The new Windows 8 and Server 2012 will be the base operating systems for upcoming new computers, laptops and servers. UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) is the recommended platform for all ...

The System Reserved Partition or EFI System Partition on your hard drive is a tiny sector Windows uses to house system files such as the Boot Configuration Database, Boot Manager Code, and Windows ...

Unplug the SSD and boot to a Windows installer, and go through the repair functions with bootrec and copying the boot files with bcdboot, and rebuilding the bcd. May need to completely blow away the ...

Windows will fail to boot correctly if the Boot Configuration Data (BCD) file is corrupted or deleted accidentally. As such, any task involving a change or modification in the bootloader settings ...

Some signed third-party bootloaders for the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) could allow attackers to execute unauthorized code in an early stage of the boot process, before the operating ...

This is not strictly a server-specific topic but this is something that probably becomes more of a problem with server and automated provisioning environments. Though in my case it's my home lab. Most ...

ESET researchers have discovered a vulnerability that allows bypassing UEFI Secure Boot, affecting the majority of UEFI-based systems. This vulnerability, assigned CVE-2024-7344, was found in a UEFI ...

I have been struggling for quite some time now to set up multi-boot support on a new HP Pavilion dm1-4310ez sub-notebook that came preloaded with Windows 8, UEFI, and gpt disk partitioning. During ...