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My notebook (HP ProBook 650) is currently set to boot in Legacy mode in BIOS. In this mode, Win7 were installed, and later Win10 on a second disk (so there is some sort of multi-boot for these two, but I have no idea how it works).

I would like to be able to boot some UEFI OS from external drive as well, so I was going to change the BIOS setting to Hybrid boot mode. In my understanding, this should ensure that the "old" OS (Win7 & Win10 on internal HDD) could be still booted in legacy mode, and at the same time UEFI OS could be booted from external disk.

But there was a warning in BIOS saying that this change could "adversely affect" the ability to boot current OS.

So how serious are they? Is it just a plain warning "just in a case", or can this change really corrupt the current Windows bootloader?
What is the correct procedure to change to Hybrid boot, minimizing the risk the current system will boot no more?

Thanks for advice.

Plzak
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Yes, it's safe and shouldn't affect actual installations in anyway.

BUT, i need to be sure to select boot device from boot menu. This could be done thru boot menu, as one of boot devices would be external drive i dont recommend. I prefer do it manually. (normally F9, F10, F11 or F12 buttons, check what fits your system).

gicapp
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