[ubuntu-uk] Windows 8 (a pox on it)

[Kris Douglas]

On 15 February 2013 17:40, Rowan Berkeley <rowan.berkeley at 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