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‎06-29-2021 05:09 AM

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Product: HP Notebook - 15-af114au
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

Hello 

I wanted to change my Bios boot mode to UEFI (Secure Boot). Currently I am running Legacy mode. But since after I made the change I will then have to reformat my drive from MBR to GPT and reinstall Windows using GPT-compatible media. So can anyone help me how can I do that without losing my data ?

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‎06-29-2021 10:06 AM

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@NotSachin 

Your BIOS either has a setting to choose UEFI or CSM(Legacy) or it does not.  If it does not, you can not make the change.

 

And if you do make the change, reinstalling with new media will erase everything in the process.  So, there is no way to retain your data and do this.



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