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  1. Windows 10 Moving windows boot manager to another HDD (MBR Legacy Boot)

    Hi everyone, I have two HDDs one is 640GB & the other is 320GB(Both MBR using Legacy boot). The 640GB HDD has Windows 7(in D)& Windows 10(in C) installed but the boot manager is located in the 320GB HDD. I want to move the boot manager to the 640GB HDD. My Partitions look like this...
    • HaxJoker
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    • boot manager configuration disk management easybcd hdd legacy boot mbr partition windows 10 windows 7
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 Want to boot from a W7 drive on a W10 computer

    I am trying to recover a friend's info from the HD of her defunct laptop. So I have my laptop which is W10 these days, and I put the HD into my USB3 drive. I set the boot device to the USB drive, but it just wont boot from there. I have terms like 'legacy' in the boot settings screen - not sure...
    • SeptimusFry
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    • boot issues data recovery hard drive initialization laptop legacy boot recovery usb windows 10 windows 7
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support

  3. Windows 10 How to program W10 Safe mode!

    Hi The safe mode is one of the best trouble shooters Windows has. Here's the way to get this windows feature back on W10. I have to have my safe mode! Hope this helps someone. Please move if needed. This will work when you can't boot into windows and get to safe mode. Give it a look. You might...
    • holdum333
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    • bcdedit boot menu boot options command prompt error resolution f8 key forum legacy boot microsoft support operating system safe mode startup issues system restore system settings tech guide troubleshooting user help windows 10 windows features windows tips
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 10 Windows 10 - can`t boot from USB...

    Hi all... I updated my HP Pavilion G6 notebook to W10 a few weeks ago, no problems. I`ve now made a W10 USB so I can do a fresh install of W10 and set it up how I`d like but the laptop won`t boot from the USB. I`ve set it to boot from the USB in the bios but I`m not getting any boot options...
    • JohnC
    • Thread
    • 8gb usb active usb bios boot issues clean install error file system hp pavilion installation legacy boot pc users reboot support tech support troubleshooting upgrade usb user experience windows 10 windows installation
    • Replies: 33
    • Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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    Windows 10 Hirens with Eufi & GPT not working

    Hi, my first post. Plus first time I have had a new win10 system fail with probably a hdd failure, so lots of learning new stuff etc regarding the manipulating EUFI options, GPT options etc. Anyway to cut to the quick, I have an old version of Hirens on flash drive, and the latest version on a...
    • robmar0se
    • Thread
    • asus bios boot issues flash drive gpt hard drive hirens installation learning legacy boot mbr power loss secure boot system crash tech support troubleshooting uefi usb windows 10
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support

  6. Windows 8 Migrating Pre-Installed 8.1 from Hybrid HDD to SSD

    I'm hoping you guys can help a guy who knows just enough to get himself into trouble. I just bought the HP Envy 17t-j100 Quad Edition with the 1TB hybrid drive and the 240GB SSD Upgrade Kit that you can get on the Customize and Buy page. I wanted to put the OS onto the SSD because I haul my...
    • Gary Branson
    • Thread
    • bootable usb cloning drivers hardware upgrade hdd hp envy legacy boot migration operating system product key reinstall secure boot ssd tech support troubleshooting windows 8.1
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support

  7. Windows 8 Migrating Pre-Installed 8.1 from Hybrid HDD to SSD

    I'm hoping you guys can help a guy who knows just enough to get himself into trouble. I just bought the HP Envy 17t-j100 Quad Edition with the 1TB hybrid drive and the 240GB SSD Upgrade Kit that you can get on the Customize and Buy page. I wanted to put the OS onto the SSD because I haul my...
    • Gary Branson
    • Thread
    • acronis bootable usb cloning drivers error message hp envy hybrid drive installation legacy boot migration operating system performance pre-installed os reinstall secure boot ssd troubleshooting upgrade windows 8.1
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Windows Tutorials
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    Windows 7 Deactivation of UEFI possible? Fallback/Switch to BIOS ?

    Currently more and more motherboards are released which support UEFI. Assume I don't want to use UEFI (e.g. because of compatibility reasons): Can I deactivate the UEFI features of the motherboard and switch back to "normal" BIOS? Peter
    • pstein
    • Thread
    • bios compatibility deactivation firmware hardware legacy boot motherboard settings switch uefi
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Windows Hardware