On 15 February 2013 17:40, Rowan Berkeley <rowan.berke...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 15/02/13 17:34, Gareth France wrote: >> >> On 15/02/13 17:31, Rowan Berkeley wrote: >>> >>> >>> Thanks for all that, Alan. So, concretely, let's take for instance the >>> Compaq machine which I successfully converted from Windows 8 to Ubuntu >>> 12.10 using a USB stick. Given that F2 no longer works, and that the >>> Windows 8 machinery for getting into UEFI us no longer there, how in >>> fact would I get into UEFI on that machine if for some reason I needed >>> to? The answer is, install Boot-Repair from repositories: >>> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Repair >>> >> I don't understand this whole 'F2 no longer works' thing. Bios was >> accessed through a wide array of keys depending on who made the machine. >> Del, CTRL+S, F1, F2, CTRL+ESC and the list goes on. Surely UEFI is >> accessed in exactly the same manner isn't it? >> > Not according to this guy: > http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-access-the-bios-on-a-windows-8-computer/ > > He says: "Windows 8 hardware uses the UEFI replacement for the traditional > BIOS, like Macs do. Some solid-state drive-equipped Windows 8 PCs boot so > fast that you’d only have a 200 millisecond (that’s 0.2 seconds) window of > opportunity to press the key combination." > > He then proceeds to explain how to use Windows 8's own access to UEFI > feature.
Hello, For clarity and simplicity, would it be possible for you to let us know the make and model of this machine? There could be a really simple solution buried in a manual somewhere. -- Kris Douglas MBCS www.krisd.eu -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
