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    Samsung Laptop BIOS problem Windows7/Windows8

    Discussion in 'Samsung' started by dreamingyg, Aug 16, 2013.

  1. dreamingyg

    dreamingyg Newbie

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    Hi all, I'm new to the forum so if i make any mistakes on the post please excuse me!

    So basically, the problem started when i updated my bios version without much.. knowledge/anticipation. I have two hard drives, one that came with the new laptop i bought about 2~3 weeks ago which has windows 8 installed (which i'm using right now) and another with windows 7(64x) installed with all my important files and such. While I was using that windows 7 harddrive i decided to update my BIOS version, like the "SW Updater"(which comes with the samsung laptops I believe) suggested. As soon as I did that, the laptop restarted and it would not go past the BIOS menu. When i press the F10 button on boot up it won't show any other boot options. I decided to install the other hard drive with windows 8 installed and it works perfectly fine! What could be the problem? I'm going to go ahead and guess that the bios version i updated doesn't support windows 7 or something? I wouldn't be this desperate if i just had backed up my harddrive which i decided i should do after the bios update -_-. I hope I haven't lost anything from updating the bios.. Please help! Emergency!

    My Laptop Specs

    Samsung Model: NP350V5C-A01US

    Processer : Intel core i5-3120M CPU @ 2.50 GHZ
    BIOS version : American Megatrends Inc. P09ABE, 2013-07-04
    BIOS Mode : UEFI
    RAM : 8GB

    If you need any more information please do ask! Help!! D:
     
    dreamingyg, Aug 16, 2013
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  2. Dannemand

    Dannemand Decidedly Moderate Super Moderator

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    Hi dreamingyg, welcome to NBR.

    If your laptop was delivered with Win8, I think what happens is it still has SecureBoot and UEFI enabled in BIOS -- which means it will ONLY run a SecureBoot compliant OS from a GPT partitioned disk. Your Win7 disk is probably neither.

    When you run the Win7 disk, you need to set the following BIOS settings:

    SecureBoot = disabled
    OS Mode Selection = CSM OS (assuming the Win7 disk is MBR)

    When you run your Win8 disk, you need to set the following BIOS settings:

    OS Mode Selection = UEFI OS (assuming the Win8 disk is GPT)
    SecureBoot = enabled (to increase protection against malware and rootkits)

    Of course the problem could be something else, but this would make sense.

    Let us know if that works.
     
    Dannemand, Aug 16, 2013
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  3. baldwin

    baldwin Newbie

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    Hi Dannemand,

    a friend of mine was experiencing the same problem as the thread opener. Your solution works fine.

    Thank you very much!
     
    baldwin, Aug 18, 2013
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