The Unified Extensible Firmware Interface BIOS (UEFI) is a specification that defines a software interface between an operating system and platform firmware. UEFI is a replacement for the older BIOS firmware interface present in all IBM PC-compatible personal computers
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Installing debian 7 besides windows 8
I bought a VAIO laptop which Windows 8 preinstalled on it in UEFI mode.
Now I want to install Debian 7 besides Windows 8 but when I entered to the Partition Setup of debian setup menu, there is a ...
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Installing Ubuntu on a GPT partitioned drive
I have changed my system to boot from UEFI instead of BIOS and have installed Windows 7 on my internal SSD which has GPT partition type.
I am trying to install Ubuntu 13.04 on my external HDD. My ...
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How would I reinstall the grub-efi bootloader on Fedora Linux?
I recently installed Fedora 18 using EFI boot. Like the other current linux distributions, it sets up GRUB2 for me.
I have experience with re-installing the BIOS version of GRUB when things go ...
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No display when discrete graphics card inserted
I recently purchased a new desktop PC: HP p7-1423w, i5-3330, HD Graphics 2500 (integrated). The first thing I did was remove Windows 8 and install Linux. A few days later, I was ready to install a ...
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Using the UEFI Shell to Restore Boot Configuration
I am using an embedded board that supports UEFI. It is a new fangled board and comes up with American Megatrends BIOS and a UEFI shell (I am more used to dealing with a bootloader and not a PC BIOS on ...
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Does the EFI boot partition need to be the first partition?
I'm trying to install kubuntu 13.04 and debian wheezy on my laptop with UEFI on. The installation goes fine but when I reboot it shows "no OS found". Could it be because I already have windows 8 on ...
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How to install UEFI BIOS?
I have bought Seagate Barracuda 3tb hard drive. When I start to install windows 8 x64 on that it tells me that
Windows cannot be installed on this disk. The selected disk is of the GPT partition ...
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Migrating Windows 7 from MBR to EFI without formatting
Based on the experience documented in Migrate from MBR to UEFI with an encrypted system partition
I'm considering the opportunity to migrate Windows 7 from the plain ol' MBR to the new GPT/UEFI boot ...
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Unable to boot Windows 7 “error while reading boot configuration data” and inability to restore
I have tried to install Windows 8 Pro over Windows 7 Ultimate, but the installation failed to install the new OS and even to restore the old one.
I get the following error:
File: ...
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UEFI Boot a NTFS Drive
I'm trying to install Windows 8 through a bootable USB flash drive, in UEFI Mode. However, while it does work when the drive is formatted as FAT for some versions of Windows 8, the version I want to ...
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Every windows 8 boot breaks grub
I have Windows 8 and Ubuntu 13.04 dual booting with UEFI and grub. (re-used the windows UEFI partition)
After I used boot-repair, everything seemed fine.
After I boot into Windows, however, I can't ...
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Migrate from MBR to UEFI with an encrypted system partition
I had the idea of converting a live and running openSUSE installation from MBR to GPT/UEFI. I followed this tutorial and successfully converted disk keeping partitions and associated data. My original ...
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Booting ArchLinux image under VirtualBox with EFI mode issue
I've spend a bunch of time trying to boot ArchLinux image using VirtualBox (v.4.2.6) with EFI mode enabled under Windows 7. All I get is UEFI shell without any evidence of image successfully booted. ...
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Does CentOS 6.4 Support UEFI and SECURE BOOT Fully?
Does Minimal Edition of CentOS 6.4 support UEFI & SECURE BOOT fully?
I want to install it besides Windows 8. Now does it install normally or does it not support UEFI & SECURE BOOT fully yet?
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What are the disadvantages of not using UEFI boot?
I bought a Samsung series 9 laptop with 64-bit Windows 8 pre-installed and wish to install Linux (probably Ubuntu 13.04 when it comes out ext week, but also considering mint 14). Now there have been ...
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Installing Windows 7 on notebook with Windows 8 pre installed?
I have just acquired a Dell Inspiron 7720 with Windows 8 pre installed. I want to remove Windows 8 and install Windows 7 in it. Windows 8 is installed in the C: partition which is in GPT style. There ...
