CentOS 7 that also removes Windows 8.1?
I am trying to install CentOS 7 as the sole operating system on a computer that currently has Windows 8.1. However, I am experiencing a long series of obstacles when trying to use boot sticks to do ...
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After Windows 10 upgrade I can no longer access BIOS
I posted a question recently regarding my Windows 10 upgrade which ended up with a black screen and cursor. QUESTION
I reverted back to Windows 8.1 using the "Revert to previous build" option in ...
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How to boot Windows from new hard drive
I just bought a new, bigger hard drive. Currently I'm running Windows 8.1 with a 1TB hard drive. I just bought a new 3TB hard drive and installed it in my computer. Everything seems OK and Windows ...
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