如何判断BIOS模式

 OPTION ONE 

Check if UEFI or Legacy in Disk Mangement in Windows 7, 8, and 8.1

1. Do  step 2 or 3 below.

2. In  Windows 8 and 8.1, open the  WIN+X Power Users menu, click/tap on  Disk Management, and go to  step 4 below.

3. Press the    + R keys to open the Run dialog, type  diskmgmt.msc, click/tap on  OK, and go to  step 4 below.

4. If prompted by UAC, then click/tap on  Yes.

5. If your Windows disk shows having an  EFI partition like below, then it's installed with UEFI. If not, then it's Legacy BIOS.

 OPTION TWO 

Check if UEFI or Legacy in System Information in Windows 8 and 8.1

1. Press the   + R keys to open the Run dialog, type  msinfo32, and press Enter.

2. In the right pane of  System Summary in System Information, see if the  BIOS Mode value says  Legacy or  UEFI. (see screenshots below)

 OPTION THREE 

Check if UEFI or Legacy in setupact.log in Windows 7, 8, and 8.1

1. In Windows Explorer (Windows 7) or File Explorer (Windows 8/8.1) navigate to the location below and open the  setupact.log file.

C:\Windows\Panther

2. With the  setupact.log file opened in Notepad, click on  Edit (Menu bar) and  Find, or press the  Ctrl+F keys.

3. Type in this below, and click/tap on  Find Next or press Enter. (see screenshot below)

Detected boot environment

4. Close the Find dialog.

5. You will see it say  EFI (UEFI) or  BIOS (Legacy BIOS).

Callback_BootEnvironmentDetect: Detected boot environment:  BIOS

Callback_BootEnvironmentDetect: Detected boot environment:  EFI

 OPTION FOUR 

Check if UEFI or Legacy in WinPE for Windows 8 and 8.1

NOTE:  This option can be useful if you are unable to boot into Windows or in WinPE .

1. Open a  command prompt at boot.

2. In the command prompt at boot, type the command below and press Enter. (see screenshot below)

wpeutil UpdateBootInfo

3. In the command prompt at boot, type the command below and press Enter.

reg query HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control /v PEFirmwareType

4. This command returns  0x1 if the PC boots in  Legacy BIOS mode, or  0x2 if the PC boots in  UEFI mode.