{"id":30590,"date":"2025-08-03T09:06:46","date_gmt":"2025-08-03T13:06:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/?p=30590"},"modified":"2025-08-03T09:06:46","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T13:06:46","slug":"how-to-access-uefi-bios-settings-in-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/how-to-access-uefi-bios-settings-in-windows\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Access UEFI (BIOS) Settings in Windows"},"content":{"rendered":"

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How to Access UEFI (BIOS) Settings in Windows<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

If your PC or laptop is less than 7 or 8 years old, there\u2019s a good chance you\u2019ll have a UEFI rather than traditional (legacy) BIOS onboard.\u00a0\u00a0UEFI firmware is faster and more powerful than BIOS and supports hard drives larger than 2 TB. There are more technical differences, too. For more information, please visit\u00a0this page<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to\u00a0Techtarget.com<\/a>,<\/span><\/p>\n

“\u2026Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) is a specification for a software program that connects a computer\u2019s firmware to its operating system (OS). UEFI is expected to eventually replace BIOS. Like BIOS, UEFI is installed at the time of manufacturing and is the first program that runs when a computer is turned on\u2026<\/em>“<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

You can tell if you have UEFI or legacy BIOS this way:<\/span><\/p>\n

Step 1: Right-click on the Start button<\/span><\/p>\n

Step 2: Click \u201cRun\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Step 3: In the Run box, type:<\/span><\/p>\n

MSINFO32<\/span><\/p>\n

Step 4: Press Enter<\/span><\/p>\n

Look next to BIOS mode. If you see UEFI, your motherboard has the newer type of BIOS (UEFI). If you see \u201cLegacy,\u201d then your computer has the older type of BIOS.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Most of the time, the only reason you need to access the UEFI(BIOS) is to change the boot order. When you set the boot order it tells your computer in what order it should look for bootable media. The currently recommended boot sequence is:<\/span><\/p>\n

USB<\/span>
\nCD\/DVD Drive<\/span>
\nHard Drive (Windows)<\/span><\/p>\n

Why this order? This order allows you to boot your computer from a bootable USB flash drive (e.g., a Windows installation USB drive), a bootable CD or DVD (e.g., a Windows installation DVD), or from your hard drive.\u00a0 In non-technical terms, this means when you turn on your computer, it will look for boot media in a USB slot first, the CD\/DVD drive second, and the hard drive last. This means that unless you have a bootable USB flash drive in a USB port or a bootable CD or DVD in your DVD\/CD drive, your computer will boot from your hard drive, which is what you usually want.<\/span><\/p>\n

The reason for the boot sequence is to allow you to boot from a USB flash drive or CD\/DVD should you need to. Why would you need to? If your PC fails to boot from the hard drive and you want to access Windows troubleshooting tools, by booting from a Windows installation USB flash drive or DVD\u2026 or if you want to install an operating system or do a repair installation of Windows<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

How to access UEFI(BIOS)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

There are two ways to open the UEFI(BIOS). When you first boot your computer, before it loads Windows, you might still see the traditional \u2018Press F2 for setup\u2019 on the screen (it depends on the manufacturer). If you do, you can press F2 to enter UEFI (BIOS) setup. For most computers, you\u2019ll need to press the F2 key quickly before your PC starts to load Windows, or it won\u2019t work.<\/span><\/p>\n

In Windows 10 or Windows 11, you can access UEFI(BIOS) from the Settings app. From UEFI(BIOS), you can change your boot order and make other basic settings changes.<\/span><\/p>\n

CAUTION! You can cause serious damage to your computer by tinkering with the UEFI(BIOS)\u2026 so please be certain you know what you\u2019re doing.<\/span><\/p>\n

If you don\u2019t have an F2 option when you start your PC before Windows loads, or you don\u2019t want to use or don’t see that option, you can do this:<\/span><\/p>\n

If you’re using Windows 10:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Step 1.\u00a0 Right-click the start button.<\/span><\/p>\n

Step 2.\u00a0 Click on Settings.<\/span><\/p>\n

Step 3.\u00a0 Click on \u201cUpdate & Security\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

Step 4.\u00a0 Click on \u201cRecovery\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

Step 5.\u00a0 In \u201cRecovery\u201d under \u201cAdvanced startup\u201d, click \u201cRestart now\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

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If you’re using Windows 11:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1. Right-click on the Start button.<\/span><\/p>\n

2. Click on Settings.<\/span><\/p>\n

3. Click on System > Recovery.<\/span><\/p>\n

4. Find “Advanced startup” and click the “Restart now” button.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Step 6.\u00a0 After restarting, select \u201cTroubleshoot\u201d from the Advanced Boot Menu.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Step 7.\u00a0 Choose Advanced options.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Select UEFI Firmware Settings.<\/span><\/p>\n

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After you click on UEFI Firmware settings, you\u2019ll see an option to restart your PC to enter UEFI(BIOS) settings.<\/span><\/p>\n

Click Restart to restart the system and enter UEFI (BIOS). When you are done working in the UEFI(BIOS), you\u2019ll have an option to \u201cSave & Exit\u201d. After you exit, you can restart your computer normally.<\/span><\/p>\n

Remember, each computer manufacturer and UEFI(BIOS) has different interfaces for user management of UEFI(BIOS) settings. If you don’t know how to change a UEFI BIOS setting, please check with your computer manufacturer.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  How to Access UEFI (BIOS) Settings in Windows If your PC or laptop is less than 7 or 8 years old, there\u2019s a good chance you\u2019ll have a UEFI rather than traditional (legacy) BIOS onboard.\u00a0\u00a0UEFI firmware is faster and more powerful than BIOS and supports hard drives larger than 2 TB. There are more technical differences, too.\u2026 Read More »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13977,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4353,3948,4221,4299],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30590"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30590"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30590\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30591,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30590\/revisions\/30591"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}