If you want to change the boot priority, enable or disable Secure Boot, or change other low-level settings, you’ll need to boot into UEFI mode. Depending on your motherboard manufacturer, you’ll need to press certain keys or a key combination on your keyboard to access UEFI mode. While the splash screen shows which keys need to be pressed, this can be quite confusing for beginners. If you ever find yourself in this situation, you can boot into UEFI mode directly from Windows. This eliminates the need to press the correct keys as quickly as possible during startup.
Booting UEFI from Windows isn’t difficult. However, you can only do this if your motherboard is compatible or has a UEFI chip. If your motherboard does not support UEFI, you cannot boot UEFI from Windows. That said, most modern motherboards come with a UEFI chip and support both UEFI and legacy BIOS.
If you don’t know or are not sure whether your motherboard is UEFI compatible or not, you can easily check it directly from Windows.
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Check if your system supports UEFI or an older BIOS version
There are several ways to check if you are using UEFI or BIOS.
Windows displays all your system information in a single application called System Information. By accessing the System Information application, you can find out if you are using BIOS or UEFI.
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and press Enter. This action will open the System Information application.
2. Select “System Summary” in the left pane. In the right pane, you can check if you are using BIOS or UEFI next to “BIOS Mode”. If you can see UEFI, your system is using UEFI BIOS. If you see “Legacy,”, your system is using an older BIOS version.
Alternatively, you can also find it using the disk management utility.
1. Open the Start menu, find “Check and Format Hard Disk Partitions” and open them. Don’t worry, we won’t partition or format your hard drive.
2. If you see a partition named “Good (EFI system partition)”, your system is UEFI-compliant. If you don’t have this partition, your system is using an older BIOS version.
After confirming your motherboard’s UEFI support, follow these steps to boot UEFI directly from Windows 10.
Boot the UEFI system from the configuration application
To boot UEFI from the Settings panel, we’re going to use the Advanced Boot Options.
1. Find “Settings” in the Start menu and open it. Go to “Update & Security -> Recovery” and click “Restart now” in the Advanced Startup section.
2. On the advanced startup screen, go to “Troubleshooting -> Advanced options” and click “UEFI Firmware Settings”.
3. On the next screen, click the Restart button to go to the UEFI screen.
Boot to UEFI from the command line
You can also boot UEFI from Windows by running a single command.
1. Find the command prompt in the Start menu, right-click it and select “Run as administrator”.
2. At the command prompt, run the following command:
3. Windows will warn you that the system will reboot in less than a minute.
Close the warning message and save all your work. The system will automatically reboot and boot into UEFI mode.
Please comment below sharing your thoughts and experiences on using the above methods to boot UEFI directly from Windows 10.