Re: General Question About BIOS and UEFI
"David W. Hodgins" <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | alt.comp.hardware |
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| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
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On Tue, 27 Jul 2021 10:40:03 -0400, tb <[email protected]> wrote: > Newbie question... > > If I were to purchase some kind of mainstream desktop PC without any OS > preinstalled and if I were to boot up such PC and press F2 repeatedly, > would I find myself in the BIOS screen or the UEFI screen? > > Or maybe the UEFI screen is available only if Microsoft Windows is > installed? It will be a uefi screen on anything produced in the last decade or so. The uefi firmware is stored on the motherboard, not on a disk drive. The software is a customized version of uefi firmware developed by or for the motherboard manufacturer. Note that different systems use different keys, so check the manual. It isn't always f2. Regards, Dave Hodgins -- Change [email protected] to [email protected] for email replies.