When the BIOS was too complicated and a minefield for novice users, every tech company introduced the concept of UEFI - Unified Extensible Firmware Interface. UEFI is a PC firmware interface designed to replace the BIOS. UEFI replaced the BIOS with the goal of bringing hardware and software together in mind. It was a big change from the BIOS, better configuration design in UEFI, less chance of accidental changes or crashes, and most importantly, easy to use. It also eliminates the hassle of pressing a psychotic key after seeing the first screen of the logo, to enter the BIOS menu. This might be a big relief for some users. Before UEFI, you had to press different keys on different boot logo screens to access different settings in the BIOS menu. If you can imagine the hassle in that.
Windows 10 UEFI mainly has two features.
- Firmware configuration utility
- Firmware Boot Manager
Firmware configuration utility
This is the main UEFI utility, it can help you change various options and set different values, from boot order to boot timer etc. Windows has a built-in function to access this utility, but manufacturers generally use the Delete or F2 key to activate it.
Firmware Boot Manager
It is usually accessed by pressing Esc, Enter, or any function key while the machine is booting. Basically this helps you make changes… one-time changes to the boot options.
There are two ways to access UEFI in Windows 10
Method 1 via Settings
Access UEFI settings via Settings in Windows 10.
1- Open the start menu.
2- Select Configuration.
3- Next, select the Update and Security option.
4- Once the window is open, click on Recovery.
5- You will be able to see the advanced startup. Under Advanced Startup, click Restart Now.
After pressing Restart Now, the machine will reboot and display the boot menu.
6- Click on Troubleshoot
7- Next, advanced options
8- Click on UEFI Firmware Configuration
9- Finally press Restart.
Now wait for your machine to reboot, it will reboot into UEFI 🙂
Method 2 using physical keys and configuration
Access UEFI BIOS settings via physical keys.
First you need to completely shut down your PC.
1- Turn off your PC completely
2- Turn on the machine.
Note: There are several dedicated keys to enter the BIOS
- Computer ASUS: F2 for all PCs, F2 or DEL
- Acer computer : F2 or DEL
- Dell computer : F2 o F12
- HP computer : F10
- Lenovo (Notebook consumer): F2 o Fn + F2
- Lenovo (Computer desktop): F1
- Lenovo (ThinkPads): Then enter F1.
- M: YES computer : DEL for motherboards and PCs
- Microsoft Area Tablets: Press and hold the button to increase the volume.
- Samsung computer : F2
- Toshiba computer : F2
- Zotac computer : OF
- ASRock computer : F2 or DEL
- source computer : F2
- ECS computer : OF
- Gigabyte / Aorus computer : F2 or DEL
3- As soon as your machine turns on and the first screen of the logo appears, keep pressing the key corresponding to your machine.
If you followed the instructions correctly, you should now have access to your system's UEFI settings. If not, the margin of error is much higher in this procedure, you can try again.
