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- Location
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I built my computer from parts I ordered from Amazon, and installed Windows myself. I didn't fathom the differences between GPT and NTFS, and just picked NTFS format for my installation. I've since discovered that Secure Boot isn't possible without bios being in UEFI mode, which I believe requires your OS to be installed on a GPT drive (someone correct me if I'm wrong about that). I know that when I tried just changing it from Legacy to UEFI in bios and rebooting, I ended up in a shell program with no inkling of how to get my machine to boot. Fortunately I was able to discover how to get out of the shell and back into bios, to change it back.
So, how difficult would it be for me to get my system switched around so that I could enable Secure Boot?
If I make a disk image of my boot drive, which is currently NTFS partitioned, can I reformat it as GPT and then restore using that image?
So, how difficult would it be for me to get my system switched around so that I could enable Secure Boot?
If I make a disk image of my boot drive, which is currently NTFS partitioned, can I reformat it as GPT and then restore using that image?
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Win 8.1 Pro
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Home Built
- CPU
- Intel i5-4590
- Motherboard
- MSI h97 PC Mate
- Memory
- Kingston Valu Ram 2 x 8 gb
- Graphics Card(s)
- Radeon r7 265
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Viewsonic 22" flat display
- Screen Resolution
- 1920 x 1080
- Hard Drives
- Samsung 250 gb 840 evo SSD,
WD Blue 1 TB HD,
Fantom 2 TB ext HD
- PSU
- Corsair 600 W
- Case
- Antec 1
- Cooling
- stock CPU cooler, 4 x case fans, GPU fan and P/S fan
- Keyboard
- HP ps/2 keyboard
- Mouse
- Logitech Trackman Marble
- Internet Speed
- 50 mb/s
- Browser
- Chrome
- Antivirus
- Norton Security Suite