- When installing Windows® 7 or Windows Server® 2008 R2 on computers based on Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI), you may need to switch...
- So you might have heard the acronyms BIOS and UEFI thrown around, especially when trying to switch Operating Systems or messing around with overclocking.
- What is UEFI boot mode? UEFI, short for Unified Extensible Firmware Interface, the successor to Legacy BIOS, is a publicly available specification that defines...
- Unlike BIOS, UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) stores all of the information about system initialization in an .efi file instead of a dedicated chip.
- UEFI said their aim is to create “a standardized interface that simplifies and secures platform initialization and firmware bootstrap operations.”
- UEFI is a standardized version of the original Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) specification developed by Intel.
- Lastly, with UEFI a standard firmware will become available on all x86 platforms. UEFI additionally offers the following advantages
- This page will help you learn about UEFI (the modern replacement for the BIOS) and the GPT disk partitioning scheme which goes with it.
- EFI = Extensible Firmware Interface UEFI = Unified Extensible Firmware Interface Effectively the same things. EFI is primarily about booting.
- What is UEFI? (U)EFI stands for (Unified) Extensible Firmware Interface. It's a standard specification for the firmware interface on a computer, and it has been...