How To Enable Secure Boot For Windows 11

[@tomadon]

Absolutely made this a lot easier then other videos. I’ve tried and quit a few times. I absolutely appreciate it.

[@FleetingMoments-2]

Agree - I just followed his first method and I hit all the same issues he did - simple pick the right boot sequence option in the BIOS and boom all back and compatible.

[@stevothechargermain8992]

I have to say, this is definitely one of the better tutorial videos on youtube: informative but straight to the point and also fast

[@CyberCPU]

CAUTION: I may not have been clear in this video. This method ONLY works if your system already support's UEFI but for whatever reason has an MBR disk. If you have an older BIOS that doesn't support UEFI your system will not boot if you follow this guide. If you have already followed the guild and your system is not booting I'm currently working on a video to show you how to fix it. It might be a couple of weeks before I get it done but when I do I will post the link in this comment. Sorry for any confusion. Edit: here's a link to a video to fix the issue if you are having an issue booting. kzbin.info/www/bejne/g3TNkqJ4qtqhaZY

[@owaisdehwar2644]

No problem sir

[@owaisdehwar2644]

No problem sir

[@zulkiizsukesada4984]

Telling us what to do, and then telling us we might get an error 8 min in to the video is a dick move! Now im stuck with a screen saying "Reboot and Select priser Boot device"

[@CyberCPU]

@@zulkiizsukesada4984 you should always watch the whole video before starting. It's a good idea at least. I have a video coming out Monday on how to revert back.

[@TheAlexBradford]

After months of not knowing how to fix this problem, I can now finally install Windows 11, thanks heaps.

[@TheBojengles]

Perfectly clear and concise video. Unfortunately after entering “mbr2gpt /validate /disk:0” the command prompt responds with… MBR2GPT: Attempting to validate disk 0 MBR2GPT: Retrieving layout of disk MBR/GPT: Validating layout, disk sector size is: 512 bytes Cannot find OS partition(s) for disk 0 My system obviously has an OS. Not sure how to fix this. Any help would be great. Thanks again for great video.

[@Ankit_Jarvis]

Same problem can you help me with it

[@juncarlos9106]

Same with me

[@Blindwuzi]

same....

[@robertkeller2086]

Your boot drive may not be disk:0 if you go into computer management, then disk management look and see what drive number your C drive is. In my case it is Disk:1

[@TheBojengles]

@@robertkeller2086 I have since found the solution. Thanks for getting back to me

[@Retfosho]

Maybe this can help some people, because this worked for me: I used this guide but did things a little bit differently. I didn’t do the reset technique in recovery. I just went straight into the administrator command prompt and executed the commands. After the /convert was finished, this is important, it said that I needed to convert things to UEFI mode. I went into the boot section of the BIOS mode after rebooting (and it gave me the drive not found message) and went into the CSM mode and turned everything to UEFI only. Without the command prompt commands, the only way to even boot up my PC/have my NVMe even recognized as a boot drive was to have UEFI and Legacy enabled. The command prompt commands allowed me to properly enable UEFI from unsupported to enabled.

[@crysty0177]

When I write the first command it says ,,Disk layout validation failed for disk 0". I searched for hours on end and still found nothing. How can I fix this issue?

[@csabadarvas1724]

Same thing happened to me, and I can’t find a solution

[@csabadarvas1724]

So can someone help pls?😅

[@Torzz]

It might be disk 1- however many drives you have. Go back into windows, open disk manager and find out what drive # your C drive is

[@johnmanfra4224]

Disk layout validation failed for disk 2

[@skydoesblue4854]

Same

[@JohnnyButler79]

Thanks a million. Was going crazy trying to figure out why system wouldn't boot in secure mode. This fixed all my issues, much appreciated!!

[@blizzrd7290]

I loved it, the video is simple and it is perfectly understood step by step, you definitely need more support!

[@CyberCPU]

Glad it helped.

