Difference between revisions of "BIOS and UEFI"

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 =Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI)=
-{{tip|As the UEFI system sits on top of the old BIOS system, UEFI can be disabled or even removed completely to run in '''[[UEFI - Enable Legacy Mode|Legacy Mode]]''', meaning that the BIOS has taken back over.}}
+'''UEFI''' was introduced with Windows 8 as a replacement / upgrade to the BIOS system. One example of this upgrade is that it allows for computers to use hard-disks larger than 2 Terabytes (2,000 Gigabytes). Unfortunately, UEFI was also secretly manipulated by Microsoft in tandem with certain hardware manufacturers to prevent - or at least make it very difficult - to replace or dual boot Windows 8 with another operating system.
-'''UEFI''' was introduced with Windows 8 as a replacement / upgrade to the BIOS system. One example of this upgrade is that it allows for computers to use hard-disks larger than 2 Terabytes (2,000 Gigabytes). Unfortunately, UEFI was also secretly manipulated by Microsoft in tandem with certain hardware manufacturers to prevent - or at least make it very difficult - to replace or dual boot Windows 8 with another operating system.
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 =Basic Input / Output System (BIOS)=
-{{tip|Some unpleasant hardware manufacturers have configured the BIOS to automatically disable the screen backlight if Windows has been removed, resulting in a dim screen. A guide has been provided to '''[[Reactivating_the_Backlight|reactivate the backlight]]'''.}}