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Legacy

Forum discussion tagged with Legacy.
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    Question No Legacy BIOS only UEFi - the solution

    If the Bios have only UEFI (no legacy option), you can boot from USB if is formatted FAT32 and not NTFS. Many of new PC's/laptop's have only the newer UEFI BIOS (the Legacy Bios is an older option). Download Rufus (freeware, please use the at least the current latest version 3.8) Make a...
  2. yugithedestiny2030

    Are all UEFIs GUI supported?

    I just switched to UEFI but I noticed that it still has the same old BIOS Legacy interface. So, just like the title, are all UEFIS GUI supported? Or is it limited by my graphics specs?
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    How to enable AMD V in BIOS Legacy

    I am unable to enable AMD V in BIOS legacy in my Toshiba laptop
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    Bluetooth or Wi-Fi for Legacy System - plus speaker selection

    I have a Sony legacy system (receiver with A/B speaker select, cd player, phonograph and a speaker selection box for wired speakers to 4 locations). I would like to move towards wireless speakers which obsoletes the speaker selection box. I realize that I will need to purchase a Bluetooth (or...
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    run Win 3.1 Dos legacy business software on micro pc like RaspberryPi

    Hi, Does anyone have any advice/experience about running Win 3.1 DOS legacy software - not games - on a micro pc like Raspberry pi. What would be the best micro platform to install and run this type of legacy software? Any help much appreciated. Thanks David
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    Solved! Insert boot device and press any key

    Hello I need help I just try to boot my acer and show me that message no bootable device--insert boot device and press any key but the first time before I change the boot setting into legacy I was that message no bootable device after to change in legacy there's no change gives it is not start...
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    Solved! No display after enabling Legacy Boot and disabling Secure Boot

    I have an Hp Pavilion G4-2304tx laptop win8-64bit, my hdd start having problems so I bought a new one and tried installing win10 using a cd but it doesn't show up in the boot manager, when I tried disabling secure boot and enabling legacy boot,after restarting my laptop there is no display only...
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    change bios mode from legacy to uefi

    Hello there i have an "hp pavilion g6 notebook"-"windows 10" I changed the bios mode from legacy to uefi so i can enable the virtualization feature and the consequence was a black screen saying : "boot device not found Please install an operating system on your hard disk Hard disk (3F0)" Is...
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    Acer E1-510 uefi to legacy

    Thank you Toms Guide for registration. Can anyone help me on how to change this pc's BIOS? I am led to believe that to install win 7 FROM win10 , the BIOS has to be legacy. I have successfully disabled secure boot. but thats it, so i am at my wits end, can someone please help me?
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    my zte n817 is so slow, can I speed it up?

    I got a zte N817 from Qlink and it is so slow, apps always misbehaving, I only have about 1 or 2 bars of signal strength. Is there anything that I can do to fix any of this? Thanks for any advice.
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    Bios option Boot Mode greyed out, can't change to Legacy; setting supervisor password doesn't help

    Hi, I'm trying to reinstall windows on Acer Aspire ES1-533 and I can't boot to usb, because UEFI boot mode is selected and I can't swap it to Legacy, as Boot Mode option is just greyed out. I've tried checking some information on the internet, it suggested to set a supervisor password, did that...
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    After setting UEFI to legacy boot mode, laptop did not boot at all, no POST either. Removing CMOS battery doesn't help either

    Hi all, so, I bought a second-hand laptop (thinkpad t440s) and wanted to check the hardware with memtest86+. For this though I needed to disable some UEFI settings to have the computer boot into legacy mode (following instructions here...
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    Vr headset for pc no phone

    Why is it so hard to find a vr headset for the pc all I’m finding is junk for wimp graphics of a phone
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    Acer Aspire stuck in legacy mode. Doesn’t post anymore. Please help.

    Hi. My Acer Aspire started to crash a lot after the windows 8.1 update. So, I decided it was a great idea to see if legacy mode would change anything. Instead I was greeted with a black screen so 8 turned it off. After I turned it back on it wouldn’t post anymore so I couldn’t go to the bios...
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    Windows 10 and Windows XP network compatibility

    Forced by needs of two people to have Windows 10 and Windows XP on the same network. Both need to have internet access and share a printer. How can I do this without problems between the two computers? The router is in an AT&T U-verse modem Can files be shared on a network drive? Does...
  16. K

    Ihave not legacy mode on setup what can Ido?

    my laptop is acer es15 model ES1-533-C7TG Ihave not legacy mode on setup what can Ido?
  17. nascar895

    External keyboard is not working after resume from hibernate.

    I have recently converted my Legacy windows installation to UEFI since then my external keyboard is not working until i unplug it and reconnect if i hibernate my laptop. But my external mouse is working without any problem. Any fixes?
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    i have already booted laptop with legacy mode now can i boot in uefi mode

    i have boot my laptop in legacy support mode. now can i boot my laptop using uefi boot mode. and when select uefi mode error comes '' boot device not found (3f0)" when i goes back to legacy mode i works fine.
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    My lenovo y70-70 is not opening or charging

    My lenovo y70-70 is not opening or charging, that happened after a problem in operating system and I changed boot selections of bios to legacy and priority to legacy first, before that every time I try to open I was getting message uefi 40 or 60 is 0
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    Monitor speakers not working

    Hello i am currently based in UAE. i bought an arion legacy monitor speakers AR603. When i set it up, it came on for 5 seconds and went off. it hasn’t come back on ever since. what do i do??