Lenovo X240 able to install Linux but not Windows

Reason: The secure boot cause this problem

Solution: reset the secure boot settings to default and also clear all configuration.

Lenovo X240 able to install Linux but not Windows

Deepin OS 20.6 Support Secure Boot but not support TPM

Deepin OS 20.6 Support Secure Boot but not support TPM on Lenovo X240

 

Deepin OS 20.6 Support Secure Boot but not support TPM

Convert MBR to GPT to enable EFI and enable secure boot (Test on Windows 10 17093 insider build and Lenovo x230)

Since the official method did not work on 17093 (Might be hit bugs since it is insider build)

Remark: Make a full backup of your hard disk first

1. Use PartitionGuru software (Free edition) to convert the whole hard disk from MBR to GPT (Convert To GUID Partition Table)
https://windowsreport.com/convert-mbr-gpt-disk/

2. Converting Windows BIOS installation to UEFI start from step 3 to end step (The gptgen seems to be not work on 17093, that why I use PartitionGuru)
https://kheresy.wordpress.com/2016/05/17/convert-windows-to-uefi/

diskpart
list partition
select partition 1 (This is the MBR partition ~350MB to 500MB)
  delete partition
  create partition EFI size=100 offset=1
format quick fs=fat32 label="System" 
assign letter=S
create partition msr size=128 offset=103424
list volume
select volume 3 (Which is OS installed volume)
assign letter=C
bcdboot c:\windows /s s: /f UEFI
Reboot the machine and change bios to UEFI and enable secure boot

For details:
https://kheresy.wordpress.com/2016/05/17/convert-windows-to-uefi/

Convert MBR to GPT to enable EFI and enable secure boot (Test on Windows 10 17093 insider build and Lenovo x230)

Cannot install the Windows 7 on Generation 2 virtual machine (Hyper-V)

When you create a new VM, you select the Generation 2 virtual machine, you will find that you fail to install Windows 7 on it.

The workaround solution:

Disable secure boot.

Cannot install the Windows 7 on Generation 2 virtual machine (Hyper-V)