Getting this message at boot time on my DELL desktop for the past week:
Time of day was not set - please run set up program.
Invalid configuration information - please run set up program.
F1 key to retry boot.
F2 key for set up utility.
F5 key to run on board diagnostics.
Must shutdown and reboot.
Everything comes back to normal.
SSD is healthy.
Hope someone can help out!
Thank you!
p.s. btw, Linux side is erased in the process (dual booting).
The partition remains intact, but Linux boot option disappears.
Only Windows boot option remains in bios.
p.s. have dual booted for many years and this is novel issue.
-thinking it is either Microsoft who have done something in latest updates or… something physical.
-frustrated… and thinking of wiping disk and leave only Linux, but if it is a physical issue what then? Plus, still have two scanners that only work on Windows.
My first thought is that Windows uses local time and Linux uses UTC by default. If you have Windows working and then install Linux for dual boot you should change the Linux configuration to use local time too.
It sounds like you’ve done this before so that may not be the issue. I haven’t dual booted with Windows 11. Is it a new computer? Maybe it’s a UEFI vs BIOS thing.
@danielson
If you are trying to use W11 and Linux, on the same drive, then I would strongly suggest to not use grub, but install EasyBCD in W11 and use it to find and boot the Linux partition.
I do not dual-boot my W11, but I do have a W10 laptop, booting Debian 12, with EasyBCD.
On reading my first reaction was a system clock issue, i would be tempted to check the cmos battery and think about replacing that.
Would need to know the make and model of your computer to confirm the type and if its possible to replace easy.
One way of checking is when you go into the bios usually with f2, esc, f10 or del at startup. Check the system date and time, but if you have been using the machine a while it could be correct and may be best testing at a new boot when there was no power to the box for a period.
Guess you have now changed the time.
Power it down leave as long as possible over night then check again without connecting to the net and see if its driffted then we can eliminate cmos battery