Recent content by John Beere

Thank you all for your help. I certainly know more now about UEFI and secure boot than before. I'll probably leave this laptop as it currently is. The thing is I don't own the laptop, and I need it for work. If this was my personal laptop, I would do even more crazy experiments on it. Anyway...

For the past 10 years I have used Linux every day, all day (both at work and at home). The last Windows that I used was Windows XP back in 2005. So I know a thing or two about Linux. But UEFI is totally new to me and it seems to me that Microsoft not only did not make any effort to make this...

Thank you saltgrass for helping. I didn't see your message until after I posted my previous message. The BIOS has two options: either UEFI or Legacy (MBR). If UEFI is enabled, then I can't boot Linux from usb in live mode, so I can't install Linux. That's why I switched from UEFI to Legacy. But...

OK, now I can finally boot Windows. After trying lots of tutorials (on the Linux side and the Windows side), after trying Microsoft's own recovery tools, my employer bought a tool for some $40 and it managed to make Windows to boot from MBR. When I tried Microsoft's own recovery tools (both for...

Wouldn't that "Reset PC" wipe off all of my data? I would like to keep it if possible.

@ussnorway Thank you for helping. If I enable UEFI in BIOS then the message from BIOS is that there is no operating system on this computer. This is an Acer Aspire V 15 Nitro Black Edition. I am not sure what grup is but I can't boot Windows so how do I make that shortcut?

Hi guys, I have a laptop given by my employer. It has WIndows 8.1 and UEFI. I disabled UEFI and I installed Linux. With UEFI disabled I can boot Linux but I don't have an entry in the boot menu for Windows. If I try to enable UEFI then the message from BIOS is that there is no operating system...