Converting boot from legacy to UEFI
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There is a much better and more detailed description of the conversion to UEFI process here: I suggest you read: Preparing a Drive for UEFI Boot[^] About a month ago my desktop started to develop speed wobbles. I got repeated blue screens, computer freezes and spontaneous restarts. Thinking it may be a virus, I ran tests and found nothing, so I thought it may be faulty memory, but memory diagnostics revealed nothing. Other hardware diagnostics from Dell revealed nothing. I replaced the system drive and re-installed Windows on a clean partition. It made no difference and I got fed up with the machine. It was time to replace it anyway, so I ordered a new Dell XPS desktop. The new machine had DDR4 memory and a 3.4GHz processor that can spike up to 4GHz. It is lightning fast, but Dell supplied it with a clunky 7200 RPM drive that slowed it down. So I took the Samsung SSD from my old machine and replaced the systems drive. Of course, the new machine is capable of booting UEFI. At first I installed Windows 10 for legacy boot, but it bothered me that I was not using UEFI, so I decided to redo the installation. I have never done a UEFI install and was in for a rude awakening! It took me the better part of a day, just to get the partitions right and convince BIOS to boot from the new UEFI partition. I suffered several misfires and restarts of the disk preparation, before I got it right. If you do not boot UEFI at the moment and are interested, I seriously advise you to be prepared to recover your existing setup if you fail with the UEFI option: Create a system image of your existing setup and a repair disc from which you can boot and install the image if you decide to give up. Make sure your BIOS is not already booting UEFI, and if you are interested in proceeding, you will need the following to prepare a UEFI setup: The tiny Windows PE operating system installed on a bootable CD or USB drive. It is barely 300MB in size, so it fits comfortably on a CD. You will need the DISKPART tool of Win PE to proceed. Note: There is a free third party tool, called Rufus, that you can use, but I decided to stick with Microsoft tools. To get Win PE, download and run the Windows ADK from here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.a
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There is a much better and more detailed description of the conversion to UEFI process here: I suggest you read: Preparing a Drive for UEFI Boot[^] About a month ago my desktop started to develop speed wobbles. I got repeated blue screens, computer freezes and spontaneous restarts. Thinking it may be a virus, I ran tests and found nothing, so I thought it may be faulty memory, but memory diagnostics revealed nothing. Other hardware diagnostics from Dell revealed nothing. I replaced the system drive and re-installed Windows on a clean partition. It made no difference and I got fed up with the machine. It was time to replace it anyway, so I ordered a new Dell XPS desktop. The new machine had DDR4 memory and a 3.4GHz processor that can spike up to 4GHz. It is lightning fast, but Dell supplied it with a clunky 7200 RPM drive that slowed it down. So I took the Samsung SSD from my old machine and replaced the systems drive. Of course, the new machine is capable of booting UEFI. At first I installed Windows 10 for legacy boot, but it bothered me that I was not using UEFI, so I decided to redo the installation. I have never done a UEFI install and was in for a rude awakening! It took me the better part of a day, just to get the partitions right and convince BIOS to boot from the new UEFI partition. I suffered several misfires and restarts of the disk preparation, before I got it right. If you do not boot UEFI at the moment and are interested, I seriously advise you to be prepared to recover your existing setup if you fail with the UEFI option: Create a system image of your existing setup and a repair disc from which you can boot and install the image if you decide to give up. Make sure your BIOS is not already booting UEFI, and if you are interested in proceeding, you will need the following to prepare a UEFI setup: The tiny Windows PE operating system installed on a bootable CD or USB drive. It is barely 300MB in size, so it fits comfortably on a CD. You will need the DISKPART tool of Win PE to proceed. Note: There is a free third party tool, called Rufus, that you can use, but I decided to stick with Microsoft tools. To get Win PE, download and run the Windows ADK from here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.a
Hi Cornelius, There's a lot of good information in this post; why not write this up as a Tip/Trick so it will not just submerge in the Lounge-spate, and you will get the recognition you deserve.
«Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.» Benjamin Franklin
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Hi Cornelius, There's a lot of good information in this post; why not write this up as a Tip/Trick so it will not just submerge in the Lounge-spate, and you will get the recognition you deserve.
«Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.» Benjamin Franklin
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Hi Cornelius, There's a lot of good information in this post; why not write this up as a Tip/Trick so it will not just submerge in the Lounge-spate, and you will get the recognition you deserve.
«Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.» Benjamin Franklin
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Hi Cornelius, There's a lot of good information in this post; why not write this up as a Tip/Trick so it will not just submerge in the Lounge-spate, and you will get the recognition you deserve.
«Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.» Benjamin Franklin
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Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
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Thanks for the upvote. I will do as you suggest! :)
How do we preserve the wisdom men will need, when their violent passions are spent? - The Lost Horizon
Great info. It'll make a great article. :thumbsup:
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There is a much better and more detailed description of the conversion to UEFI process here: I suggest you read: Preparing a Drive for UEFI Boot[^] About a month ago my desktop started to develop speed wobbles. I got repeated blue screens, computer freezes and spontaneous restarts. Thinking it may be a virus, I ran tests and found nothing, so I thought it may be faulty memory, but memory diagnostics revealed nothing. Other hardware diagnostics from Dell revealed nothing. I replaced the system drive and re-installed Windows on a clean partition. It made no difference and I got fed up with the machine. It was time to replace it anyway, so I ordered a new Dell XPS desktop. The new machine had DDR4 memory and a 3.4GHz processor that can spike up to 4GHz. It is lightning fast, but Dell supplied it with a clunky 7200 RPM drive that slowed it down. So I took the Samsung SSD from my old machine and replaced the systems drive. Of course, the new machine is capable of booting UEFI. At first I installed Windows 10 for legacy boot, but it bothered me that I was not using UEFI, so I decided to redo the installation. I have never done a UEFI install and was in for a rude awakening! It took me the better part of a day, just to get the partitions right and convince BIOS to boot from the new UEFI partition. I suffered several misfires and restarts of the disk preparation, before I got it right. If you do not boot UEFI at the moment and are interested, I seriously advise you to be prepared to recover your existing setup if you fail with the UEFI option: Create a system image of your existing setup and a repair disc from which you can boot and install the image if you decide to give up. Make sure your BIOS is not already booting UEFI, and if you are interested in proceeding, you will need the following to prepare a UEFI setup: The tiny Windows PE operating system installed on a bootable CD or USB drive. It is barely 300MB in size, so it fits comfortably on a CD. You will need the DISKPART tool of Win PE to proceed. Note: There is a free third party tool, called Rufus, that you can use, but I decided to stick with Microsoft tools. To get Win PE, download and run the Windows ADK from here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.a
Waiting for the tip or article to upvote and bookmark :thumbsup:
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Waiting for the tip or article to upvote and bookmark :thumbsup:
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver "When you have eliminated the JavaScript, whatever remains must be an empty page." -- Mike Hankey "just eat it, eat it"."They're out to mold, better eat while you can" -- HobbyProggy
Thanks! I submitted the article as a tip/trick yesterday. It must be waiting in the queue at the moment. It is also a little more detailed than the posting above.
How do we preserve the wisdom men will need, when their violent passions are spent? - The Lost Horizon