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Fix Windows 8 EFI Boot on 32-Bit images
I've been trying to install Windows 8 on a UEFI-based computer using a USB flash drive. As far as I've have been able to gather, there have been some issues with this kind of installation, as the DVD ...
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Installing Windows 8 from DVD (or USB) - Toshiba
I would like to do a clean install of Windows 8. I do not want to use the OEM stuff or do a Windows recovery. I have burned the ISO to a USB drive and when I boot, hit f12, and select USB I get ...
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How to boot in UEFI mode (Intel DP43TF)?
I have Intel DP43TF motherboard and the only option related to UEFI is "UEFI Boot" (Enable/Disable). Like on this screenshot I've found. But whether it is enabled or disabled, I can't see if it has ...
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Gigabyte UEFI DualBios Lingering Boot Option
I have a Gigabyte Z77X-D3H and a while back installed Ubuntu 12.10 on my system. Today I decided to switch back to Windows and formatted the disk for the new install.
While I am not asked which ...
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I used BCDEDIT to dual boot Windows 8 and ubuntu 12.10 [duplicate]
I used
"bcdedit /set {bootmgr} path \EFI\ubuntu\grubx64.efi" following this link http://askubuntu.com/questions/235567/windows-8-removes-grub-as-default-boot-manager to dual boot linux, but now my ...
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How to restore UEFI on a Windows 8 preinstalled laptop
I will explain things as well as I can, but even after a bunch of reading, I am still not too up on UEFI. I generally deal with high level software.
So I have a preinstalled Windows 8 system that ...
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Just installed Fedora 18 and computer is not booting
After some initial trouble, I was able to install Fedora 18, but Had to Disable Secure Boot, disable Fast Boot, and Enable CSM.
Side Note: I was reading that by Enableing CSM I was not going to be ...
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Having problems with booting GRUB for EFI on USB stick
Whatever I do, it constantly drops me into the 'bash prompt'. Never displays a menu, nothing. I'm running GRUB on a USB stick formatted as msdos (so, FAT) and when I boot into it, GRUB simply won't ...
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Install Linux on 3TB HDD [closed]
How do i install Linux (e.g. Debian 6 or Ubuntu Server) on my server box with a single 3TB SATA HDD?
Server is based on Intel D510MO motherboard.
I can install the OS from the USB drive but i can't ...
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Install Windows 8 for second time failed
I've installed Windows 8 successfully and activated it. Then for some reasons it crashed with blue screen (I guess because of wrong VGA driver installed)
Now I can't install the same OS from the same ...
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Windows 8 + UEFI BIOS, “UEFI Firmware Settings” Missing
Originally installed Windows 8 (non-UEFI install) with a GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3 motherboard.
After upgrading the BIOS to a UEFI version and enabling some fast-boot settings and Windows 8 integration, the ...
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Can't install Windows 7 with UEFI off on GPT drive
I need to have Ubuntu and Win7 on my notebook with UEFI.
I had to turn it (UEFI) off to install and boot Ubuntu.
Now I'm tring to install Win7 but it says it can't be installed on the drive with ...
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Can WIndows 8 boot by BIOS?
I have not yet owned a computer with UEFI support. From unreliable source I heard that Windows 8 may boot by BIOS.
However I conducted an experiment on a friend's PC, I turned UEFI off and Windows 8 ...
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How to prevent microsoft windows from running on a pc [closed]
Suggest I have a PC with either a BIOS with the commonly available options or a UEFI. Is there any way to change the settings so NO Windows NT based System will boot anymore (not even Windows PE ...
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Confirmed success with installing linux on Samsung UEFI laptop? [closed]
I am aware that the specific question and possible solution about this has been asked before:
How to safely install GNU/Linux distro on a Samsung UEFI enabled laptop
However what I am looking for is ...
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To dual boot from an SSD with a 2 TB HD for data, must I use UEFI?
I currently have a 120 GB SSD with Windows 7 and a 2 TB harddrive for data. I wanted to install Ubuntu alongside win7 on the SSD but as I am using UEFI I ran into lots of problems and gave up after a ...
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How to re-sign the Windows boot loader to re-enable secure boot on an HP laptop?
I just purchased a "HP Pavilion 15-B055ca (C7C80UA#ABL) Ultrabook" from my local computer store the other day, as well as an SSD hard drive.
