I'm having trouble booting my PC after enabling Secure Boot in the BIOS. When I turn it on along with CSM and legacy UEFI, my system refuses to boot. However, when I disable Secure Boot, I can boot up just fine. I really need to enable Secure Boot since it's necessary for installing Windows 11, but I'm not sure how to resolve this issue. Any suggestions?
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If you keep Secure Boot off, that's always an option, but then you’ll miss out on the benefits of Windows 11. The real fix might be that you'll need to reinstall your OS after enabling Secure Boot. OS installations done in legacy BIOS mode usually don’t work with UEFI without some adjustments.
Actually, that’s not entirely true. You can switch from MBR to GPT without a full reinstallation in many cases for Windows. It can often be done with proper migration tools!
Are you looking to do a fresh install of Windows 11 or just upgrade from an existing Windows 10 setup? That might affect how Secure Boot interacts with your system.
Not really sure, I just want to get Windows 11 on my PC. The health checker says I need Secure Boot enabled for compatibility.