[@crazyfluteplayer6216]

been at it all day. in bios and all that rubbish, until i found your video.. with minutes i was ready to upgrade to 11. thank you

[@bigguyar1854]

neither way worked for me

[@Gamer_Queen-Jay]

Didn't work for me either... its frustrating, but thinking I should just keep it at windows 10...

[@ranasaurabh6322]

😂​@@Gamer_Queen-Jaytrue

[@garyr7027]

Works great, but just so others know, when checking the volume of your main drive take note of what drive number your boot drive is so you'll know it at the command prompt.

[@boabalaar]

Nice one buddy, I had spent all day trying to work out how to enable secure boot on a first time build. I had just about given up,then your video came up in my suggestions! And , yes , I did need to enable uefi in the bios, and change boot order. Windows 11 here I come! So grateful. Thank you, Liked and subscribed. You have a splendid beard.

[@xman_avd]

How didyou get to the bios from the "reboot and select proper boot device" screen?

[@boabalaar]

@xman_avd do a restart, then spam the delete or f2 button when it's starting up, to get into bios.

[@xman_avd]

@@boabalaar thank you, i got it and it works

[@florbar]

Muchas gracias buen hombre, un año después por fin podré actualizar a Windows 10. Te mereces todo el camión de cervezas.

[@divineone8625]

For anyone still confused about what to do in the BIOS after doing the command prompt, make sure you boot from the drive that has boot manager/device in its name

[@duskgamezz5877]

I don’t understand this part, I just tried doing that but it tries repairing and sends me to that advanced screen

[@glinteastwood]

@@duskgamezz5877Did you figure it out? I’m feeling a little betrayed rn. Lol

[@madskieldsen7330]

Thx!! I was stuck there as well .. but it worked changing the bootorder to "the boot device thingy" instead of my normal ssd device boot

[@IrishElu]

Keep taking me to the windows setup screen regardless what drive it tries to boot from .

[@PeachyRuby]

​@@IrishElucheck if you have intel rapid storage enabled, or Raid mode, I had the same problem

[@ericsahrmann]

Perfect! Was trying to get my wife's handmedown machine ready for Windows 11 and had run into this exact snag. Thanks so much for an easy to digest and working solution!

[@Hoigwai]

You are the man, made something that sounded like a nightmare quick and easy. Thanks so much. 👍

[@nultwvtwaltcwalavuualilci]

im touching myself

[@Life3of3aballa]

Thank you so much. I’ve spent like a yr trying to get my computer set up for windows 11 and couldn’t figure it out. You gave me the final piece! You’re amazing!

[@samoslovak3302]

How do i boot it back it says reboot and swlecr proper device or insert boot media in swlected boot device and press a key

[@L-vs7fp]

Thank you for saving my life. I was nearing the edge trying to enable secure boot after 300 videos.

[@Darkinse]

300 lol why window 11 isnt that good lol

[@choobab4237]

no matter what i do i am stuck with the 'cannot find OS partition(s) for disk 0'. I have tried countless things and i cant seem to fix it. Anyone know what i can do?

[@janschmid281]

Maybe your bootdisk isnt disk 0

[@mathieudabas6951]

me to

[@angelzavaleta8246]

Go back to windows 10. Couldn’t fix it either

[@biounlimited]

First portion of this video is exactly what I needed!!!!!! Tried changing UEFI through bios and would not boot back into windows, bios loop. Did this and worked perfectly, Thanks!

[@platterjockey]

A quick, down to earth, direct tutorial. Highly useful!

[@CyberCPU]

Thanks. Glad it helped.

[@justanotherjojoguy7531]

this is 12 mins long

[@streeta1484]

@@CyberCPU hey I got the error you had at 7:30 but you never showed how to get into windows to fix it. Please help

[@CyberCPU]

@@streeta1484 it's different on every system. You have to refer to your motherboard documentation and switch it from legacy boot to UEFI. Every manufacturer sets the BIOS up a little bit different so showing you how to do it on my computer would likely be completely different on yours.

