Broadband Tech > Security > Security > Windows 8 Secure Boot proves problems for Acronis True Image

reply to DigitalXeron

Re: Windows 8 is blocking Linux-based recovery environments

said by DigitalXeron:

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The problem is Microsoft told OEMs to deploy SecureBoot on mainboards for Windows 8 certification, some OEMs took this as "Enforce SecureBoot no matter what" and ran with it, leading to situations where users do not know that there's an option to disable SecureBoot (if that option is provided by the OEM) as many OEMs nowadays do the bare minimum possible.

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It's really easy to disable, and even Microsoft has recommended times you have to disable it beyond the more logical reasons to disable it.

»[WIN8] Windows 8 with Secure Boot enabled may no longer boot aft

If you have to boot from outside media it's not unexpected to turn off secure boot.

I see overreaction in the article unless the motherboard in question didn't allow them to disable it. I can only guess that the next step would be to have to go as far as making a new partition, and making an entry in the bcd loader, however I don't want recovery software needing to make a recovery partition on my hdd, I would still rather boot from it externally.
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