Difference: installing win10 in uefi mode and not

[AnTiLooP]

Does anyone know the difference? Tbh i never knew that this was an option and only found out recently it's available.

Hard to find information on it though, regarding differences pros/cons.

 

[Psycovirus]

Installing Windows 10 on UEFI is faster to boot than Legacy.

My system, UEFI Fast boot in about 5 seconds compared to Legacy's 14 sec...

Other than that, UEFI can only have 1 OS while Legacy, you can boot different OS(s)

Edit: I'm wrong about UEFI only having 1 OS. Can be configured for multi boot.

 

[jaloon]

It also allows Bitlocker with Secureboot and Intel TPM2.0.

 

[hawthorne]

Recently tried UEFI, and it bricked my Mobo bios. Dun ask / tell me it's not possible etc. It just happened. I also dunno y

RMAed Mobo and running back on legacy. The Mobo is a H270 one, so it's brand new

 

[AnTiLooP]

Recently tried UEFI, and it bricked my Mobo bios. Dun ask / tell me it's not possible etc. It just happened. I also dunno y

RMAed Mobo and running back on legacy. The Mobo is a H270 one, so it's brand new

Isnt uefi already present on current gen of mobos ?

 

[hawthorne]

Isnt uefi already present on current gen of mobos ?

Yea. I meant enabled UEFI boot and installed Windows on UEFI mode. Doing this bricked my Mobo. Boot loop, no BIOS screen.

So I RMAed it, and configured it to leqacy mode and reinstalled windows

 

[86technie]

Isnt uefi already present on current gen of mobos ?

Since the introduction of Windows 8, UEFI shorten boot time.
From BIOS to desktop instantly that is how UEFI boots.
Legacy is BIOS to OS partition than desktop

 

[AnTiLooP]

Since the introduction of Windows 8, UEFI shorten boot time.
From BIOS to desktop instantly that is how UEFI boots.
Legacy is BIOS to OS partition than desktop

Thanks. Guess there is no way to convert it right?

 

[Rashkae]

Thanks. Guess there is no way to convert it right?

Have you heard of Google?

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/5831-boot-uefi-firmware-settings-inside-windows-10-a.html

 

[AnTiLooP]

Have you heard of Google?

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/5831-boot-uefi-firmware-settings-inside-windows-10-a.html

Of cause but....

This option is only available if windows was build in uefi mode and its irrelevant to the article uve posted.

 

[Koenig168]

Thanks. Guess there is no way to convert it right?

Your BIOS might have an option to boot either in Legacy or UEFI mode.

Do note that if you change modes, you will need to do a fresh Windows installation.

 

[Rock-kun]

Other than that, UEFI can only have 1 OS while Legacy, you can boot different OS(s)

Don't spread misinformation. Multiboot is very possible on EFI.

In legacy mode, the boot disk cannot be formatted as GPT and the bootloader is installed on the first sector of the HDD known as the MBR. This MBR is not touchable by any filesystem and OSes under most situations.

On EFI, the OS installer creates a 100MB FAT32 EFI system partition and dumps the bootloader in this partition.

Since the introduction of Windows 8, UEFI shorten boot time.
From BIOS to desktop instantly that is how UEFI boots.
Legacy is BIOS to OS partition than desktop

EFI does not skip the OS partition. It still has to access the EFI system partition on the HDD.

Fast Boot is not a feature of EFI. It already existed on a few legacy BIOSes primarily to allow Windows to skip hardware initialization.

Legacy BIOS cannot accept boot drives larger than 2,1TB. The 64bit nature of EFI eliminates this restriction.

 

[Entry Level PC]

Yea. I meant enabled UEFI boot and installed Windows on UEFI mode. Doing this bricked my Mobo. Boot loop, no BIOS screen.

So I RMAed it, and configured it to leqacy mode and reinstalled windows

yes i using legacy mode too.
personally feel uefi too unsafe as it allow 3rd party to mod your bios.

 

[Psycovirus]

Don't spread misinformation. Multiboot is very possible on EFI.

I'm not trying to spread misinformation. Thanks for the correction. Have much to learn.

 

[AnTiLooP]

Thank you all. Good knowledge sharing and learning.

 

[hawthorne]

Your BIOS might have an option to boot either in Legacy or UEFI mode.

Do note that if you change modes, you will need to do a fresh Windows installation.

Not exactly. U install in UEFI, windows will auto create ur partitioning in GPT format. U can still change to legacy and boot as normal.

But if u install in legacy, windows will create a bootloader in FAT. If u change to UEFI after this, u wun be able to boot