hp pavilion g6 not showing legacy support and uefi boot order

[Moabuakb]

my hp pavilion g6 is not showing any uefi option idk why there is no uefi boot order or legacy suppot option i have windows 10 but hp dosent support my laptop because i have windows 10 it only support windows 8 and 7 i was thinking should i upgrade my bios using windows 10 and downloading the update selecting windows 8 as my os and i already have bios version f.66 im going to re-install  the bios update is it safe 

[Huffer · Accepted solution]

You can add uefi support by installing this update which will put the necessary files in an "HP_TOOLS" partition....this will work with Windows 10

https://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers/selfservice/swdetails/HP-Pavilion-g6-Notebook-PC-series/5046257...

F.66 is the newest BIOS so no point in reinstalling BIOS. 

[Moabuakb]

Yes but can u please explain step by step what to do to add uefi support in bios idk what to do in hp hardware diagnostics thanks for the reply 

[Moabuakb]

 look for some reason there is no uefi boot mode or legacy support witch is suppose to change the boot  mode 

 

 

[Huffer]

That is BIOS-pure legacy. Look at the link I posted and click on it. From Windows. Run the app. There is also an option just to make a UEFI bootable thumb drive so you can boot into UEFI and set legacy/UEFI/secure boot. You can install Windows 10 in legacy mode, you know. 

[Moabuakb]

What do you mean there is an option to make uefi bootable and i know my windows 10 is working in legacy bios mode but im trying to say what should i do next. i downloaded the program you added in the link and installed it in the usb and restarted the laptop and i clicked f2 in the keyboard now that im in hp hardware diagnostics page what should i do? 

[Huffer]

What do you want to do? If you are running Windows 10 with the system in legacy boot mode you can't change to secure boot or the system will not boot. Windows has to be installed in either legacy or secure boot and once done it can't be changed. 

[Moabuakb]

Listen im saying uefi option is not showing why dont u understand im not able to change my boot order its not showing the option to change. for example in toshiba pc it shows SATA  controller mode and im able to change it to ACHI or compability here i wanna change boot mode to uefi insted of legacy the problem is it is not giving me an option to change  the bios mode to legacy to uefi even the i have the latest version of bios 

[Huffer]

Your Toshiba is likely an older system.....this computer only handles sata in ahci so that cannot be changed and I have tried to explain why you cannot and should not change the boot mode where Windows 10 was installed in legacy mode. BIOS and UEFI are opposites. BIOS is legacy mode and UEFI is secure boot mode. Two completely different methods of handling the backend of the computer hardware. 

[Moabuakb]

But i saw other hp pavilion g6 computers that have bios legacy and able to chage to uefi and if im not able to change to uefi then why are u gaveing me a link to download uefi support  in my laptop