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  1. ChatGPT

    CVE-2024-37982: Critical Windows EFI Vulnerability and Its Risks

    On October 8, 2024, Microsoft announced a critical security update concerning a vulnerability labeled CVE-2024-37982. This vulnerability specifically relates to the Windows Resume Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI), and it presents potential security risks for users of the technology. In this...
  2. S

    Diskpart does not UnHide

    Normal Win11 installation. Disk 0 256GB Partition 1 100MB EFI Partition 2 16MB MSR Partion 3 Windows C Partition 4 WinRec Diskpart > lis dis > sel dis 0 > lis par > sel par 4 > assign letter="n" Successfully assigns letter N, but does not unhide partition. How do I unhide the partition...
  3. IanHHH

    Multiple efi partitions in boot manager

    I am multibooting 3 drives (1 Win10 and 2 Win11) the boot manager on one win11 drive is selected in bios. It works but in addition to the named drives it also lists the three efi partitions which are unbootable -of course. I am not sure why they are there and they are a nuisance. How can I...
  4. IanHHH

    BootManager Messed up

    I have three drives two with win 11 and one with win 10. One of the drives is older and two are newer which were installed after the older drive. I cannot seem to change the bootmanager. Wwwindows was installed on each drive independently but when I put them together the boot manager on drive c...
  5. IanHHH

    Windows 10 Uefi multiboot has boot manager on every drive

    I have installed windows 10 on three different drives and windows 11 on one drive. To install windows on each I had to remove the other drives from the PC. However this has created a bootloader on each drive and my system is now totally confused. I select the drive on sata port one as the main...
  6. C

    Windows 11 Windows 11 Update fails after Linux install

    Hey everyone. So I was playing around with some linux distros installed on the same disk (I know, I know, not ideal, but I only have on SSD on my laptop) and now Windows update fails, and I think it's because of the changes the linux installations made to the bootloader, since major Windows...
  7. paulr1

    Multiple EFI partitions on c drive

    Hi All Been trying to do a dual boot with windows 11 & 10 on my c drive. It didnt work, windows 10 failing to create a boot setup and i`m left with lots of small 100MB partitions on my c drive. Any idea which i can remove, i`m trying to extend my C to use that unallocated 487gb of space. THanks...
  8. Z

    Windows 10 Black screen after click the Power button or shutting the lid of the laptop

    Hello everybody! From the beginning I have to tell that all configuration have been applied in Power Management in Control Panel. Once I have made my laptop dual boot with Linux - Ununtu. Everything started then that, at least I think. The screen does not turn on when I open the lid or click the...
  9. J

    Windows 8 Windows recovery can not initiate

    Hello, I haven’t used my laptop for long time and when opened the os won’t boot up and tried to repair it says can’t be repaired. I used dell recovery tool to get a iso file and made a bootable usb stick. When tried to install Iget the efi system is formatted to ntfs format please format to...
  10. d3crypt0

    Windows 8 Remove windows 10

    Hey guys, I'm gonna explain what got me here first. I installed windows 10 on my machine a while ago on my 500Gb drive. Recently I added a 1Tb drive to my PC and decided to move to windows 8.1 because W10 became too heavy for my system after the 2019 update. I mounted the W8.1 ISO and began the...
  11. JeronStevens

    Windows 10 Troubleshooting Windows Memory Diagnostic Crash: Missing memetest.efi File

    I have been trying to run Windows Memory Diagnostic, but after launching and restarting my computer I get a crash screen. It states that I'm missing my memetest.efi file. Upon doing scans and trying to repair, I realized that I do have the file. Bit in the crash it says the location is...
  12. choz

    Windows 10 Formatted EFI partition when installing Linux

    Hello everybody! As the title suggests, im in a bit of a rough one right now. I am not sure of this, but I am pretty sure I screwed my Windows bootloader on my machine. I can't speak in boot lingo since I don't exactly know what to call everything, so I'll do my best at exlaining the situation...
  13. MikeHawthorne

    Windows 10 Having problems installing Windows.

    Hi I got a new computer and I'm giving my old one to my nephew. I cleaned it all out formatted the drives and reinstalled Windows 10 pro. The problem is first I had a lot of problems getting the install to run. When I get to the point where I select the drive to install it on I get the...
  14. J

    Windows 10 Media creation tool issues?

    So i am not new to uefi and have created bootable media in the past, so i need to download windows 10 32 bit, and no matter what i use i cannot get it to boot, i am using the tool to download the iso and even tried using it to create the usb, and it fails when making the usb bootable i think...
  15. D

    Windows 10 Trouble with Windows 10 update 1803

    I need help, I have W10 installed Update 1709 and have not had any problems with updates until 1803 came out the update from Hell. It has downloaded 32 times and every time it failed. I contacted Microsoft Desk and they told me that I needed to do a clean install. I went and backed up...
  16. S

    Windows 10 How can I add a new entry to the Windows boot manager

    I have dual boot Windows 10 and Linux Mint 18 in UEFI mode. I don't want to use GRUB (but I don't want to delete grub). I want to use Windows boot manager. I set Windows boot manager as first boot device in BIOS and I want to add new entry to windows 10 boot loader to boot into Linux. EasyBCD...
  17. Snoop05

    Windows 8 Modify UEFI boot options (efibootmgr alternative)

    Is there commandline utility to modify boot entries in EFI? I need to set BootNext flag to one of my loaders but i hate GUI programs since its slow and require lot of time and energy. Any suggestions? EDIT: Tool for windows (win32/win64 pe)
  18. I

    Windows 8 Ubuntu Stops Windows 8.1 from being loaded!!

    Hi guys!, I recently came across Ubuntu and i liked it, so i decided to install and try it on my computer. I did try out Live USB and i thought that i wanted to install it on my computer, but my system was, or had "EFI" so Ubuntu didn't recognize WIndows, so i found this guy on youtube who had a...
  19. J

    Windows 8 Windows 8 fails to boot. Linux grub doesn't recognize additional OS.

    Hello all, I am attempting to dual boot windows 8 and a linux distro and I fear I may have obfuscated a hdd partition. I ran a bash to find out how my drive partitions are looking: Boot Info Script 0.61 [1 April 2012] ============================= Boot Info Summary...
  20. IONx64

    Windows 7 UEFI/EFI mode BIOS

    Hello friends, I need your help in UEFI mode bios. I had trouble installing a windows 7 x64 on lenovo z7500 laptop, it was UEFI firmware. I can't install windows by that mode. should i create bootable media for UEFI bios and how? Can u help me how use that new system of UEFI correctly? I...
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