Just before we start, you should know that this post is not about switching firmware modes. If you are planning to move from legacy BIOS to UEFI, you will have to use MBR2GPT Tool. So if you are in a ...

My MSI Z97 motherboard (updated to the latest bios) seems to regard all of my bootable devices - SSD, HD, DVD-RW, flash drives - as legacy only. Specifically, if I switch to "Windows 8/8.1/10 mode", ...

To understand the transition from legacy BIOS to UEFI firmware, it’s best to begin with a review of a decades-old system—the 1983 IBM-compatible PC—and continue with a study of its successor ...

Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) is one of the most important pieces of software to boot an operating system on a computer. BIOS being an alternative to UEFI already is less preferred when ...

I am having a hard time upgrading to Windows 11 on my custom set up. I have a Gigabyte Aorus 570 Extreme Motherboard. I updated the Bios to F35d. I keep getting a message that I need to switch the PC ...