Solved Does secure boot affects booting up in VMware?

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Hi! So this is my problem, I had an image of my disk and I tried to boot it up from my VM workstation but it failed. I added in the line firmware = "efi". I used to be able to boot up without a problem in VM with my disk images before I changed to a new Win 8 laptop. So I was wondering does the secure boot somehow affects it? Would appreciate help on this! :confused:
 

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I have Player not Workstation so don't know if there is a difference but I have secure boot turned on and have no problems. From what I know, VMWare runs entirely within Windows so I don't see how secure boot would have any affect.

And welcome to the forum!

Edit: If you are talking booting from scratch with a VM image that is a different story. I will bow out as I have zero experience with that.
 

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Thanks for the welcome!

Maybe I wasn't clear on what I'm trying to say. What I meant was that I cloned my harddisk, mounted it, put it in a vm and boot it.
 

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My Computer

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  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Acer V3 771G-6443
    CPU
    i5-3230m
    Motherboard
    Acer VA70_HC (U3E1)
    Memory
    8GB DDR3 PC3-12800 (800 MHz)
    Graphics Card(s)
    HD4000 + GeForce GT 730M
    Sound Card
    Realtek High Definition Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17" Generic PnP Display on Intel HD Graphics 4000
    Screen Resolution
    1600x900 pixels
    Hard Drives
    Samsung SSD 850 EVO 250 GB
    ADATA SSD SP900 128GB
    PSU
    90 watt brick
    Mouse
    Bluetooth
    Antivirus
    Comodo
    Other Info
    Asus RT-AC56R dual-band WRT router (Merlin firmware). Intel 7260.HMWWB.R dual-band ac wireless adapter.
If Popeye did not have the problem then I would assume that you should not have problem with secure boot. Maybe it's just the way you set it up in Windows 8.

I helped another person in this forum a while back on how to set up a VHD using VmPlayer/VmWare Workstation. Maybe you want to compare your setup with the Video below:
NOTE: yes, you also need to add firmware = "efi" and do not mount it.

[video=youtube;0Trc0ZuTlSc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Trc0ZuTlSc[/video]
 

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Hi all, thanks for helping.

But I think I may not be clear with my question. I'm trying to convert my system into a virtual system. But somehow I'm having problem with it so I'm wondering does secureboot not works with VM?
 

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Hi there.

With a Virtual machine you are NOT doing a PHYSICAL boot. Secure boot only is of concern to the HOST machine which prevents non authorized boot devices from booting -- for example if you want to boot from a USB stick you won't be able to (you can enable LEGACY boot in the BIOS to allow external devices to boot - you don't have to disable UEFI either.)

A Virtual machine boots in Software and is a Virtual boot - the Virtual machine is running under control of VMWARE / VBOX etc which is a normal application program as far as your HOST machine is concerned -- a bit like running say EXCEL.

You can enable UEFI on a virtual machine if you want to even if your HOST doesn't have it --you need to edit the configuration file for the VM (it's a .vmx file for VMware but there's similar configuration files for VBOX).

Cheers
jimbo
 

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Hi jimbo45! Thanks for clarifying. I understand much better now. Thanks again!
 

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