Uefi Mode Install Your Windows

Just dont choose the Legacy Only option. Step 5. Press F10 to save settings and then exit.

Uefi Mode Install Your Windows

In this article, I will show you how to do that step by step and you dont need to reinstall your Windows.

UEFI is the replacement for BIOS The Recent hardware uses unified extensible firmware interface (UEFI) instead of traditional BIOS.

UEFI is now on its way to replacing outdated BIOS, which is over 40 years old.

Most of the UEFI computers have enabled Legacy boot mode to be compatible with old systems.

As long as your system and hardware supports UEFI, I think you should.

Image Source: Windows XP and Windows 7 32bit do not support UEFI.

If you are using Windows 7 64-bit, Windows 8 or above, you can change Legacy to UEFI mode without data loss if you follow this guide.

In Legacy mode, Windows can only boot from master boot record (MBR) disk.

MBR disks are limited to use 2TB of storage capacity and 4 primary partitions.

Different Approaches As mentioned, since UEFI mode requires GPT disk, so when converting Legacy to UEFI, you need to convert MBR disk to GPT disk.

Normally, you need to wipe the hard drive clean in order to convert your disk to GPT using Disk Management or DiskPart.exe.

Thats why people tell you you need to reinstall Windows for changing to UEFI mode.

Luckily, you dont have to since there are a few ways to convert system disk from MBR to GPT for free.

If you are using Windows 10, you can easily convert MBR to GPT without data loss from command prompt.

Here is how. If you are not using Windows 10, there are other ways to convert MBR to GPT without data loss for free.

Before we proceed further, make sure your computers motherboard support both UEFI boot mode.

If you can see UEFI mode in BIOS settings, your computer surely supports UEFI.

Step 1. Open an elevated command prompt.

You can search for CMD and right click on the result Command Prompt and select Run as administrator.

Step 2. Type the the following command and press Enter: mbr2gpt.exe convert allowfullOS If you have more than 1 hard drive installed on your PC, you need to add disk: parameter to specifiy the system disk that you want to convert.

For example, usually, disk 0 is the system disk, so you just type mbr2gpt convert disk:0 allowfullOS.

When the process is done, you can go to BIOS of your PC to change Legacy to UEFI.

From computers to computers, the steps to Enable UEFI mode is different.

You can refer to the following to configure it.

Step 3. Reboot your PC.

When the motherboard logo appears, continuously press a specific key (F2 or Del) to enter BIOS configuration screen.

If you have no idea which specific key to press for your PC, just press Esc repeatedly.

It will give you the full menu, then you can select BIOS Setup option.

Step 4. Usually, you will find the LegacyUEFI boot mode configuration under Boot tab.

On the recent hardware, you can choose UEFI first, which means it supports UEFI and Legacy at the same time.

Just dont choose the Legacy Only option.

Step 5. Press F10 to save settings and then exit.

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