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Change UEFI Bios settings back to LEGACY BIOS mode? HP Elite 8300 Desktop (11053 Views)
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Change UEFI Bios settings back to LEGACY BIOS mode? HP Elite 8300 Desktop

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‎10-11-2012 02:09 AM

Hi everybody,

I hope there is a solution to a problem we're experiencing and I would gladly appreciate any input.


We are about to encrypt the hard disk of a desktop pc.

We haven't had much success thus far and the software vendor turned out and said that the BIOS of the computer is set to Native UEFI mode. This mode is not supported and needs to be changed to BIOS Legacy mode or something.

 

I read on the Quick Speck of 8300 the following:

"UEFI BIOS developed and engineered by HP for better security, manageability and software image stability"

 

 

My question is if it is possible to set it to BIOS legacy or how to disable UEFI mode.

 

THank You kindly fo all the help in advance.

 

Kind Regards,

Mariusz

 

 

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Re: Change UEFI Bios settings back to LEGACY BIOS mode? HP Elite 8300 Desktop

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‎10-11-2012 05:07 AM

Pretty much all current bios implementations are based on the EFI standard to be able to comply with Windows 8 security requirements. It also provides better layers of security than the old traditional bios that had been in existence for decades. Although the bios is of the EFI type, there is a compatibility module added to make sure Windows 7, XP, Linux, etc. can be booted as always. On the Elite 8300 desktop, you can enter the BIOS (hit F10 during power on) and under the Storate menu, select Boot Order. You will probably notice EFI Boot Sources selected first. You can try changing the default to Legacy Boot Sources and see if that helps your encryption software work correctly.

 

Btw, we have seen in the past that encryption vendors took some time to support booting with AHCI (SATA) as default and customers had to revert to (emulated) IDE to get encryption to work. That problem seems to have now been solved by the majority of software encryption vendors, but it is something to check

 

Hope this helps

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‎10-12-2012 08:05 AM

Excellent that is a correct answer.

When I connected a USB DVD Rom it appeared in the boot menu in two places.

EFI and Bios Legacy.

I chose Bios legacy and installed windows as normal.
Encryption software we are using did encrypt the hard disk with no errors this time.

 

PS. According to HP Support team in India or wherever they are it's impossible to boot to BIOS Legacy.
Anyways, I'm very gradeful to reply to my post.

 

Kindest Regards,

Mariusz

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