uefi

In a nutshell - got a new Samsung ultra laptop, don't like the way the disk is structured and lack of facility for creating recovery disks so wiped the 500gb hard drive which is formatted to gpt, repartitioned to give me a 50gb partition for win8, 50gb partition for win7 and the rest reserved...

I have a nvidia geforce 9300m GS 256 MB. I assume it is A MicrosoftDirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM driver? So direct x9 is 2007 or so vintage and I have a WDDM DRIVER FOR WIN 7. NOW WHY CAN'T I INSTALL WIN 8.1 PREVIEW. Retail stores are selling 8 with computers with BIOS not UEFI...

Hi I have made my Windows 8.1 DVD, but I haven't committed to installing it yet. I'd like to just install it on a separate partition on my second hard drive. Normally I wouldn't hesitate to just go ahead and install it, but I'm not sure if the new Uefi bios will just except it and...

I'v been building & upgrading computers for 23 years now I just built my latest P.C. Anyway when I bought this motherboard (Asus P9X79 Pro) I thought that UEFI meant just some kind of different interface for the bios, after researching I see its a whole new ballgame. I installed win7 64bit on...

My notebook has a Win 8 OEM key in UEFI. After wiping my hard disc I want to install Win 8 retail instead of OEM version. Because this is not possible with stored OEM Win 8 key I want to boot with a Win 7 BootCD and patch the UEFI with a Win 8 retail serial key. For that I need a Program...

On my computer there is a pre-installed Windows 8 which works fine for UEFI boot (Secure boot not necessary). Now when I switch in UEFI setup at boot time the UEFI mode into the CSM (BIOS) mode and restart then Windows 8 is not starting any more. As far as I find out an UEFI-based Windows 8...

Hello, this post just to share experience about a solved problem:upset:. I had to perform a clean install of Windows8 on an OEM ultrabook delivered with Window7 Pro preinstalled since I have been unable to boot the delivered Windows 8 Pri DVD Pack after converting the MBR delivered SDD to GPT...

Hello all, This information is intended for anyone on a budget. First off, let's take a look at the motherboard: Newegg.com - ASRock B75M-DGS R2.0 LGA 1155 Intel B75 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard This $49.95 motherboard has one SATA III port, multiple SATA II ports, and...

Currently more and more motherboards are released which support UEFI. Assume I don't want to use UEFI (e.g. because of compatibility reasons): Can I deactivate the UEFI features of the motherboard and switch back to "normal" BIOS? Peter

Secure Boot in Windows 8 prevents malware on systems. But, you are require to use UEFI machines to have Secure Boot. Microsoft made improvements in Windows 8 with UEFI based machines. Link Removed Cheers, Drew Link Removed PS: This is one big reason why I was happy to go to a UEFI M/B &...

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My old mobo stopped working.It had a bios. The new mobo Asus Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 has a Windows 8 certified uefi. I already had Windows 8 Pro x64 installed on my OCZ Vertex 3 MaxIOP's ssd. Irealize I have to clean install everything due to the new mobo. I'm new to the uefi and need guidence on...

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...

What is the difference between the UEFI BIOS vs the legacy BIOS? Is there a difference in system performance using the UEFI BIOS?

Hi. I plan to buy Macrium Reflect Pro (MR). I tested latest build 5529 (version 5.1) trial a couple of days now. Some questions came up ... I use Windows 7 & Ubuntu 12.10 on a GPT HDD inside a UEFI system. 1. Can I backup the GPT structure of the HDD, meaning I can restore on bare metal? 2...

Encountered this problem when trying to install windows: I couldnt install windows in C ,neither to format that partition because of this message [Windows cannot be installed to this disk. The selected disk has an MBR partition table. On EFI systems, Windows can only be installed to GPT disks]...

I just received my new Dell Inspiron 15R-5520 64 bit laptop running Windows 8. It came with a new BIOS that supports both UEFI and Legacy. Compared to the BIOS on my old Dell Inspiron laptop it seems very insecure. I'm referring to access to the boot order. In my old BIOS I could set a password...

I'm trying to install Win 8 Pro. After a few mins into the beginning of the install, I receive the following error "Windows cannot read the <Productkey> setting from the unattend answer file." Pretty much all the solutions I've come across during a search deal with this error and installing in a...

Hi Guys, I have a fresh install of Windows 8 Pro on a new PC and have done for some weeks. On Friday i hit the shutdown option Update and Restart. On the Saturday (yesterday) I turned on my machine to greeted with the Windows 8 Logo then a blank screen and doesn't boot at all into Windows...

When did computers start using this thing called ueifi I believe? Confusing to say the least and for me at least not that easy to get to. The only complaint as such I have with my new Sony laptop. I never can seem to remember which function key gets me there, and from what I have seen of it...