How to Enable Secure Boot Without BIOS on Windows 11 - 3 Ways

Explore different methods to enable secure boot

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Enabling Secure boot without entering BIOS is tricky, but what if you can’t see the option on your BIOS menu?

Some methods enable you to upgrade to Windows 11 without hassle, and we will cover them all in this guide, so make sure to read through them.

What can I do to enable Secure Boot without entering BIOS? 

To start with, make sure that a valid Secure Boot certificate is installed on your PC and that your BIOS is up to date. Also, the boot mode should be UEFI instead of Legacy.

Now, let’s see how to turn on Secure Boot without BIOS:

1. Use the Registry Editor

  1. Press Windows + R to open the Run window. REGEDIT RUN COMMAND
  2. Type Regedit and press Enter to open Registry Editor. 
  3. Follow this path: Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SecureBoot\State
  4.  Now locate and double-click the DWORD UEFISecureBootEnabled.regedit_enable secure boot without bios
  5. Change the Value data to 1 and click OK. 
  6. Now restart your computer to confirm the changes. 

2. Use the Windows PowerShell

  1. Press the Windows key, type PowerShell, and click Run as administrator. PowerShell - enable secure boot without bios
  2. Type the following command and press Enter: Set-SecureBootUEFI -Enable
  3. Restart your PC to confirm the changes.

3. Change MBR to GPT 

3.1 Check the partition style

  1. Press Windows + R to open the Run box. Disk Management - enable secure boot without bios
  2. Type diskmgmt.msc and hit Enter to open Disk Management. 
  3. Right-click on Disk 0 and select Properties. disk 0 properties - enable secure boot without bios
  4. Now go to the Volumes tab, and check the partition style. If it is MBR, proceed. 

3.2 Change the partition style 

  1. Press Windows + I to open Settings.
  2. Go to System, then click Recovery. System-Recovery-Windows-11 - secure boot enable without bios
  3. Under Advanced startup, click Restart now. Advanced Startup
  4. Now from Choose an option window, click Troubleshoot. Troubleshoot- enable secure boot without bios
  5. Click Advanced Options. Troubleshoot WITH AO selected
  6. Select Command Prompt from the Advanced Options window. 
  7. The computer will restart, select the user account and enter the password.
  8. Now you will get the Command Prompt window. 
  9. Type the following command and press Enter: mbrtogpt / validate / disk : 0
  10. Once you get validation completed successfully, copy and paste the following command and press Enter: mbrtogpt / convert / disk : 0
  11. Now when you have the conversion completed successfully message, type the following command and press Enter: exit
  12. From Choose an option screen, click Turn off your PC. Restart your computer and try to install Windows. 

So, these are methods that you can use to enable secure boot without BIOS. Try them and let us know what worked for you in the comments below. 

Vladimir Popescu

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Being an artist his entire life while also playing handball at a professional level, Vladimir has also developed a passion for all things computer-related. With an innate fascination for research and analysis, and realizing many other people share his passion for this subject, he delved into writing Windows-related articles, so other people can also benefit from the acquired information. When not writing kick-ass articles, Vladimir likes to spend his time doing Crossfit and creating art.

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