I removed the original 500GB HDD, installed a 120GB SSD, ...
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Installing Windows 7 on Acer Aspire E1 471G
I have been trying to install Windows 7 all day with no success. At first, it said that the current system policy is blocking the DVD. I figured out that it was the Secure Boot and I disabled it.
Now ...
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Windows 8 boot into UEFI firmware settings missing
On a homebrew computer I've installed a Intel DX79SR Mainboard, changed the BIOS mode to UEFI and installed Windows 8.
I further switched UEFI to fast booting, which works nicely.
Now I wanted to ...
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Asus P8Z68-V LX UEFI BIOS
I have a had a custom built PC for about 6 months. I'm using an old Dell monitor which can support 1280x1024 but I prefer to keep the resolution at 1024x768 as its easier for me to read.
My ...
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UEFI v/s Lagecy boot
I don't have much idea on uefi and legacy boot modes. Actually I have Windows8 installed in UEFI boot mode, And I just want to use the backtrack in live mode without installing it using legacy mode.
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How to repair Windows 7 boot loader on UEFI system? [duplicate]
On a Windows 7 Home Premium PC, I tried creating a Windows 8 VHD and booting to it. I created a VHD as my E: drive, installed Win8 into it with imagex, and then ran bcdboot E:\Windows. I've done ...
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Is the default Windows 8 UEFI/GPT Partition Scheme necessary?
I'm installing Windows 8 on a UEFI computer with a GPT drive array (RAID 0), and whenever I try to create a new partition the installer creates additional partions according to the default Windows 8 ...
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Do hard drives need a GUID partition table (GPT) to boot in UEFI mode?
Is EFI booting something hardware specific? I have a desktop motherboard with a UEFI Bios, but I can only boot from USB drives in "UEFI" mode. Both the DVD drive and the HDD's (a RAID 0 array) boot ...
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LENOVO desktop computer only boot with F12
I have a new desktop computer: a LENOVO model 3493-BFG with Windows 8.
I started the computer without any problem. Once Windows was automatically set up, I created a recovery media (an USB ...
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Can not boot into windows 8 after cloning HDD to SSD
I have a problem about transition from HDD to SSD.
I have a Sony Vaio laptop (a third gen Intel) which came with a HDD. For higher speeds I bought a new OCZ vector SSD to replace it and a HDD box to ...
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Disk partitions dissapear after installing Ubuntu
I have a 2TB HDD and first installed Windows 7 in a 1.8TB partition, leaving near 200 GB of unused disk to install Ubuntu in the future.
Yesterday I did that, creating 4 partitions:
512 MB ...
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wubi still said files is missing after disable UEFI
after install ubuntu with wubi and select UEFI and csm
UEFI is disabled
however, wubi still said files is missing
do i need to install with wubi again
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Windows 8 can't load from UEFI but loads by selecting the device
just replaced my CD/DVD-ROM in my notebook with an SSD, installed Windows 8 on it but got a damn annoying problem - the computer can't boot by the UEFI, I get the error of winload.exe missing and the ...
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UEFI bootloader
Issue is that EFI systems only allow you to boot using FAT32. I have to deploy multiple images of Windows 8. My WIM image is larger than 4GB and unable to transfer to a FAT32 partition. I've been ...
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Restore Windows 8 EFI after installing Ubuntu EFI
I installed Windows 8 using EFI, and later on I installed Ubuntu using EFI as well.
As I always do, I had trouble with the bootloaders. Ubuntu replaced the bootloader on the EFI, which I was very well ...
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How to boot USB stick in UEFI mode?
we recently bought a new windows 8 laptop, and we are trying to install Ubuntu to it in a dual boot configuration. I downloaded the 64 bit 12.10 iso and put it in a USB stick, both with the utility ...
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How to safely install GNU/Linux distro on a Samsung UEFI enabled laptop
I have already bricked and replaced my Samsung Chronos Series 7 NP700Z3C laptop. I have discussed it in the following question:
Why does my Samsung Chronos 7 not boot anymore after installing Ubuntu?
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Running the same Windows both in KVM and physical
I have kind of an advanced question for you, I would like to install Windows on my hard drive (which is GPT formatted) but I would like to be also able to run it in KVM. To clarify, the same Windows ...
