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Re: [LUG] Lost setup
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- Subject: Re: [LUG] Lost setup
- From: Neil <barnaby@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2020 12:14:35 +0100
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On 22/06/2020 08:27, Neil wrote:
We are definitely at the point - and have been for some time now -
that clinging to the old MSDOS disk layout + BIOS to initialise your
computer in 2020 unless you have very specific technical reasons is
not a good choice. GPT disks + UEFI were invented for a reason, and
any system built in the last 10 years or so defaults to it for a
reason as well.
I bought that laptop exactly six years ago, June 2014. If I buy a new
one today that will be using UEFI properly? Or I should do some research
on this.
Thanks for the info,
After some research I have worked out what legacy mode is, and how to
check it out.
So, I find that my laptop is running legacy mode, so not EFI.
My desktop computer *is* running EFI. But then it is much newer, less
than a year since I bought it.
Live and learn,
Neil
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