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July 7th, 2024 21:03

UEFI problem

Why is there no menu in the bios when selecting UEFI?

Thanks in advance.

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July 7th, 2024 22:07

There's likely no UEFI bootable OS on your hard drive or SSD.

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July 8th, 2024 04:34

@ejn63​ 

I did not understand how it belongs to hard drive or SSD?

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July 8th, 2024 10:56

There needs to be a UEFI boot file on the storage drive in order to boot the system in UEFI mode.  

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July 8th, 2024 18:10

@ ejn63 

How do I know if this computer supports UEFI?

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July 9th, 2024 11:10

@ ejn63 

If my motherboard does not support UEFI then how come in this picture it says uefi but it doesn't say that it recognizes any hardware on this computer?

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July 9th, 2024 11:48

Clearly the system does support UEFI, but your post is so vague, and you're not reading the replies that assisting is all but impossible.

In order to boot a UEFI system, you must have a UEFI-compliant boot loader on the hard drive or SSD, or you will see exactly what you see there -- nothing listed as bootable.  

If the system was running in CSM/Legacy mode, you cannot simply switch modes without reloading the operating system after repartitioning and reformatting the drive in GPT mode (MBR mode won't boot a UEFI system).

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July 9th, 2024 12:31

@ ejn63 

How to change MBR to GPT without losing data?

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July 9th, 2024 12:45

@ ejn63 

If I want to install an iso file for an operating system through a USB flash drive, through the bot, then I get a message that the computer does not support the MDR storage format, so what to do?

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July 9th, 2024 13:02

Windows has a utility called MBR2GPT that can do the job.  That said, do not start the process without a full, verified backup of the data -- you can lose everything in the process.

You've still left far too many questions unanswered in order to figure out what's happening.  Presumably, you mean MBR, not MDR -- but ISO files are not "installed" to a storage device.  They're written to a flash drive or other media, and used to boot the system to start the installation.

You can use a utility like Rufus or Balena Etcher to prepare the boot media, and there are dozens of other options as well.

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July 9th, 2024 13:35

@ejn63​ 

If I use MBR2GPT, then the UEFI in bios will recognize the hardware on this computer?

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July 10th, 2024 12:32

It's not the hardware recognition that's the issue -- it's that you don't have a UEFI-bootable drive.  Converting MBR to GPT is part of the task, but you also need to be running an OS that supports UEFI (i.e., 64-bit Windows 10 or 11 at present).  

You never posted the system model so the rest is open to question.

Do not proceed with the conversion without a full, verified backup. There is a not insignificant chance the conversion will fail and if it does, you can lose the contents of the drive.

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