{"id":691,"date":"2018-02-04T06:46:17","date_gmt":"2018-02-04T06:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/?p=691"},"modified":"2018-02-04T06:46:17","modified_gmt":"2018-02-04T06:46:17","slug":"uefi-mode-legacy-bios-mode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/tweaks\/uefi-mode-legacy-bios-mode\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Tell If Windows 10 Runs in UEFI Mode or in the Legacy BIOS Mode"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You might want to find your current BIOS version in order to see if your device has the latest BIOS or UEFI firmware release installed.<\/p>\n<p>BIOS is a special software built into the computer\u2019s motherboard. It starts the operating system installed on the PC. It is also referred to as main board firmware.<\/p>\n<p>UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) is a modern version of firmware created as a replacement for BIOS. It is intended to address the limitations of BIOS and make the initial hardware configuration more flexible and simple.<\/p>\n<h3>Here is How to Tell If Windows 10 Runs in UEFI Mode or in the Legacy BIOS Mode:<\/h3>\n<div class=\"w10steps\">\n<ul>\n<li>STEP 1: Press the <img src=\"http:\/\/info.greatis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/win-r-combination.png\" alt=\"win-r-combination\" class=\"responsive-img\" \/> hotkeys together on the keyboard and type <i><b>msinfo32<\/b><\/i> command in your Run box and press OK (or hit Enter key) to open the System Information app.<br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/info.greatis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/windows-10-run-msinfo32.png\" alt=\"windows-10-run-msinfo32\" class=\"responsive-img\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>STEP 2: Click the System Summary section on the left. In the System Summary section, look at the BIOS mode value in the right pane. It can have the value &#8216;Legacy&#8217; or &#8216;UEFI&#8217;. The legacy mode means that your hardware does not support UEFI, or that it&#8217;s disabled for some compatibility reasons.<br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/02\/windows-10-check-legacy-uefi-mode.png\" alt=\"windows 10 check legacy or uefi BIOS mode\" class=\"responsive-img\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<p>You can use this information in case you need to create some bootable media such as a USB stick. Using the output from MSInfo32, you can be sure which type, bootable UEFI USB stick or bootable USB stick (legacy) to create to install Windows 10.\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is How to Tell If Windows 10 Runs in UEFI Mode or in the Legacy BIOS Mode<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":693,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How to Tell If Windows 10 Runs in UEFI Mode or in the Legacy BIOS Mode - Windows Tips, tricks, Hacks and Tweaks<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Here is How to Tell If Windows 10 Runs in UEFI Mode or in the Legacy BIOS Mode\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/tweaks\/uefi-mode-legacy-bios-mode\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to Tell If Windows 10 Runs in UEFI Mode or in the Legacy BIOS Mode - 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