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HP Probook 450 G2: Access to bios
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Maurice
Jan 4, 2016, 9:11:07 AM1/4/16
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Anyone know if the BIOS in the HP Probook 450 G2 can be accessed without
using a Windows app?
(Heard that the BIOS/UEFI on some Toshiba laptops can only be
accessed via a Windows app...)
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using a Windows app?
(Heard that the BIOS/UEFI on some Toshiba laptops can only be
accessed via a Windows app...)
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Graham J
Jan 4, 2016, 9:59:07 AM1/4/16
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Maurice wrote:
> Anyone know if the BIOS in the HP Probook 450 G2 can be accessed without
> using a Windows app?
>
> (Heard that the BIOS/UEFI on some Toshiba laptops can only be
> accessed via a Windows app...)
>
If you disconnect the hard disk it will probably let you access the BIOS
> Anyone know if the BIOS in the HP Probook 450 G2 can be accessed without
> using a Windows app?
>
> (Heard that the BIOS/UEFI on some Toshiba laptops can only be
> accessed via a Windows app...)
>
to set it to "legacy" mode ....
Please let us know if this works.
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Graham J
Maurice
Jan 4, 2016, 12:35:55 PM1/4/16
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On Mon, 04 Jan 2016 14:59:06 +0000, Graham J wrote:
> If you disconnect the hard disk it will probably let you access the BIOS
> to set it to "legacy" mode ....
Not the sort of thing I would do during the warranty period!
> If you disconnect the hard disk it will probably let you access the BIOS
> to set it to "legacy" mode ....
> Please let us know if this works
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profIJM
Jan 14, 2016, 11:34:45 PM1/14/16
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Well, there's this, so probably 'yes', up to a point:
http://www.ubuntu.com/certification/hardware/201404-14974
Maurice
Jan 15, 2016, 2:15:12 PM1/15/16
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On Mon, 04 Jan 2016 14:08:27 +0000, I wrote:
> Anyone know if the BIOS in the HP Probook 450 G2 can be accessed without
> using a Windows app?
Yes, 'Setup' can be accessed via Esc & F10 whilst bootingl; just done it.
> Anyone know if the BIOS in the HP Probook 450 G2 can be accessed without
> using a Windows app?
Current problem with it is shrinking the 447GB 'C' disk to make space to
accommodate
dual-booting...
Disk Management (which, by the way, seems to have no 'defrag' facility)
does have a Shrink
option, and indeed shows that 423GB are unused in the 'C' disk, but when
I select Shrink it
comes back with:
"Not enough space available on the disk to complete this operation."
(Tried leaving a spare 3GB on it, but still Shrink failed. Mmm)
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