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What If Your Computer Can’t Access BIOS? A Guide for You! 33 weeks 1 day ago

BIOS, Basic Input Output System, is a firmware embedded on the chip of PC’s motherboard. It allows you to access your computer system at the most basic level. It is important since it includes a test called POST to check if there are hardware-related issues with the computer and loads the boot loader to initialize Windows.

Usually, you can access your operating system without having to access BIOS. But sometimes, you need to make changes to BIOS to fix some issues but encounter the problem – PC not booting to BIOS.

What Is Aptio Setup Utility? How to Fix If Asus Stuck in It? 37 weeks 3 days ago

On each computer, there is always a configuration utility installed to access the BIOS menu. BIOS, short for Basic Input Output System, is used to store configurations that are essential for communication between devices in the system.

If there is no configuration utility, the computer cannot call and use BIOS. Depending on the hardware type that a computer uses, each computer has its own BIOS and configuration utility. UEFI, a similar term, is an improved version of BIOS Legacy mode and it also needs a configuration utility to access it, like BIOS.

Aptio Setup Utility is a kind of BIOS setup utility that is developed by American Megatrends. And it comes bundled with almost all ASUS computers including laptops and desktops. This utility can be called on the startup of your computer and it is a great way to customize communication between your devices.

Solved: PC Not Booting After BIOS Update – Recovery & Repair 2 years 46 weeks ago

Basically speaking, BIOS update refers to the update of the motherboard BIOS on a computer. Unlike other types of updates, the BIOS update will not bring us the system performance improvement. So you may be wondering "Do I need to update my BIOS" since it is more dangerous to update motherboard BIOS than updating drive-based software.

If something goes wrong during the update process, your PC may become completely unbootable. You'll lose access to your system and all the files stored on the internal hard drive. So what are you going to do when finding PC not booting after BIOS update?

Can’t Install Windows - The selected disk Is of the GPT Partition Style 3 years 8 weeks ago

While installing Windows, many users encounter the following error message:

“Windows cannot be installed to this disk. The selected disk is of the GPT partition style.”

When you receive this message, you are unable to continue the installation. Then how can you remove this error? Do you know what caused this error? We will show you the reasons as well as the solutions.

You might also be interested in “Windows Cannot Be Installed to This disk. The Selected Disk Has an MBR Partition Table.”

What Causes This Error?

In fact, this is closely related to the boot mode. If you want to install Windows on GPT disk, your computer should be set to boot from UEFI boot mode; if you want to install Windows on MBR disk, your computer should be set to boot from Legacy BIOS. Here you know you receive this message because your PC is booting from Legacy BIOS.

If Windows Cannot Be Installed to GPT Disk, Try These Solutions 3 years 2 weeks ago

While installing Windows on a GPT disk, you may receive an error which reads “Windows cannot be installed to this GPT disk. The selected disk is of the GPT partition style.”What does this mean?

In fact, this error message indicates that the boot mode of your motherboard is set to Legacy BIOS. Hence, you can only install Windows to an MBR style disk. To remove this error message, you have two choices: convert GPT to MBR or change the boot mode to UEFI if possible.

How to Delete EFI System Partition in Windows 10/8.1/8/7 Quickly 2 years 50 weeks ago

The EFI System Partition (ESP) is typically used by computers that adhere to the UEFI or Unified Extensible Firmware Interface. This specific partition has been developed to ensure that the UEFI firmware will load the OS and all the rest utilities present in the system as soon as the computer boots up.

In Disk Management utility, you will find this partition has no drive letter. By right-clicking on this drive, you will see nearly all features listed in the context menu are greyed out, including “Delete Volume”. This is because ESP is protected by Windows and any faulty operation can lead to the operating system won’t boot. But if this operating system is no longer needed, how to delete EFI system partition?

Users Reported PC Corrupted BIOS: Error Messages &Solutions 1 year 7 weeks ago

BIOS is an important component contained in the startup process of a computer. It is pre-installed on the motherboard of the computer. Most ordinary users don’t know what it exactly is and how to manage it. In this post, I will introduce it to you and tell you how to fix the corrupted BIOS when necessary.
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