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Updating Bios not from windows

I wanted to know how users handle updating Bios on machines that do not support update from windows.

For example I have an HP ProBook 6560b and its bios updates are done via an EUFI that has a one time boot to this before booting to the actual installed OS. The issue is POA does not allow for this by design. Is there a way around this other than totally uninstall, decrypt to do a 2 minute update to reinstall everything?

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0 PaulD over 8 years ago

Hi Typhoon87,

One think you can try is running a virtual client. Booting to a Sophos WinPE CD/Bootable USB you use the "Virtual Client" which will unlock the drive, and you can try updating the bios from the command line interface included on the WinPE CD. Further information can be found in the knowledge base article: SafeGuard Enterprise: Recovery scenarios.

Sophos WinPE - community.sophos.com/.../108805

Recovery scenarios guide (How to do a virtual client): community.sophos.com/.../108156

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0 PaulD over 8 years ago

Hi Typhoon87,

One think you can try is running a virtual client. Booting to a Sophos WinPE CD/Bootable USB you use the "Virtual Client" which will unlock the drive, and you can try updating the bios from the command line interface included on the WinPE CD. Further information can be found in the knowledge base article: SafeGuard Enterprise: Recovery scenarios.

Sophos WinPE - community.sophos.com/.../108805

Recovery scenarios guide (How to do a virtual client): community.sophos.com/.../108156

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