For questions on “Secure Boot” and “Restricted Boot” the new bios feature that is in computers with the “Windows 8” logo.
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How would I reinstall the grub-efi bootloader on Fedora Linux?
I recently installed Fedora 18 using EFI boot. Like the other current linux distributions, it sets up GRUB2 for me.
I have experience with re-installing the BIOS version of GRUB when things go ...
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Multi-boot USB using windows bootloader and UEFI, for WinPE4.0 and Windows 8 installation
I have a large USB drive that I would like to use to multi-boot several Windows products. The way my project seems to differ from every other thing I have found on Google is that I want it to work ...
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Does CentOS 6.4 Support UEFI and SECURE BOOT Fully?
Does Minimal Edition of CentOS 6.4 support UEFI & SECURE BOOT fully?
I want to install it besides Windows 8. Now does it install normally or does it not support UEFI & SECURE BOOT fully yet?
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Installing Windows 8 from DVD (or USB) - Toshiba
I would like to do a clean install of Windows 8. I do not want to use the OEM stuff or do a Windows recovery. I have burned the ISO to a USB drive and when I boot, hit f12, and select USB I get ...
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How to re-sign the Windows boot loader to re-enable secure boot on an HP laptop?
I just purchased a "HP Pavilion 15-B055ca (C7C80UA#ABL) Ultrabook" from my local computer store the other day, as well as an SSD hard drive.
I removed the original 500GB HDD, installed a 120GB SSD, ...
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Upgrading Win7/Quantal(secure boot off) to Win8/Quantal dual boot
I have a Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.10 dual boot setup on an HP g4 laptop that is Win8 ready. Secure boot is off(using legacy boot).
I want to upgrade to Windows 8, keeping the Ubuntu 12.10 install ...
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Multi-booting a secure-boot enabled Windows 8 laptop
My friend is buying a Lenovo Z500 with Windows 8 pre-installed and with that (irritating) Secure Boot feature. We use Ubuntu for some stuff at college and she wants me to help her install Ubuntu 12.10 ...
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How to CLEAN INSTALL Windows 7 Professional 64Bit on Dell Inspiron 15R Turbo / Special Edition laptop?
I recently bought a Dell Inspiron 15R Turbo/Special Edition with following configuration:
3rd Generation Intel® Core™ i5-3210M processor,
Windows 8 Single Language, English (64bit),
8GB 2 DIMM (4GB ...
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If I buy a computer with Windows 8 and Secure Boot, will I still be able to install Linux?
I've heard a lot about how Microsoft is implementing UEFI Secure Boot in Windows 8. Apparently it prevents "unauthorized" bootloaders from running on the computer, to prevent malware. There's a ...
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What prevents me from writing a bootkit that uses a recognized UEFI key?
As far as I know, UEFI Secure Boot works this way (more or less): for certain operating systems to boot, they must be signed with a key that is checked by UEFI at every boot. If a bootkit replaces the ...
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Is it possible to downgrade an OEM Windows 8 install to Windows 7?
I recently purchased an ASUS K55A. Like all Windows 8 machines, it come with a UEFI feature called Secure Boot. This basically makes sure that the laptop won't load anything other than the Windows 8 ...
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Secure Boot is not compatible on my PC; will I be able to install Windows 8 on it?
Yesterday, I ran Windows 8 upgrade assistant on my PC, Only problem it gave is that
Secure Boot isn't compatible with your PC
Your PC's firmware doesn't support Secure Boot so you won't be able to ...
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Windows 8 Secureboot: How do you bootup from another device such as cd/dvd drive or usb flash etc.?
On PC's and laptops running an older OS, this is just a simple matter of going into the BIOS and setting the boot sequence and putting the boot cd/dvd in the drive. In many cases you can even just hit ...
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Booting CDs/USB devices after installing Windows 8
I recently installed Windows 8 on one of my four primary partitions. I had two partitions for Windows 7 (boot and os), one for the Windows System Recovery Environment and the last for Ubuntu. I was ...
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Can I enable Secure Boot on a computer where Windows 8 was not preinstalled?
Despite all the hate surrounding Secure Boot, I frankly think it's a good idea, if it can be turned off by the user (which it can be on non-ARM systems). My laptop didn't have Windows 8 installed, but ...
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Windows 8 secure boot unavailable for my PC
When I ran the Windows 8 upgrade assistant, it said secure boot is not available for my PC firmware. I am using Dell XPS 17 L702 on 64-bit. Since I dual boot Linux as well, Is there a way to have the ...
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What is “Secure Boot” in Windows?
This morning I was trying to upgrade Windows 7 to Windows 8 and ran into a problem:
Your firmware doesn't support Secure Boot.
What is Secure Boot, and what can I do in this situation if my ...
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Is there something like a BIOS in Windows 8? [closed]
Is there something like a BIOS in Windows 8? How can I set up the boot device priority? My problem occurs when switching on my computer. It immediately goes to Windows 8 loading screen without ...
