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cannot boot spinrite

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markboston

ran the spinrite utility clicked install spinrite on usb but when i reboot i cannot select that drive to boot. Its not showing up in the list of devices the bios is seeing as bootable. not sure if this matters but this computer is a 10th gen intel i7 so its uefi not bios but i don't think that wouldn't work?


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DanR

markboston said:
not sure if this matters but this computer is a 10th gen intel i7 so its uefi not bios but i don't think that wouldn't work?
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It does matter. SpinRite 6.1 is a DOS app. DOS and UEFI are quite incompatible.

Please see this article for info on how to possibly get your machine to legacy (CSM) boot - if it supports that.


Please see these threads for info on an effective workaround process - it is NOT trivial.



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Scott

10th gen Intel Core2 CPUs were introduced around 2019 to 2020, the same time most manufacturers phased out CSM from their firmware, so it’s very possible you can’t run FreeDOS and SpinRite natively.


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markboston

i cannot system is too “new”. it does have the option in the boot menu but you can’t change it. so at some point a update must of disabled it or maybe ami just didn’t feel like changing it. guess i’ll just wait for 7.0. it’s not like i’m having any issues with the drive so it’s not an emergency that i run it.

and i should of known the issue. for some reason i forgot spinrite runs in dos.


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markboston

Scott said:
10th gen Intel Core2 CPUs were introduced around 2019 to 2020, the same time most manufacturers phased out CSM from their firmware, so it’s very possible you can’t run FreeDOS and SpinRite natively.
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i bought this laptop in 2021.


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PHolder

markboston said:
it does have the option in the boot menu but you can’t change it
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You may have to disable secure boot. Be warned NOT to try that until you are sure you have a backup of your disk encryption keys. (MS automatically enables BitLocker on new installations of Windows Pro I believe. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us...-windows-ad5dcf4b-dbe0-2331-228f-7925c2a3012d )


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