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February 20th, 2021 13:00
Aurora R9, how to fix grayed boot list option?
im trying to boot into windows 7 but the boot list option in bios is grayed and i can’t enter it please help.
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im trying to boot into windows 7 but the boot list option in bios is grayed and i can’t enter it please help.
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r72019
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February 20th, 2021 16:00
You can change it to legacy mode yourself. F2 on startup.
aruuu
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February 20th, 2021 16:00
I wiped the drive and converted it to mbr, but the option is greyed out to switch to legacy. I have both Windows 10 and Windows 7 on usbs in mbr boot mode, and my drive is as well, but my motherboard isn't letting me change boot mode
aruuu
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February 20th, 2021 16:00
options grayed out
r72019
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February 20th, 2021 16:00
The win 7 OS disk may be MBR and require legacy mode enabled in BIOS.
If may also help to pull out the win 10 GPT disk.
aruuu
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February 20th, 2021 16:00
it is mbr ive tried everything even switched my hdd into my brothers pc and it worked its just my mobo on my pc wouldn’t let it work cause it needs legacy bad mobo:(
redxps630
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February 20th, 2021 16:00
Did you install/set up a second Windows 7 boot drive presuming factory installed OS is Windows 10?
It is easier to uninstall factory hdd/ssd and install your own hdd/ssd then do a fresh clean install of Windows 7 via uefi bios on it.
redxps630
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February 20th, 2021 17:00
R9 bios System setup options—Boot menu
it seems this should be available to user unless there is a system or administrator password set up. can you confirm there is no password set up?
try clear CMOs settings if still no change.
aruuu
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February 20th, 2021 21:00
theres no password setup
aruuu
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February 21st, 2021 03:00
even after doing so its grayed
r72019
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February 21st, 2021 03:00
@aruuu Legacy will be greyed out until you disable secure boot. Then you can switch from UEFI to Legacy.
redxps630
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February 21st, 2021 08:00
Re: I wiped the drive and converted it to mbr, but the option is greyed out to switch to legacy. I have both Windows 10 and Windows 7 on usbs in mbr boot mode, and my drive is as well, but my motherboard isn't letting me change boot mode
Do you absolutely need to have MBR partition of boot hdd?
can you prepare a bootable uefi Windows 7 usb stick using Rufus and a Win7.iso ?
“When you deploy Windows to a UEFI-based device, you must format the hard drive that includes the Windows partition by using a GUID partition table (GPT) file system. Additional drives may use either the GPT or the master boot record (MBR) file format.”