The Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) was designed to initialize the hardware faster than the legacy BIOS and help the OS to boot in normal conditions.

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Starting with Windows Vista, Microsoft supports EFI installation of Windows. This means that we can install Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 and 8.1 or Windows 10 using the UEFI mode.

Beginning with Windows 8, UEFI was added both, for 32-bit and 64-bit editions. With UEFI, the booting speed of the operating system will increase significantly.

Do you want to find out how to install Windows correctly in UEFI mode? Find below a helpful guide, that will help you install Windows 10 in UEFI mode.

How can I install Windows 10 using UEFI?

  • You need to get the official DVD of Windows 10. If you don’t have a DVD drive in your computer, then you have to create a Windows 10 bootable UEFI USB drive.Note: You don’t know how to create a bootable UEFI USB drive? Check out this amazing guide and learn how to do it like a pro.
  • Change the boot order in your UEFI system:
  • You need to go to the login screen;
  • Left click on the “Shutdown” button;
  • Hold the “Shift” key and click on the “Restart” feature; if Shift key doesn’t work, take a look at this simple guide to solve the issue.
  • A sub menu will open. Left click on the “Troubleshoot” feature;
  • Left click on the “Advanced options” feature;
  • Left click on the “UEFI Firmware settings”;
  • Left click on the “Restart” button;
  • After restart, the computer will enter in UEFI mode (the interface is similar with the well known BIOS);
  • Navigate to “Boot” tab and enable the “Launch CSM” feature;
  • Go to “Security” tab and disable the “Secure boot control” feature;
  • Before you exit the UEFI mode, you need to save changes;
  • The system will restart. Please insert the bootable USB drive or the DVD into the CD/DVD drive;
  • Enter again in the UEFI mode. In the “Boot” tab you will see the Windows 10 bootable drive;
  • Left click on the bootable drive and enter Windows Setup;
  • When Windows Setup starts, you will need to reformat the hard drive using the GPT partition table; if you don’t know how to do that, follow the easy steps in this article and get it done in no time.
  • After formatting, click the “Next” button and you will get the following partitions:
  • Drive 0 Partition 1: Recovery –type Recovery;
  • Drive 0 Partition 2: System- this is an EFI partition that contains the core OS files, which are required to boot the operating system;
  • Drive 0 Partition 3: MSR- it is a partition that reserves space on each hard drive for Windows internal use;
  • Drive 0 Partition 4: Primary- this is the partition where all users data and Windows will be stored;
  • Check the Primary partition and left click on the “Next” button;
  • Follow the setup wizard in order to install a fresh copy of Windows 10;

This is it. I hope the guide described above will help you install Windows 10 on your UEFI system without any issues.

  • You need to go to the login screen;

  • Left click on the “Shutdown” button;

  • Hold the “Shift” key and click on the “Restart” feature; if Shift key doesn’t work, take a look at this simple guide to solve the issue.

  • A sub menu will open. Left click on the “Troubleshoot” feature;

  • Left click on the “Advanced options” feature;

  • Left click on the “UEFI Firmware settings”;

  • Left click on the “Restart” button;

  • After restart, the computer will enter in UEFI mode (the interface is similar with the well known BIOS);

  • Navigate to “Boot” tab and enable the “Launch CSM” feature;

  • Go to “Security” tab and disable the “Secure boot control” feature;

  • Before you exit the UEFI mode, you need to save changes;

  • The system will restart. Please insert the bootable USB drive or the DVD into the CD/DVD drive;

  • Enter again in the UEFI mode. In the “Boot” tab you will see the Windows 10 bootable drive;

  • Left click on the bootable drive and enter Windows Setup;

  • Drive 0 Partition 1: Recovery –type Recovery;

  • Drive 0 Partition 2: System- this is an EFI partition that contains the core OS files, which are required to boot the operating system;

  • Drive 0 Partition 3: MSR- it is a partition that reserves space on each hard drive for Windows internal use;

  • Drive 0 Partition 4: Primary- this is the partition where all users data and Windows will be stored;

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