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What is the difference in “Boot with BIOS” and “Boot with UEFI”
I keep hearing about Windows8 now supporting UEFI. Can someone explain concisely what it means and how it is different from the traditional BIOS?
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Related: http://superuser.com/questions/332962/what-can-an-end-user-do-with-efi-or-uefi – Canadian Luke Oct 30 '12 at 22:43
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1Not a Windows 8 question :-) – Mikhail Oct 30 '12 at 22:43
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See also http://superuser.com/questions/496026/what-is-the-difference-in-boot-with-bios-and-boot-with-uefi – Matthew Wong Oct 30 '12 at 22:44
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UEFI is similar to an OS like BIOS but is not tied to any architecture. Also, UEFI is an interface and can be implemented on top of a BIOS.
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