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Disable Secure Boot vs disable MBR

  • 23-02-2021 02:46PM
    #1
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 518 ✭✭✭


    hi,

    just a question regarding disabling secure boot in the BIOS. I have a older HP desktop and when I boot into the BIOS it is called the HP setup utility on this PC, I cant find anywhere I can disable secure boot. The closest option I can see is under 'Security' menu, where I have the option to disable the Master Boot Record Security. Would this be the same as disabling the secure boot?

    thanks


Comments

  • #2
    minitrue
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 827 ✭✭✭minitrue


    That sounds more like it doesn't have secure boot at all (depends on the age and OS it shipped with how likely or not this is). MBR is for "old" style bios booting from dos partitioned disks while Secure Boot is part of "new style" UEFI booting from GPT partitioned disks. Are you really sure secure boot is in place?


  • #3
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 518 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Im not sure, this is probably an older type PC, it has Windows 10. I will Google how to check if secure boot is on this PC.


  • #4
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 518 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    it is unsupported, thanks for the reply


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