Switch from secure boot to dual boot windows/linux?

Polraudio · September 16, 2018

Ok so im new to the whole UEFI and secure boot thing(just recently upgraded from an old BIOS motherboard). My setup is as follows...

>Windows 10 installed with bitlocker on the boot drive.

>All Bios/UEFI settings default on my motherboard "Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA" so secure boot and all that crap is most likely on.

I tried booting a flashdrive with a linux installer and no matter what i cannot boot from it so im assuming i have to disable stuff.

The question i have is if i disable all this secure boot/UEFI crap in order to install linux on another drive will that mess up my current installation of windows 10 and prevent me from booting into it?

Electronics Wizardy · September 16, 2018

Try turning it off. It should still work fine.

Polraudio · September 16, 2018

Didn't work sadly and I had to reinstall windows. Good thing i had a flash drive already made up with windows 10 from last time. After i disabled secure boot it wouldn't detect the drive as bootable at all.

At least now I dont have to worry about the dumb secure boot and can install any OS i want on any drive.