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| 1440893 | 2017-10-19 01:17:00 | HDD died, put in a new SSd. When starting up, it asks: "Found different HDD on the System. Back up current MBR of HDD. If you selection is 'No' please disable this feature in Setup Yes No. Never come across this before. Shall I select Yes or No ? Please advise. Thanks. |
bk T (215) | ||
| 1440894 | 2017-10-19 01:22:00 | I would press no then disable the feature in Setup, unless you want to back up the Master Boot Record for some reason. More info about it here: h10032.www1.hp.com |
KarameaDave (15222) | ||
| 1440895 | 2017-10-19 03:10:00 | The option to "Save/Restore MBR of the system Hard Drive" is ticked but greyed as shown below: 8348 |
bk T (215) | ||
| 1440896 | 2017-10-19 03:17:00 | If I reset BIOS security to factory default, will it cause any issues? | bk T (215) | ||
| 1440897 | 2017-10-19 03:20:00 | Well, the new SSD would not yet have a MBR and the old drive is no longer connected so this feature is of no use to you at this point. Maybe it's greyed out because it's not detecting a MBR to do anything with. Begs the question, where does it back the MBR up to ? Say no and install windows, then see what happens? |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1440898 | 2017-10-19 03:39:00 | To change the option, if you read the .pdf I linked, you need to set up a BIOS administrator password. "The F10 Setup option to save the MBR is unavailable (grayed out) by default. To enable it, the following conditions must be met:You must set up an F10 Setup administrator account and password to access the MBR save/restore feature." The option should then be accessible. |
KarameaDave (15222) | ||
| 1440899 | 2017-10-19 03:42:00 | Begs the question, where does it back the MBR up to ? Doesn't beg the question, it raises it (check out what begging the question really means) And it saves it to NVRAM according to the document I linked in a previous post. |
KarameaDave (15222) | ||
| 1440900 | 2017-10-19 04:24:00 | OK.. Read KarameaDave's link again, created a Admin Password, unticked the MBR option ... Seems OK now. Thank you folks. |
bk T (215) | ||
| 1440901 | 2017-10-19 05:17:00 | First - sorry to go off on a tangent but the question seems answered so I don't feel it's too much of a hijack. Doesn't beg the question, it raises it (check out what begging the question really means) I learnt something so thanks I guess although I'm not terribly bothered about getting this particular one right. I made what I believe to be the most common mistake ever made with expressions. I used it the way I have heard it commonly used by others, having never been taught it's origins or felt any need to research them. What's important is even you, knowing the correct usage, knew exactly what I meant regardless. I have the same impulse to correct things but I'm trying to learn to suppress it more. It seems to annoy people. Ever since I learnt the difference between "must have" and "must of" for example its misuse has bugged the crap out of me and that was a long time ago. I also get irritated by the american spell checker flagging up perfectly correct words. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1440902 | 2017-10-19 07:45:00 | Yes sorry to be pedantic but begging a question is just one that I think we need to get right. | KarameaDave (15222) | ||
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