Fast Boot in HP Bios has been greyed out after updating to version 1.26

[AnimeLabs]

I have HP Zbook 15 G2. A few days ago I updated my bios to latest version available and I saw Fast Boot ticked and Greyed out. I can't seem to disable it now. I have been trying to install Hackintosh but Fast Boot won't let me do so.

It Says Enabling DriveLock or Adding users in Bios/HP Client security will disable fastboot. I tried Enabling DriveLock but it didn't work at all. I can't seem to install HP Client Security Manager because of 1722 error while installation. No fix worked for me for 1722 error.

Please give me any solution to that.

[CharlieItuah1]

Hi, @AnimeLabs with fast boot being enabled, does it stop you from using your laptop properly from what I see, Fast Boot is a feature in BIOS that reduces your computer boot time. I think that is something we would want to have on our PC unless fast boot is making the laptop do something that is affecting your daily tasks.

[AnimeLabs]

TBH I really don't care about fast boot. I just want to disable it because I want to start using Linux and Hackintosh along with WIndows. Fast Boot has been a pain my a**. Although it shouldn't have been permanently enabled by HP. Thousands of people don't really want it.

If there is any solution to disable then please help me.

[CharlieItuah1 · Accepted solution]

Is there a way you can downgrade the BIOS by installing the previous BIOS that was originally there before you did the update? That could be a way out since the original BIOS could easily turn off the fast boot.

You can read this:

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000005969/boards-and-kits/desktop-boards.ht....

You can find the BIOS here:

https://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers/selfservice/hp-zbook-15-g2-mobile-workstation/6978814