dankduke Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 i had to make some changes in bios and the laptop works and i've found some workaround to get it to boot inot windows but how can i get rid of this... i did have to convert the hard drive to GPT and then also disable secure boot and then lastly changed to Legacy Support.... HERE IS THE ERROR When I restart computer it says Default Boot Device Missing or Boot Failed Insert Recovery Media and Hit any Key Then Select Boot manager to choose a new Boot Device or to Boot Recovery Media Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironman273 Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 What changes did you have to make to the BIOS? What model laptop is it? If you just installed it I would reinstall it, remove all partitions from the drives and let the setup program create them automatically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dankduke Posted February 2, 2015 Author Share Posted February 2, 2015 What changes did you have to make to the BIOS? What model laptop is it? If you just installed it I would reinstall it, remove all partitions from the drives and let the setup program create them automatically. The Laptop is a LENOVO YOGA 3 PRO well maybe i didnt change the BIOS...what i did was Disable Secure Boot Changed over from UEFI to Legacy Enabled USB Boot. (i turned off USB boot) but it still does this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironman273 Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 Since the Yoga comes with 8.1 shouldn't the process be to add Windows features then you can just put in your WMC key and it'll download it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riggers Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 Try going into your BIOS and go to Boot -> Under "Legacy Support (or Boot Priority)" make sure it`s set to "Legacy First" and not "UEFI" Save Changes and Exit, re-boot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boo Berry Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 Uhhhh? As far as I know, booting GPT Windows partitions using Windows' boot loader works with UEFI BIOS-only, not legacy BIOS. I know Windows 7 and 8 will refuse to install to a GPT partition on non-UEFI systems. If you want the boot loader to boot GPT Windows partitions, you'll need UEFI BIOS enabled. If you want the boot loader to work with a Windows partition on legacy BIOS you'll need to reinstall Windows on a MBR disk. EDIT: Try reading this and this. dankduke 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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