[coreboot] Re: Bios problem. Will not boot

[Enkelena Haxhiu]

Yes, that is the case.

Thanks a lot for your help Ivan. I will deffinately  try this.

Best,
Enkelena

On Mon, Apr 15, 2019, 2:24 PM Ivan Ivanov  wrote:
> Enkelena , If I am understanding it correctly, you have installed
> Windows on this new HDD using another computer with another
> motherboard. Windows is much more fragile to those "PC switches" than
> Linux, and often the Windows users have to do a clean installation of
> Windows when they have simply changed the motherboard to another type
> (e.g. after the old one got broken) - either because it refuses to
> boot at all or there are significant problems like the bluescreens.
> So, I believe that your problem is caused by Windows, and if you will
> simply reinstall Windows on this new HDD - while it is plugged into
> the same coreboot computer you're planning to use it with - then your
> problems will be resolved.
>
> вс, 14 апр. 2019 г. в 19:40, Enkelena Haxhiu :
> > Hi Matt,
> >
> > I am using seabios.
> >
> > On Sun, Apr 14, 2019, 6:27 PM Matt B  wrote:
> > > Out of curiosity, what payload are you using?
> > >
> > > -Matthew
> > >
> > > On Sun, Apr 14, 2019 at 8:22 AM Enkelena Haxhiu
>
> wrote:
> > > > I am using lenovo thinkpad x230. It has Linux on its ssd, Debian to be
>
> precise.
> > > > You are saying that just because the new hdd has windows, its not
>
> booting on it?
> > > > Regards,
> > > > Enkelena
> > > >
> > > > On Sun, Apr 14, 2019, 2:02 PM Ivan Ivanov
>
> wrote:
> > > > > I think you'll need to reinstall your Windows in any case, especially
> > > > > if you've installed it using another PC. This is not a coreboot
> > > > > problem, more like a Windows problem, and going back from glorious
> > > > > opensource coreboot to heretical proprietary UEFI won't fix the things
> > > > > ;-) Also, you haven't even told us what coreboot-supported computer
> > > > > you are using...
> > > > >
> > > > > вс, 14 апр. 2019 г. в 14:50, Enkelena Haxhiu :
> > > > > > Hi everyone,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I have a problem.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I had flashed my bios last year into coreboot by a raspberry pi.
> > > > > > Now, I changed the hard disk of that laptop, and put another one
>
> with windows on it, but it does not boot there.
> > > > > > Every key that I press it gets me to booting from hard disk, and
>
> again the process repeats.
> > > > > > Is there any way I can fix it?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > What do you think if I put again the last disk and boot into that
>
> to make it start
> > > > > > normally and then download files to flash the bios into lenovo's
>
> default bios?
> > > > > > Will this work?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Regards,
> > > > > > Enkelena
> > > > > >
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