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June 4th, 2020 01:00

Enable SecureBoot when already installed

How to enable SecBoot when Win10 already installed?

  • JOcean

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    Posted June 4th, 2020 04:00

    This web page should help. And notice that one of the conditions is that SecureBoot must be enabled after the OS is installed.

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  • jphughan

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    Posted June 4th, 2020 06:00

    @TheObsolete  As long as Windows was installed in UEFI mode (if your OS disk uses GPT rather than MBR, it's in UEFI mode), then you can enable Secure Boot by simply going into the BIOS Setup and enabling the option.  If your system was set up in Legacy BIOS mode, you'll need to switch it to UEFI mode first.  Microsoft has an in-place conversion utility called MBR2GPT that can help with that.  It converts the disk to GPT and also creates the necessary additional partitions.

    @JOcean  You don't have to wait until after installing an OS to enable Secure Boot, because you don't have to disable it in order to install an OS.  Windows 8 and newer AND the corresponding WinPE/RE kernels (i.e. WinPE 4 and newer) all support Secure Boot.

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    Posted June 4th, 2020 15:00

    Thanks for the information. Always appreciate your input!

    I am not a Dell employee...I am forum volunteer

    Serious work on an E5430 and constantly building and working on an i5-6500 Desktop