[@vadisquo9094]

Man thank you so much for this. I tried to change a Lenovo to to secure boot / UEFI in BIOS, it accepted it but but not boot up, Your way worked marvelously thank you for sharing this solution with us.

[@rabagaster5228]

Love how it leads us to the boot problem says it's an easy fix and just straight skipped how to do it

[@CyberCPU]

The video was about how to do it. I literally showed two different ways to do it. 😂😂

[@gameplaya211]

I think Rabagaster meant the no boot device error not sure if it helps but I had to change BIOS to UEFI only mode in boot settings

[@dooli05]

I can’t use my computer now even tho i change to UEFI only mode😕

[@CyberCPU]

Yeah, I misunderstood the comment. All BIOSs are different so showing people mine wouldn't be helpful if theirs is something completely different. That's why I didn't go into that. But yes, UEFI only or disabling legacy will fix it. I'm currently working on a video to help fix some of the problems people had with this guide.

[@Austrancer]

initially my bluetooth and wirelss went - then i contemplated updating to windows 11 - following your easy guide - i made the HD change - after some power issues and the computer not turning back on I unplugged the MB from the PSU and replugged them in, the PC booted. I am still suspicious about the power issue. BUT magically Bluetooth and Wireless which had been flagged as legacy are now both installed and working correctly which really shocked me because i had actually removed the drivers. I suspect a windows 10 update is the culprit. So after going into BIOS and turning fTPM on for my AMD and turning Secure boot on and playing around with that and making the HD secure boot compatible. MY less than a year old AMD Ryzen7 5800x is ready for windows 11. So thank you!

[@MHFDiecast]

THANK YOU MAN! IT WORKS 😀 sorry capslock.

[@CyberCPU]

AS LONG AS YOU DONT USE CAPS LOCK IN THE WINDOWS TERMINAL YOU SHOULD BE OK. 😂😂

[@caselessgd8923]

you know the backspace key exists

[@CyberCPU]

Which one is that. 😂😂

[@matetakacs9579]

After 2 hours of pure suffering this video saved me from going insane. Thank you!

[@mhomasmclaughlin1313]

i’ve tried the disk conversion and i get the message “disk layout validation failed for disk 0” without any explanation as to why and i have no clue what’s going on, is there any known solution to this???

[@yourbestiexoxo4044]

same problem there 💀💀💀💀

[@wblue10]

Exact same problem here.. wonder what to do

[@Dogggggggggggggggg___1]

Same

[@HappyLlama__]

I have to agree with other comments, this is definitely the best tutorial video I found on youtube, solved my problem with clear consise information

[@lexxa774]

im stuck in my bios while i cant boot to os how do i change the boot order (part u didont include) pls help

[@ysuser5592]

Hey! I have the same issue and I’m wondering if you found out the fix

[@VisualDocFacts]

Try changing to legacy mode in the boot menu in CSM

[@kozi4951]

This is for those who are stuck at the “reboot and select proper boot device” this is what you need to do: 1-disable csm (search on yt for a specific vid for ur motherboard) 2-enable secure boot (search on yt for a specific vid for ur motherboard) 3-lastly if both don’t work then rearrange the order of ur boot drive ( to do this got to boot section in Bios and look somewhere for something that say “option”, it might look different for u so I suggest searching this up too! Next, change the drive that u are currently on, try them all out) Most likely ur going to have to do all of these steps. This is what worked for me and I hope it works for u too.

[@nerkTV]

Super helpful! What do you use to image your disks? I don't have a good backup program. what do you use?

[@lightningpete]

Yes this worked first time in the first method. Lovely step by step video on my phone whilst sorting it out. Thanks very much for all your help. Nice steady and to the point!

[@stefanengstrom4032]

Hello Thanks for a great video. I was running in windows mode. Have not dared before as there were no good video clips. However, you would say more clearly that you should change to UEFI. (I missed that bit so had to mess up a bit in the bios)

[@theanti-star7151]

Oh like that, had troubles with getting it done too. Will try it!

