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    Windows 10 on legacy bios... am I doing the right thing?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by ipwn3r456, Sep 17, 2015.

  1. ipwn3r456

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    Hello everyone,

    I just got my laptop a week ago and installed Windows 7 on Legacy BIOS, later upgraded to Windows 10. Everything is working fine and such, but since everyone's talking about how good UEFI is, am I missing anything from running Windows 10 on Legacy BIOS over UEFI? Am I doing the right thing? I just want to know your opinions about this, thanks.
     
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    IMO it defeats one of the main reasons to upgrade to Windows 10. Heck the main 2 reasons I upgraded to Windows 10 is to have UEFI boot which speeds up the time your computer needs from the moment you restart or turn it on to get to the desktop. I don't know about you but for me every second counts in my life....

    That and the DX12 support, other than that Windows 10 is a big fail in every other aspect. So by choosing Legacy boot or UEFI with OPROM support AKA UEFI with CMS Enabled defeats the whole purpose.

    If I was in your shoes, I would format and follow this guide and install in pure UEFI mode (no CMS support/No legacy ROM):

    NBR Windows 10 Clean Installation Guide
     
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    I am not sure what to do right now. After I set UEFI enabled on my BIOS, pressing F7 to the boot options does not show my USB flash drive (which I have set up correctly for a UEFI bootable flash drive). Why does this happen?

    EDIT: Never mind. Got it fixed.
     
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    Remember to take full advantage of the UEFI boot speed the disk must be wiped using disk part so that a when you create the partitions through the windows setup wizard they Windows will automatically create a GPT disk for you if you had actually wiped it using diskpart before attempting of create the partition
     
    Spartan@HIDevolution, Sep 18, 2015
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