uefi

I had some problems from one of my programs and decided to reload the image I had saved two weeks ago. When I tried to load the image (I have windows 10) I was told that the image was stored in bios (I assume legacy) and my computer is UEIF bios and it will not load the image. What am I suppose...

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...

I have a SSD with Windows 10 installed. I need of Hibernation function very much; And all time which I do Hibernation, and the PC turn off, to back for work, crashes. The session is lost. I use UEFI of Asus. Just complementing The problem that I previously said, I have installed Windows 10 on...

I have an Asus k551ln... I boot from usb flash to install windows 8.1, there is an error says the system can't be installed because *something* GPT partition i don't remember... i restarted the computer and went to the bios settings, changed the booting priority then saved and restart..... it...

So I've been looking everywhere for this and in the end I still can't find rock-solid info. So I've just installed Windows 10 Pro in UEFI mode with Secure Boot enable and now I've got 4 partitions: Normally, I would just "ghost" my C partition and be done with it with Legacy boot but now with...

I successfully upgraded Win 8.1 to Windows 10 via Windows Update. I also created an install DVD using the Media Creation Tool. Sometime soon I would like to do a clean install using this DVD, so I can get rid of a lot of junk on my PC and start out new. I assumed I would just put the DVD in my...

This all started several months ago. My laptop was stuck in processing updates for hours, even when I had got off work. I turned it off by holding down the power button, the I turned it back on. After booting up, it continued to process updates. I turned off again the same way I did the first...

Hello everyone, I just got a new 3TB hard disk and I can't install Windows 7 64 bit on it. I have added the disk to another computer and I converted it to GPT (GUID). Now it has two partitions: 400 GB and 2,400 GB. (when I try to install Windows it also says it has a 128MB partition of type MSR...

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)

Hello WindowsForums i've been having some trouble installing Windows 8.1 on my ideapad z710 laptop, so here's what i did... 1. i downloaded a Windows 8.1 Enterprise ISO from "microsoft(com)/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-windows-8-1-enterprise" 2. i burnned it to a dvd using the slowest possible...

I am not saying this is a Windows 10 problem. I just have had my boot manager disable itself more in 10074 than I like. Getting tired of going into the bios at least twice a day to enable it. If anyone has any idea how I might be able to fix it, I would appreciate the help.

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I need to be able to boot from my usb stick. It wasn't working so I was messing around with the UEFI boot order and I accidentally totally deleted the boot from usb option. What do I type to make a new filepath for it?

I am using Windows 10 Build 9926 and trying to create a 8.1 win2go disk. I am using Aomei to create it. I cannot get it to boot up. I have set my first boot priority using USB UEFI Hard Disk to boot into. PNY 32 gig USB 2.0 Flash Drive. What am I doing wrong?

My desktop computer sometimes freezes requiring a manual power off. It seems to happen randomly; when I'm browsing the web. when I pause a movie or a game and leave it for ~5 minutes. I have googled and poked around the internet for three days, but I'm stumped. I have upgraded the drivers that...

I think this experience may be useful to Win7/8 users who build and maintain home and small business systems. I regularly clone and swap drives keeping at least one spare at the ready per system at all times. I was shocked to discover that under certain conditions Win7 installation creates a...

Hi, I recently purchased a Lenovo laptop with pre-installed windows 8.1. However, after using windows 8.1 for a while, I still wanna go back to windows 7. But since I bought my laptop with licensed windows 8.1, i dont want to waste it which led me to dual booting w7 and w8.1. I encountered...

Whilst the August roll-up update was formally called Windows 8.1 Update 2 this November roll-up could be considered Update 3 and are basically like mini service packs. It should be available via Windows update but the standalone is also available from the links below: This update includes the...

I have windows 8.1 installed on my pc. I have got to say this is is the most nerve racking, hair pulling out recovery system by far. It has crashed and trying to get it to recover is more trouble than worth. Now that I have somewhat, mind you after a week of trying everything, even by their...

Hello, I'm trying to disable UEFI on my computer. I did this on some other PC's and it all worked out fine, but I got stuck with this one. The BIOS does have a "secure boot", "fast boot", and "quiet boot" option, but even when I disabled them all I could still only boot into windows 8 (I'm...