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UEFI Install

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UEFI Install

Postby boarder428 » Sat Nov 23, 2013 4:36 pm

I recently bought a new Samsung notebook with windows 8.1 and want to install Ultimate Edition alongside of windows but want to ask a few questions before making the attempt. So messing around in the bios I have the option to disable safe boot which I have and the pc still boots fine. I have 3 mode options to boot to UEFI Os, UEFI & Legacy Os, and CSM Os. Upon trying the different options the computer will only boot when set to UEFI Os. The other 2 selections just give me the black screen asking to insert a systems disk! Once I install Ultimate Edition and shrink the primary windows partition will I leave this setting alone or will I need to change it to UEFI & Legacy Os? I've done some research but am unclear on how this will turn out. I do understand that safe boot must be disabled but is grub going to be able to chainload the windows 8 os?
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Re: UEFI Install

Postby megaptera » Sun Nov 24, 2013 4:48 am

Perhaps this guide may help you? Not tried it myself yet - my laptop much too old!
http://www.howtogeek.com/175641/how-to- ... cure-boot/
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Re: UEFI Install

Postby boarder428 » Sun Nov 24, 2013 1:40 pm

megaptera wrote:Perhaps this guide may help you? Not tried it myself yet - my laptop much too old!
http://www.howtogeek.com/175641/how-to- ... cure-boot/


Thanks megaptera. that's a good read but not what i'm looking for. my main concern was with the resizing of the windows partition. wondering if doing so will affect the key. not sure how the key works. if it's like a md5 checksum I would assume resizing the partition may affect it!
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Computer1: Nvidia 650i
Computer Name : corey-NF66
Processor : 2x Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual CPU E2200 @ 2.20GHz
Memory : 4048MB (640MB used)
Operating System1 : Ultimate Edition 3.4 LTS
Kernel : Linux 3.2.0-38-generic (x86_64)
Operating System2 Windows 7 (x86_84)
-Display-
Resolution : 1680x1050 pixels
OpenGL Renderer : GeForce 8400 GS/PCI/SSE2

Computer2: Acer Aspire 5515 Notebook
Computer Name : corey-Aspire-5515
Processor : AMD Athlon(TheeMahn) Processor 2650e
Memory : 2824MB (1101MB used)
Operating System1 : Ultimate Edition 3.4 LTS
Kernel : Linux 3.2.0-38-generic (x86_64)
Operating System2 Linux Mint 14 32bit
Operating System3 Elementry Os 32 bit
Operating System4 Windows Xp 32 bit
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Resolution : 1280x800 pixels
OpenGL Renderer : Gallium 0.4 on ATI RS690
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