Members techristian Posted November 3, 2011 Members Share Posted November 3, 2011 This looks like an interesting article. http://www.zdnet.com/blog/bott/leading-pc-makers-confirm-no-windows-8-plot-to-lock-out-linux/4185?tag=nl.e539 Funny that something similar happened to me today. After FLASHING my BIOS I can't seem to get the hard drive to boot ??? .....so I re-installed Windows and it still won't boot. So I completely re-formatted and then re-installed Windows and still couldn't get it to boot......Well tomorrow is another day. Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members philbo Posted November 3, 2011 Members Share Posted November 3, 2011 It looks more like an anti-Microsoft plot from Linux people...see this If you suspect this is an issue, see if your BIOS has a way to disable secure boot mode, AKA Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Zooey Posted November 3, 2011 Members Share Posted November 3, 2011 Funny that something similar happened to me today. Similar to the non-existent plot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members WRGKMC Posted November 4, 2011 Members Share Posted November 4, 2011 Do an FDisk and completely wipe the drive clean. Then load Windows. If you flashed your bios (dont have a clue why you would do that) then checkthe bios version you used. It sounds like you may have installed an incompatible bios version. You'll have to check with the manufacturer if its the right version. Then you have to set allyour bios settings to match your computer version. Disconnecting the backup battery and shorting a specificconnection on the main board used to be a method of wiping the bios. Its been 10 years since I had to dothat on a board. There can be a gazzillion changes to boards since then. My guess is there something in the Biosset for the wrong hardware causing a conflict and the computer wont boot till its set right. It may be the Video, Network card, USB, memory type, or even the hard drive type isnt slected for the right type of drive. All those have to be checked out and set to the proper switchingfirest to boot properly. AND if you loaded windows with the wrong bios settings, windows may be looking for the wrong devices when itboots and it fails because those devices arent present. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members techristian Posted November 4, 2011 Author Members Share Posted November 4, 2011 It looks more like an anti-Microsoft plot from Linux people...see this Dual Booting can be a nightmare. Sometimes , when data gets corrupted, you can lose both systems at once. This laptop is my only system with dual booting. My other main system has a swappable hard drive bay. Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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