[@Ethan-Live1]

Thank you so much have watched so many other videos and yours took 5 min. I appreciate you

[@wblue10]

Great video, loved it. The only problem is it’s not working for me. I’ve done the TPM thing, changed to UEFI in bios and now I’m trying the command since my disk is MBR. When I type in the command exactly as you do, and I specify what disk to choose, it just says “disk layout validation failed for disk 1” and I have no freaking clue to why.. how am I even gonna try to find out what’s the problem? There is nothing I can think of There are no error codes or anything, it just says “attempting, retrieving, validating and then ends with Disk layout validation failed for disk 1”

[@CyberCPU]

Is your boot drive disk 1 or disk 0? Do you have more then one hard drive?

[@wblue10]

@@CyberCPU I think i know whats the problem, my boot disk is my disk 1, but i have windows on my disk 0 as well. ANd i saw that you cant have more than 3 partitions, which i have but i really dont want to delete or format anything. So im thinking of just buying a m.2 ssd, install windows fresh, make it GPT on that one, get windows 11. then just transfer stuff from my main drive to that one, that should work right? Thanks for your reply man!

[@CyberCPU]

Yes, that will work. You will just have to reinstall your apps.

[@wblue10]

@@CyberCPU alright cool! thank you so much for your help! keep up the great work!

[@martinbarbier3076]

No other solution for that?

[@Paracorder]

For everyone having a failure: I’m very new to PC’s. You can open windows file and see the error. For me I found out my virgin ssd and virgin hard drive split the OS when usb booting. Simple fix! I unplugged my hard drive and reloaded the OS to the SSD. Command line worked no problem and secure boot was enabled! Updating to windows 11 while writing this. MAKE SURE TO BACK UP DATA. Like I said, my stuff was virgin. I only had a couple things downloaded like steam so I was ok with overwriting this data. Hope this helps consolidate info so you don’t have to hunt around like I did!

[@ashmitkapoor32]

Its showing validation error

[@ammarmohammed-ju7zk]

same here idk wtf im meant to do

[@4.pm.]

Same

[@UltraStyle_PC88]

Best video guide to solve this issue with updating to Win 11. Thanks a million!!!

[@ch1no0o]

Great video! Simple to the point. I tried doing it thru the BIOS but failed. It would not boot windows. Came across your video and follows each step and worked! Thank you so much!

[@nawinbharath]

Hi, How did you fix the windows not booting problem? Tried the same before watching this video and got stuck.

[@Knards]

You have to go into the bios and tell it to boot to UEFI, not legacy

[@suhaasn5255]

Bro how did u solve when it was in BIOS showing hard drive error plz reply

[@suhaasn5255]

@@Knards plz explain the steps bro from first what to do

[@Knards]

@@suhaasn5255 After you convert to gpt, reboot, go into your bios, then to boot, select boot type as UEFI instead of legacy

[@terpy115]

YOU ABSOLUTE LEGEND. I've been trying to fix this for so long cause I'm stuck on 22H2 and want to update to 23H2 and eventually 24H2. I had to bypass the secure boot check just to run my original copy of Windows 11 it was cursed

[@XBatman-np9bx]

It's showing error Disk validation failed

[@DarioBartolomeo]

Mine says the same. Anyone have a solution for that? :)

[@wblue10]

Same here

[@ShiOnByBZ_Official]

Thank you dude you are a lifesaver I just got this pc and I thought there was something wrong with it. This really helped me. You deserve a sub after that

[@DarcSnefru]

Thank you so much for this video! I've been dreading starting over a 2nd time on my SSD after I didn't format it correctly for secure boot the first time. Hours saved!

[@Lorenzo0tokyo]

Tried other's guides but only your's actually worked. thanks mate

[@karminb1384]

Great video, easy to follow and great with explanations. Thanks!

