How to disable secure boot windows 10 vaio

#How to disable secure boot windows 10 vaio install#
#How to disable secure boot windows 10 vaio update#

For this to work I had to enable External Device Boot in BIOS and set in the Boot priority that the External Device (1) should be before the Internal HDD (2).

When the menu below appears, I select Use a device:ДЄfterwards the GRUB menu appears and I can boot Ubuntu.

While holding the SHIFT key, I click on Restart within Windows-8:.

To get to the grub screen reliably, I am currently using the following awkward workaround: However, most of the times the Vaio will simply boot to Windows 8 after a shutdown or restart. When somehow I manage to get to the grub screen then choosing Ubuntu or Windows 8 will result in either OS booting just fine. But it only ended in an error and didn't fix much.

Even if it was on, many Linux distros - Fedora and Ubuntu for instance - will boot with secure boot on. I dont think the X220 has/had a secure boot option, so no possibility or need to disable it. I went into Advanced Options and entered UEFI settings then navigated to the Secure Boot tab to uncheck the box that said Secure Boot was Enabled.

After the installation I noticed dual-booting issues, so attempted to use boot-repair (following this guide). Re:How to disable secure boot in lenovo thinkpad x220. Note that I disabled Secure Boot from UEFI by holding 'shift' and clicking restarting the pc from the start menu.

I reduced the size of the Windows 8 partition from within Windows 8, as recommended.

I installed 14.04 in UEFI mode (the /etc/fstab contains the UEFI partition) by using manual partitioning on the GPT hard-drive.

#How to disable secure boot windows 10 vaio update#

Reset Windows 10 from Settings -> Update and security > Recovery. Perform a Windows 10 Repair with an in-place upgrade. Uninstall and reinstall the latest version of your Antivirus/Security program. To save the changes and exit the screen, press F10. Other Solutions to fix the Slow Boot Up problem on Windows 10. Open Windows Defender Security Center, and click on. But I did disable FastStartup in Windows 8. Use the up and down arrows to select Legacy BIOS Boot Mode or UEFI Boot Mode, and then press Enter. Just before you jump to disable Secure Boot, because you can, letвЂ™s find out if your PC has Secure Boot.

In the BIOS I could NOT find nor disable QuickBoot/FastBoot and Intel Smart Response Technology (SRT).I already tried most of the suggestions in the exhaustive Installing Ubuntu Alongside a Pre-Installed Windows with UEFI guide as well as Ubuntu installations when using UEFI, but I still experience issues so please do NOT mark the current question as duplicate. And I am experiencing the dual-boot hell.

#How to disable secure boot windows 10 vaio install#

I am currently trying to install Ubuntu 14.04 on a Sony Vaio that came pre-installed with Windows 8 in (I understand) UEFI mode.