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‎09-03-2021 07:54 PM

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Product: Hp15ba042au
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

Hi I want to enable UEFI boot system on my notebook, till now my hard drive is formatted as MBR and my pc supports both legacy and uefi mode. When I enable it in the BIOS setup the operating systems fails to start or says is is not installed. I need help with the step by step process. 

 

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‎09-04-2021 11:15 AM

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Of course it fails to start up!  With Secure Boot and UEFI boot, the drive must be formatted GPT, not MBR, and Windows must have been installed in UEFI mode.



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‎09-04-2021 11:15 AM

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@15ba042au 

Of course it fails to start up!  With Secure Boot and UEFI boot, the drive must be formatted GPT, not MBR, and Windows must have been installed in UEFI mode.



I am a volunteer and I do not work for, nor represent, HP
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