[@kirocetwhy]

DUDE YOU ARE A LIFE SAVER I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE THIS OUT FOR AN HOUR

[@JesusLopez-un6mw]

Thank you sir. I followed your instructions and everything went through without a hitch. I gave you a thumbs up and subscribed. Now I get the “This PC meets Windows 11 requirements “ message right away. I build this pc a few months ago because my previous one was about 10 years old and couldn’t get Windows 11. Anyways I needed to upgrade and now I can get Windows 11 and do much more. Thanks again.

[@Butter_The_First]

Thank you so much I’ve had my secure boot state on unsupported for so long and looked in Reddit seeing someone say that I had to convert to gpt and when I found your video my secure boot state went to off I went back into uefi thing and changed 2 settings in boot and I finally have secure boot on

[@davidiluz4955]

i tried alot of things and this one the only that works THANK YOU BRO !

[@30_JD]

Great video. Had the exact same issue updating from 10 to 11 and this worked. CHEERS!

[@RakeshKhambhaita]

Best help! Simple. Logical and it worked! Thank you

[@spark1539]

Just wanted to say thanks, I messed up and did I backwards enabled the uefi without converting to gpt but from the two videos in the subject I was able to fix it. Thanks you

[@austinwilson4286]

I had to run the commands for disk 1 instead of disk 0 great video!

[@theanti-star7151]

Didn't work on disk:0 as well. Will try that out

[@yefersonrincon2491]

I love this dude, I've been fighting with that goddamn secure boot for months and this just fixed it.

[@JBoElAsesino]

Great Step-by-step instructions, brother! It was a BIG help!

[@rbeng1095]

Omg wow it worked just when I thought I couldn't upgrade thanks so much cyber

[@rijj510]

Worked for me. Kinda panicked a bit because i forgot which disk i was using for my OS. had several attempts on restarting and actually going to BIOS to select the right drive/disk. Now currently installing my w11

[@KILLOSTROS]

One of the best tutorials i have seen. Much thanks!

[@kolger7]

Duuuuudeee, I salute you🎉 firtst fix worked like a charm!

[@aMadison2010]

This has been the most helpful video I’ve found and I’ve been looking forever love the shirt subscribed

[@YoungMr]

Thank you! This is the only video that completely solved my issue

[@jackscrafts9202]

Thanks that was painless and just what I needed. Hope Santa brings you a big ass present.

[@CyberCPU]

Glad it helped.

[@jungmen]

Worked for me! Whilst my I7-6700K processor may still be "unsupported" who cares...lol - I hate windows 10. I have Windows 11 on another machine, and I much prefer it to Windows 10. Though 7 was my favorite. Thanks for the video!

[@braydenreid7952]

Thank you for providing a solution that actually works! Much appreciated

[@shaunmclay3892]

Omfg, I have the asrock b450m pro4, it was tough till now , dude you are a pc GOD , thank you

[@mrmmgamer3575]

Amazing, thank you.. a year later, and this still works. A1

[@MultiArkle]

Thank you I used the first method and it worked great. The fact you speak in a normal clear voice unlike the others I tried helped big time. My Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6500 CPU @ 3.20GHz, 3201 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s) doesn't qualify but it's really fast and plays most games......Microsoft are a bunch of crooks iMO

[@askvideos1234]

Excellent video the steps worked for me. Many Thanks!!

[@dansus92]

If only I found this video sooner, would have saved me an hour...

[@rogerfairres3534]

Just bought a new NVme PC; wouldn't secure boot. Converted from MBR and now I can install Win 11. I knew there must be a simple way to get a new gaming PC ready for Win 11; I will wait till 11 is much more refined before I upgrade. Thanx

[@leandro8660]

bro you are god my brother was having the gpt issue from last year and couldnt figure it out. Thank you for your content. BIG HELP

[@oneloveal]

This was the only video that helped me, thanks!

