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‎01-18-2024 01:26 PM

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Product: HP Pavilion dv6t-2000 CTO Entertainment Notebook PC
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (64-bit)

Right now I have an HP Pavilion Dv6t-2000, and I want to switch the boot mode from Legacy to UEFI. I know how to do it, but does my motherboard support it? To do it you are supposed to convert your disk from mbr to gpt. Then, you are supposed to go to your computer's BIOS, and in boot, select uefi boot. Then, you are supposed to save changes and exit BIOS, and the laptop has successfully been converted. The problem is I don't know if my computer supports switching the firmware from Legacy boot to UEFI. Thank you in advance.

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‎01-18-2024 01:33 PM - edited ‎01-18-2024 01:33 PM

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Your notebook does not have a UEFI BIOS.

 

Notebooks with UEFI BIOS' have two lists of boot options--Legacy and EFI.

 

Yours just has one list of boot options and it is not labeled as either since the BIOS is legacy only.

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‎01-18-2024 02:24 PM

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Is there any way to get my computer on UEFI boot?

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‎01-18-2024 02:30 PM

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Unfortunately not. 

 

There's nothing very special about UEFI. 

 

The major advantage is that you can use drives in excess of 2 TB as boot drives. 

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