Gigabyte X299-UD4 Pro cannot access BIOS after activating Secure Boot to upgrade to Win 11
Hi – thanks for being here.
I have spent all yesterday and all today trying to upgrade my Win 10 PC to Win 11. I took a clone of my Win 11 PC (Gigabyte X299-UD4 Pro i9 7900X 64 GB RAM – both PC’s are exactly the same.) I am not sure what version of Win 11, but I did all the updates this morning (again – 2025/04/26- 24H2).
I cloned the SSD (250GB) from the working PC and booted up the working PC using this HDD. I then tried to boot the new PC with the cloned HDD. I totally forgot about the bios and then went to the BIOS and enabled Secure Boot.
WAM it would not boot. I took everything off and still would not boot.
Not good with PC’s. Can a nice person help??
Thank you.
Dan from a mining town in the remote Outback. I am telling you because I more PC knowledge than most in the town and there are NO PC shops.
Hi – thanks for being here.
I have spent all yesterday and all today trying to upgrade my Win 10 PC to Win 11. I took a clone of my Win 11 PC (Gigabyte X299-UD4 Pro i9 7900X 64 GB RAM – both PC’s are exactly the same.) I am not sure what version of Win 11, but I did all the updates this morning (again – 2025/04/26- 24H2).
I cloned the SSD (250GB) from the working PC and booted up the working PC using this HDD. I then tried to boot the new PC with the cloned HDD. I totally forgot about the bios and then went to the BIOS and enabled Secure Boot.
WAM it would not boot. I took everything off and still would not boot.
Not good with PC’s. Can a nice person help??
Thank you.
Dan from a mining town in the remote Outback. I am telling you because I more PC knowledge than most in the town and there are NO PC shops.
My Computer
At a glance
Windows 11 Pro
- OS
- Windows 11 Pro
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- Manufacturer/Model
- Custom





