uefi

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...

Hello all, I decided to come here and try out the windows7forums and see if they want my company and helpful insight. I was banned from sevenforums for, you guessed it, no good reason. (They seem to have a track record of doing that.) I hope, as I have heard, that Windows7Forums will treat me...

I have been playing around with the Secure Boot feature to see if I could tell what properties it might show. Currently, to enable the full Secure Boot feature, I have to use the on board graphics, since my Graphics card does not have a UEFI Op Rom. So far, I know Windows 7 will not boot on...

I installed Windows 7 x64 Professional on a GPT partition and am booting through UEFI. The floppy controller is detect but the floppy disk drive itself is not detected. Does anyone know why this is? I know I am not the only one with this situation.

I try to add a second internal SATA 6 hard drive to my computer. On restart, Windows 8 gives a message "Preparing for Repair" and after few seconds it restarts computer and again the same message and continues to restart. This SATA was already working smoothly with Windows 7 and Windows 8 RP...

I have a parallel (independent drives) install of Windows 7 and Windows 8 and choose which one from the boot device menu. Ever since I have been running Windows 8 CP and RP, I have been getting Chkdsk requests whenever I boot into Windows 7 after having been in Windows 8. Has anyone else...

I'm using a GA z77x-UD5H and it has its own UEFI dualBios. I am using an external dvd drive to try and install windows 7 because I just built this pc. I have nothing on my HDD yet. All I am trying to do is figure out how to boot using the DVD drive to install windows.

It has come to light, that a UEFI installed system, will fail to boot if a secondary drive is attached which contains logical partitions. This would have to be an MBR configured drive, of course, but if it has at least one primary and one extended partition, it will stop Windows 7 and Windows 8...

I have recently bought Asus G75VW and tried to install W7 DVD as i usually use to but I could not install W7 because it was a gpt partition= Disk 0 containes 4 partitions: 1=System 200MB, 2= MSR 128MB, 3= gpt 95,4 GB and 4=Data 118,4 GB. Disk 0 is a SSD. Disk 1 is 750GB so thera are two...