legacy mode

I have a laptop with one main partition with Windows 10 and a second partition that I want to install Windows Vista on for testing purposes. I'd prefer 64-bit but 32-bit is fine if necessary. When I try to install Vista with an x64 SP2 disc, I get an error saying I cannot install due to the...

Hello, I am trying to install Win 7 on my laptop running Win 8 so I can get a dual boot. My laptop does not recognize win 7 booting cd .I had to change Bios to Legacy. Now ,I am getting error “Windows cannot be installed to this disk. The selected disk is not of the GPT partition style. Any...

Hi, I want to reinstall a fresh Windows 10 OS for the first time, years after using Windows 8.1 I take out the old OS drive, and put in a clean formatted drive for the new OS. Dell sent me a Windows 10 USB stick with this computer, so I'll use that. But now the puzzle of getting everything...

A customer has asked me to help him login to his PC (Lenovo IdeaCentre A340-22IWL); here's where I am: At login prompt, customer's last known password not accepted. Customer doesn't know any other password. Attempted to run password remover on USB stick - system will only boot to Windows...

Need a little help. I Have a usb created via Rufus that I now want to use to do a fresh install on my Del Inspirion 3543. As far as I can understand I need to set the boot priority to that of USB. BUT for UEFI mode there is no usb option. Only Legacy has this option. So what now? How to I do...

UEFI legacy disabled - Operating system not found Hi , well I'm trying to install remix os It says I should disable secure boot then I go to advance startup option to get into boot menu shift+restart then i change something called uefi to lagacy to disable secure boot Then I save n restart boom...

I'm trying to install win10 to a new SSD on an intel NUC5i5RYK. I created a GPT partition table containing two equal size partitions using GPARTED (Knoppix). Then I booted to a win10 install DVD (usb device) using the default bios settings. Windows setup shows the two primary partitions...

hi currently windows 10 is installed with UEFI mode in my ASUS notebook. the harddisk is in GPT partitioning style. so when i turn on my notebook, i am getting ASUS logo while booting up instead of the blue coloured windows logo. i want to make a clean installation of windows to bring back the...

This tutorial shows you how to enable the old "press F8 to get the Advanced Start Menu" to be able to get to safe mode. Open an elevated command prompt (Press [Windows key] type "cmd", right click Command Prompt and select "Run as Administrator") Type bcdedit /enum to display your boot entries...

Have a brand new Lenovo Y50-70 running Windows 8.1. Wanted a Ubuntu partition so that I can run Kerbal Space Program in 64-bit. download 64 bit image of Ubuntu 14.10 and pendrivelinux's Universal USB Installer to burn it into a bootable USB. Go into BIOS and set it from UEFI to Legacy and to...

Maybe this will be of use to some. Worth adding here, perhaps. Users have read, or experienced, a faster boot time in Windows 10. In a way, this has been a bit of a cheat by Microsoft. What they have done is eliminated a window/facility during the boot process. This has, itself, caused the now...

I have a Sony Vaio Fit laptop. It is my main working (and only btw :p) laptop. So I thought I'd just dual boot Windows 10 with 8.1. So, I created a 40GB partition on my hard drive. I downloaded the x64 version of Windows 10 and burned it to a USB drive with Windows 7 DVD USB tool installer. I...

I've come across this error message when installing "Windows 7 x64 Ulti" "Windows cannot be installed to this disk, The selected disk is of the GPT partition style". I have Windows 8 Installed, it came with the laptop. I have tryed all options on my side e.g. legacy mode, boot order. I am...

I am a bit stuck. Friend detests windows 8 even after i enabled the start button for them. I figured id help them out by installing win7 on it for them....should be easy no? nope. i deleted the OS partition and it now wont let me install my win7 32bit oem disk on it. i get the cannot install on...

I have just moved to a brand new DELL Latitude E6520, UEFI-enabled. I was told that UEFI is the way to go, solves the 2TB storage limit, shortens boot time to fraction seconds, and more. Once configured Windows 7 Ultimate 64 on top, I have discovered that: - Boot time is same as with Legacy...

I am using a brand new Dell Latitude E6520. The notebook has double BIOS configurability with "Legacy" or "UEFI" mode. I have performed a first setup using UEFI, however the sound card is missing in the device manager list, without any "unknown device" appearing, as if the adapter is not...

Trying to do a fresh installation of Windows7 Home premium 64bit on my system. I have removed all existing partitions from the disk and allowed Windows setup to create new partitions. Setup will then give the message "Windows Setup Cannot Configure Windows to Run on this Computers Hardware"...