Question How to access bios on startup if fast boot is on in gigabyte mbs?

[Dillusion]

i have a gigabyte z390 aorus ultra and i want to use the fast boot option so that i can quickly start up my desktop, but the thing is i wont br able to access the bios on startup this way and i m afraid that in cases of hardware failure or something it might cause problems so is there a way i can access the bios during startuo with fastboot on?

 

[Dillusion]

Set 549MB partition to active. That's bootloader partition.

Also i can confirm that the 549
mb is the bootloader partition on opening it

 

[Dillusion]

Set 549MB partition to active. That's bootloader partition.

Alright i used cmd to set it to active.. and it's still not booting up when i try using the ssd.. perhaps because there is no boots in ssd and it is in hdd.. and i have no options to boot my hdd(only ssd and sandisk usb) .. i wonder if i had one before
edit:i enabled some legacy ROM settings in sata and other devices and now its booting as it should but now there is this new drive f in my pc which contains the boot files i presume there is no way to hide it anymore? i m running an sfc scan to make sure everything is alright again

 

[SkyNetRising]

You can boot only from drive that contains bootloader - 2TB drive.
You can not boot from SSD. It doesn't contain bootloader.

Note - windows partition and bootloader are different things here. Windows still loads from SSD.

And you can remove drive letter from bootloader partition (549MB). It will not show in file explorer anymore.

 

[Dillusion]

Alright i used cmd to set it to active.. and it's still not booting up when i try using the ssd.. perhaps because there is no boots in ssd and it is in hdd.. and i have no options to boot my hdd(only ssd and sandisk usb) .. i wonder if i had one before

You can boot only from drive that contains bootloader - 2TB drive.
You can not boot from SSD. It doesn't contain bootloader.

Note - windows partition and bootloader are different things here. Windows still loads from SSD.

And you can remove drive letter from bootloader partition (549MB). It will not show in file explorer anymore.

How do i remove the drive letter? Also does that mean i still have a chance to get uefi? This time i m creating my backup using easeus software, no more of the useless backup feature in settings.

 

[SkyNetRising]

How do i remove the drive letter?

In disk management.

Also does that mean i still have a chance to get uefi?

Ahh - forget about UEFI. You're way over your head in this.

Easiest way of achieving UEFI would be cleaning SSD and reinstalling windows in uefi mode with only ssd connected.

Complicated way would be:

creating windows partition image,​

cleaning ssd and changing partition scheme to gpt,​

creating new bootloader (efi system type partition),​

restoring windows partition form image backup,​

fixing files on bootloader partition with bcdboot command.​

 

[Dillusion]

In disk management.

Ahh - forget about UEFI. You're way over your head in this.

Easiest way of achieving UEFI would be cleaning SSD and reinstalling windows in uefi mode with only ssd connected.

Complicated way would be:

creating windows partition image,​

cleaning ssd and changing partition scheme to gpt,​

creating new bootloader (efi system type partition),​

restoring windows partition form image backup,​

fixing files on bootloader partition with bcdboot command.​

At this point i just wanna reinstall windows and be done with it.. but i need an app which backups only the registries and apps and not the system image.. any suggestions? i know i m gettingway over head with this but not havi g something like this makes me feel like i m missing out on something,and besides sooner or later i will have to do it if i want to upgrade my storage above 2 tb

 

[Dillusion]

In disk management.

Ahh - forget about UEFI. You're way over your head in this.

Easiest way of achieving UEFI would be cleaning SSD and reinstalling windows in uefi mode with only ssd connected.

Complicated way would be:

creating windows partition image,​

cleaning ssd and changing partition scheme to gpt,​

creating new bootloader (efi system type partition),​

restoring windows partition form image backup,​

fixing files on bootloader partition with bcdboot command.​

Also, before i decide if i wanna try converting to uefi again, i wouldl ike to clarify one thing.. if i convert my win 10 to gpt i assume i might have to enable something in the bios settings to access the uefi instead of bios? Do i have to just enable the settings of do a q flash of my bios? If it is only the settings all i have to do is driver option priorities-->storage boot option control-->uefi like the first pic:

https://imgur.com/a/jrTG34X

View: https://imgur.com/gallery/jrTG34X

 

[SkyNetRising]

You're not missing much with legacy boot. UEFI just adds slightly faster boot, secure boot option and ability to boot from drives larger than 2TB. That's about it. Not worth to stress about it. You can use large drives (>2TB) without UEFI as secondary storage. You just cant boot from them and use all capacity from such drives.

Registry can be exported with registry editor.
App backup? Haven't heard about such thing. Not sure, if anything like that exists.

Necessary changes in BIOS for UEFI boot will be:

Storage Boot option -> UEFI​

First boot device -> Windows Boot Manager​

 

[Dillusion]

You're not missing much with legacy boot. UEFI just adds slightly faster boot, secure boot option and ability to boot from drives larger than 2TB. That's about it. Not worth to stress about it. You can use large drives (>2TB) without UEFI as secondary storage. You just cant boot from them and use all capacity from such drives.

Registry can be exported with registry editor.
App backup? Haven't heard about such thing. Not sure, if anything like that exists.

Necessary changes in BIOS for UEFI boot will be:

Storage Boot option -> UEFI​

First boot device -> Windows Boot Manager​

For some reason the "enter into bios" screen is now coming twice during boot up, is this normal?