[@johnantonio8338]

I apreciate you uploading this video, it helped me so much. I have been getting the error and won’t boot up. Thank you

[@isaac_ez]

exactly what i needed, you are the living embodiment of if you build it they will come. This was exactly what i was lookingg for

[@kiekomusic]

Wow! Thanks a ton. You saved me two days of question marks. I now have a Win11 eligible system

[@AlphaCharlie991]

Thank you so much! Only the necessary info, ans straight to the point. You're the man

[@chelizard2516]

Thank you so much, you described the same problem I had, I did your first option, thank you again, you're going to heaven sir.

[@keginamayotte2296]

Thanks man, I just tried for 2 hours to do that, so im really thankfull 🙏

[@karlmuursepp1871]

Huge thanks mate, it helped for me. I am now Win11 richer!

[@FiirOz]

OMG I Love you ! I try 100 times in bios and it never work. 5he with your video it works perfectly ! Thank you so much ! (Sry for my bad english)

[@name8259]

Have subbed to the channel just because. I finally got it to work thanks to you!

[@leeallen4278]

Absolutely legend I’ve been trying to crack this all day. You made it so easy thanks for the video

[@jacobsmith7987]

Genuine thx to you man. I can't believe I didn't find this video a long time ago you genuinely saved my life.

[@CyberCPU]

Glad it helped.

[@Hid31027]

Thanks for the help man you dumb it down for me lol got a sub!

[@Mjjohnson-df6fi]

Wow worked first time amazing video you’ve earned a like and a subscriber! 😊

[@martinbarbier3076]

Bro im scrolling through the comments to find anyone having the same issue as me but it worked for everybody omg... when I try to run that first command /validate it says: "Disk layout validation failed for disk 0" anyone having the same problem?

[@XxPrettyLiaxX]

Yess

[@nikosgrimm]

Thank you! This was the problem i thought it was a problem with my motherboard i reset multiple times and the error kept coming up and i was really getting annoyed then i found you're video and didn't know this could be the problem for secure boot. I did the tutorial and went clean and after 3 hours of searching i should've just come to yours...

[@sinaguso]

This was the fix for me. My ssd wouldn’t show after i switched to uefi. Thanks man😊

[@idjcool21]

Very insightful 🎉 helped me a lot. Thanks!

[@DiegoSantos32790]

On minute 4:30 . When I click troubleshoot, the next screen doesn't give me the advanced options option. Why is that ?

[@paulsaunders6536]

This worked for me. But due to a previous error I made when using a vendor recovery disk my PC wouldn't boot because some of the Win 10 system files were on my D drive. I'd stupidly left an SSD attached and the recovery disk must have assumed the M2 and the SSD was one big drive. Acronis recovery stick to the rescue... saved the day. Booted into windows and installed Win 11. Took a few hours to get there as I'd also flashed my BIOS. Plus I've sorted the split install issue...perfect

[@chrispoteet5327]

Thankyou so much it worked perfectly for me 👍.

[@Simon-fr4ts]

The thing that I don't understand is that I had to do this on my current Windows 10 hard drive installation, even though I used the windows media creation tool to make a windows 11 USB boot drive with the intention of installing a clean copy of Windows 11 on my HD. I would have deleted all partitions and let the installer do the work. It gave the same error saying that my system did not support secure boot until I did the MBR to GPT conversion. My motherboard fully supports it. EDIT: I believe I could have avoided this by just booting the USB drive in UEFI mode!

[@shinzoukentarou9396]

thanks, this is very useful. I appreciate this video so much!

[@karyso6259]

Thanks Bro it worked i did had to use an another video for validation fail but it worked like a champ.

[@adrianbyro5958]

The best and simple explanation I got so far !!!! Thanks

[@michaelmerrick3928]

What would you do if you receive the following msg: MBR2GPT: Attempting to validate disk 0 MBR2GPT: Retrieving layout of disk MBR2GPT: Validating layout, disk sector size is: 512 bytes Disk layout validation failed for disk 0

[@heavydriver6900]

Simple and easy thank you so much man❤