UEFI BIOS experience

[Olexijl]

Hello,

A friend of mine bought brandnew HP PC, (p6-2279eg) and i wanted to install Win7 on it from a DVD. Of course i wanted to start the PC from the DVDc first, but i cannot access the UEFI BIOS to change the boot settings.

On my PC (my own) i don`t have UEFI, i have just normal BIOS where i can press DEL to access it. While booting i get a message what key to press.

On that PC of a friend (she is not experienced) i don't know what key to press to access it and how to disable it to get normal start sequence and change boot settings.

F1, F2, DEL, F10, ESC - nothing works. In addition there is no message what to press (the system just boots from HDD without a question).

There are 2 partitions. One is normal C:\ and one is marked as system RECOVERY.

Someone can help with HP crapshit?

[Grey Ghost]

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?cc=nz&lc=en&dlc=en&docname=c00034791

[Olexijl]

Thanks. I will try it out.

I never thought it will be that complicated. There is no message, no splashscreen, simply nothing i can try out to access the BIOS.

[Knightmare]

My only option was to erase everything on the drive, then go into the BIOS and change it to the standard BIOS.

[stylemessiah]

My only option was to erase everything on the drive, then go into the BIOS and change it to the standard BIOS.

Well thats one way to go :)

Theres a list of reasons why you should use UEFI, and a few why you shouldnt (mainly due to evil secureboot)

[stylemessiah]

Hello,

A friend of mine bought brandnew HP PC, (p6-2279eg) and i wanted to install Win7 on it from a DVD. Of course i wanted to start the PC from the DVDc first, but i cannot access the UEFI BIOS to change the boot settings.

On my PC (my own) i don`t have UEFI, i have just normal BIOS where i can press DEL to access it. While booting i get a message what key to press.

On that PC of a friend (she is not experienced) i don't know what key to press to access it and how to disable it to get normal start sequence and change boot settings.

F1, F2, DEL, F10, ESC - nothing works. In addition there is no message what to press (the system just boots from HDD without a question).

There are 2 partitions. One is normal C:\ and one is marked as system RECOVERY.

Someone can help with HP crapshit?

Probably worth pointing out that F10 has been the BIOS key for HP for some time.

Second its worth pointing out you shouldnt install onto the RECOVERY partition :) especially/if only in case your friend needs to do a factory restore at some point. Of course installing another Windows version over the existing install will likely remove the ability to boot into the recovery partition, so boot into the current version of windows and create a set of recovery DVD's before you installl Windows 7 from your DVD

[bigcid10]

seeing is you didn't understand what you were doing ,you should gave it someone who did

f10 is the key.you shouldn't put down hp when it was you who was without knowledge

[Knightmare]

My only option was to erase everything on the drive, then go into the BIOS and change it to the standard BIOS.

Well thats one way to go :)

Theres a list of reasons why you should use UEFI, and a few why you shouldnt (mainly due to evil secureboot)

My Win7 wouldn't load onto my computer until I erased the UEFI partition :dunno:

Edited August 13, 2013 by Knightmare

[Olexijl]

Thanks for response.

According to the link posted in 2nd post (thanks to Grey Ghost) i have a shortened startup, without a screen.

Quote from the document.

Accessing the BIOS Setup Menu

There are at least three different ways to access the BIOS setup menus depending on the type of CPU, the BIOS, and when the notebook was built. For most models, after you press the power button to turn On the computer, a prompt displays to specify what key to press to enter BIOS or Windows or diagnostic functions. For newer computers, it will be the F10 key or the Esc key, however, on very old computers, you may be prompted to press the Delete key to enter a Setup function. If you do not press the suggested key at the proper time and the computer continues though the boot process, you will need to shutdown the computer and try the boot process again.

• Pre-UEFI, before 2008 for most models.
  With the computer turned Off, press the power button to turn On the computer, and repeatedly press the F10 key. Normally, the Compaq or HP splash screen will display a message to press F10 to enter the BIOS just before the BIOS menu is displayed.

• UEFI Enabled, 2008 to mid 2011 for most models.
  If the computer has the UEFI pre-BIOS environment, when the Compaq or HP splash screen displays, you are prompted to press Escape to enter Start Up Menu. Then there is a prompt to press F10 to enter the BIOS Setup.
  Because of the different types of CPUs and BIOS configurations, it may be possible to turn On the power and press F10 for the BIOS without going through the UEFI Start Up Menu.

• Shortened Startup without splash screen, mid-2011 or later for most models.
  To help computers start faster, on some models the Compaq or HP splash screen is not displayed during the start up process. In this case, after pressing the power button, repeatedly press the Esc key to enter the Start Up Menu, and follow the prompt to press F10 to enter the BIOS Setup.

This is the 3rd case. The F10 key alone isn't working, you have to press ESC some times before to enter the Start Up Menu.

PS: If i have the 3rd case, how can i disable UEFI and return to default BIOS?

Edited August 14, 2013 by Olexijl