How to configure UEFI boot in a BIOS that supports UEFI and Legacy boot modes?
Industrial mini computers are widely used, in order to ensure good compatibility, intel 10 generation and below product lines BIOS usually support UEFI and Legacy two boot modes, sometimes because you need to install a newer version of the operating system, so you need to use UEFI mode to install normally. Here's how to configure UEFI only boot in the BIOS.
First, the computer set uefi boot mode note:
1. After uefi boot mode is set in the bios, the corresponding partition type is gpt partition.
2, after setting uefi boot mode in the bios, we need to use tools that support uefi boot, how to make support UEFI boot installation media (Windows11 as an example):How to Create Windows 11 Installation Media?
uefi mode boot process :uefi is used to automatically load the operating system from a pre-booted operating environment to an operating system to save boot time.

Ii. uefi mode Boot process:
(1, after the computer is turned on, power on the self-test, load UEFI firmware, and it initializes the hardware to be used for startup.In
(2, UEFI firmware for EFI partition boot file (efiMicrosoftbootbootmgfw. EFI) boot manager
(3, the startup manager reads the BCD file (efiMicrosoftBCD) system menu in the EFI partition of the hard disk
(4, finally according to the configuration content load bootstrap winload. Efi (Windowssystem32winload. Efi) loading system
uefi boot is a new motherboard boot option that is seen as a successor to the bios. The main feature of uefi is the graphical interface, which is more conducive to the graphical operation of user objects.
3. Setting uefi boot mode:
A wired keyboard is recommended, Press the switch button and press Del to enter BIOS Setup. Press the keyboard arrow keys to select Advanced>CSM Configuration> Set Boot Option filter to [UEFI only]. After the configuration is complete, press F10 to save the configuration and exit.


2. Press F10 to save the Settings. The PC restarts. In this case, press F11 on the keyboard to Enter the Boot Menu. (Note: If you install a hard disk or insert a USB flash drive, but the device is not recognized in the Boot Menu, it may be caused by no UEFI boot item on your hard disk or USB flash drive.)

3. If you need to set the UEFI Boot Option to the first Boot option by default, select Enter Setup in the Boot Menu to go to the BIOS Setup, and select Boot>Boot Option #1 by using arrow keys (for example, UEFI: USB storage device or Windows Boot Manager hard disk), press F10 to save and exit.


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