How can I check if my HP laptop supports BIOS recovery using a keyboard shortcut (see description)?

[Bratanoid]

I plan to update the BIOS. I have heard that many HP laptops have a BIOS recovery feature. I learned about this opportunity from your Russian-language video (I'm from Russia):

English:

I already asked a similar question here, but for some reason there is no answer.

HP Pavilion Gaming Laptop 15-cx0098ur:
Windows 10 Home SL 64bit 22h2
Intel Core i5-8300H 2.3 GHz
Intel UHD Graphics 630
NVIDIA GeForce 1060 MaxQ
12GB RAM

How can I check?

[A_Gayathri]

Hi @Bratanoid,

Welcome to the HP Support Community

I understand you are looking for a HP laptop supports BIOS recovery using a keyboard shortcut  Not to worry I will help you to get a resolution to resolve the issue

Please try the following Troubleshoots steps. 

1.    Turn off the Unit.

2.    Disconnect the AC adapter.

3.    Remove any discs from the disc drive.

4.    Remove memory cards from the card reader slot.

5.    Disconnect all nonessential peripheral devices, such as printers, scanners, external hard drives, and USB flash drives.

6.    Disconnect the AC adapter press and hold the power button for approximately 15 seconds.

7.    Reconnect the AC adapter, and then turn on the computer.

Step 2 BIOS 

Turn off the unit and please press and hold the Windows key + letter B key and the power button together for 30 seconds after 30 seconds, 1st release the power button but keep holding the Windows key and B key for ten more seconds and then release these two keys If done correctly, you will see the display flashing once. Please attempt it thrice as this step and Restart the unit

Step3

The unit has to be turned off, Press Win+ V while holding these two keys then Press the Power button, continue to hold all three keys for 30 seconds and then release the Power button first and then release these two keys Please attempt it thrice  and then you may get a Pop-Up CMOS Check and it will restart the unit 

Even if you don't get a Pop-up restart the unit manually after 3 attempts.

Update the drivers

• click here and follow the troubleshooting steps  HP Notebook PCs - Recovering the BIOS (Basic Input Output System) (Scroll Down go to Manually recover the BIOS  you can see the key combinations )

Hope this helps! Keep me posted. 

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[Bratanoid]

annmarieperkins is not my nickname

[Bratanoid]

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@A_Gayathri wrote:

Hi @annmarieperkins,

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@annmarieperkins is not my nickname

[tk_srq]

@Bratanoid,

if your laptop has HP PC Hardware Diagnostics UEFI installed to the hard drive, BIOS automatically stores a working current bios file to the efi partition on the drive.  And in the event of bios corruption, the bios recovery procedure, as shown in the video, attempts to restore bios using a stored bios file.

You can check if a bios file (bios .bin file) is stored in the efi partition on the drive. See the post below and follow the detailed instructions.

Solved: Re: BIOS update problems - HP Support Community - 8653891

If you replaced a factory-installed hard drive, this recovery feature is not available but there's a workaround. Let us know what you find.

[Bratanoid]

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@tk_srq wrote:

You can check if a bios file (bios .bin file) is stored in the efi partition on the drive. See the post below and follow the detailed instructions.

Solved: Re: BIOS update problems - HP Support Community - 8653891

If you replaced a factory-installed hard drive, this recovery feature is not available but there's a workaround. Let us know what you find.

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Where can I find the "Firmware Management" section? I have HP PC Hardware Diagnostics 9.1.0.0. I did not change the hard drives installed at the factory.

Three disks are displayed in Windows Explorer, external HDDs and flash drives were not connected.

[tk_srq]

@Bratanoid,

HP drivers download site for your model lists Hardware Diagnostics UEFI ver 7.6.0.0. I have the same version on my laptop. See the screenshot below. It has Firmware Management. It appears that your Diag. UEFI has been recently updated to the latest version, and somehow, it's missing Firmware Management. I don't know how to fix it.

The efi part'n is a hidden part'n, meaning that no drive letter is assigned to it hence it doesn't appear in File Explore. You can see it in Disk Management.

Unfortunately, you can't use F2 Diag. UEFI to check if a bios file is stored in the efi part'n but if you install MiniTool Partition Wizard (free version), you can view the content of the part'n. When the installation setup asks you what apps to install, select MiniTool Partition Wizard only. 

Free Download MiniTool Partition Wizard for Windows PC and Server

Launch the app and right click the efi part'n and click Explore in the window that opens. You should see the screen like below. Click the \EFI\HP\BIOS\current folder for stored bios.bin file and signature file. If clicking does nothing, that means no bios file is stored in the \current folder.

If you find bios file is stored in the efi part'n, you can expect (and hope) that in the event of bios corruption, the bios recovery procedure attempts to restore bios using the stored bios file.