secure boot violation

[Bryan912]

Hello I am having this problem where when I start my pc it says "secure boot violation" and I've tried every solution i can for 3 months straight to  try and find a solution but nothing has worked. My pc model is a : HP Pav 590-p0033w if you could help me please do.

[itsmyname]

@Bryan912 -- "secure boot" is a feature of the motherboard to prevent "unwanted" software from being booted.  So, do you have any media in the CD/DVD drive? Do you have any USB memory-stick installed?

If so, remove the media, and disconnect the devices.

[Bryan912]

No I don't have anything in the cd or USB compartments

[Bryan912]

It all started one day because I turned off my computer by pressing the power button and when I turned it on the next day it said secure boot violation and I cant get into windows

[itsmyname]

@Bryan912 -- that "hard-power-off" may have scrambled the disk-drive, such that some "signature" that should be on the disk-drive is no longer accessible.

When you power-on your computer, keep tapping the "ESC" key (top-left of your keyboard) until you see a "menu".  Is one of the choices on the menu to launch the HP Hardware Diagnostics? If so, launch it, and run the short (a minute or two) "DST" (a minute or two of a Disk-drive Status Test), to see if the disk-drive "fails" the diagnostic. If it does "fail", do not run the long (many minutes) DST. The long test never reports "good" after the short test reports "fail".  Also, the "long" test may consume any residual "health" that the disk-drive has, making it nearly impossible to make a copy of your personal files.

If you have a working computer, and some technical skills, you could remove the disk-drive from the computer, attach it as a "secondary" disk-drive on the working computer, to see if you have any access to the disk-drive, and then see if you can copy your personal files onto the working computer.

[Bryan912]

I think I have done that test before but I can't remember the results so I will run it again. And no sadly I do not have another pc.

[Bryan912]

I just ran the test and the results say (if this is the right test) Processor Check : PASSED

Wireless Module Check : PASSED

Hard Drive SMART Check : PASSED

Hard Drive Short DST Check : PASSED

System Board Check : PASSED

[itsmyname]

@Bryan912 --  Hard Drive SMART Check : PASSED / Hard Drive Short DST Check : PASSED

Good. It means that your disk-drive is "healthy" (does reads/writes without error).

But those checks do not check on the "logical correctness" of the file-system stored on the disk-drive.

Imagine your personal library of books, both before and after a major earthquake.

All the books are still in the room, but they are scattered everywhere.

If you examine the books, all of them are present, and all of them can be picked-up, moved, and stacked elsewhere.  However, if you expect a book about BOOTS to be the second book on the first shelf, it may not be at that location, after the disruption. Similarly, if the file-system on the disk-drive has been "scrambled", your computer cannot find the "Boot Volume", or you might find that some child has scribbled all over that book about BOOTS, such that you can no longer read the words.

[Bryan912]

So whats the next step I should take from here?

[itsmyname]

@Bryan912 -- next step?

You might replace the disk-drive, and reinstall Windows.

Or, remove the disk-drive from your computer, and connect it as a secondary disk-drive in some other computer, to see if that computer can read anything from the disk-drive.  Note that some commercial software, like RECUVA, can be used to read through the disk-drive, sector-by-sector, to try to "stitch-together" multiple sectors to create recoverable files.