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The main difference between UEFI and legacy boot is that the UEFI is the latest method of booting a computer that is designed to replace BIOS while the legacy boot is the process of booting the computer using BIOS firmware.

UEFI is a new booting method that addresses the limitations of BIOS. It is managed by a group of chipset, hardware, system, firmware and OS vendors called UEFI Forum. Legacy boot is the regular method of booting the system using BIOS. In brief, UEFI provides additional security features and fast processing on the computer. It offers a secure boot that can avoid loading boot time viruses.

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What is UEFI
UEFI stands for Unified Extensible Firmware Interface. Most new motherboards consist of this new type. It has more advantages than using BIOS. Most importantly, it provides a user-friendly Graphical User Interface (GUI). BIOS provides a blue color screen with various options. The normal BIOS cannot recognize large storage drives. UEFI provides a good alternative to this issue and recognizes large storage drives.

In regular BIOS that uses the keyboard to select the options, UEFI allows controlling the interface using the mouse. Moreover, UEFI contains a secure boot. It avoids any digitally unsigned drivers from loading and helps to prevent any malicious software. Some computers with UEFI allows the user to enable legacy BIOS compatibility mode.

UEFI boot uses the UEFI firmware. It maintains a list of valid boot volumes called EFI service partitions. During Power On Self-Test (POST), which checks whether all hardware is functioning properly, the UEFI firmware scans all the bootable storage devices that are connected to the system for a valid GUID Partition Table (GPT). The firmware itself checks the GPT to find an EFI partition to boot from.

What is Legacy Boot
Legacy Boot is the boot process used by BIOS firmware. It stores a list of installed storage devices that are bootable such as Floppy Disk Drives, Hard Disk Drives, Optical Disk Drives, etc. according to a configurable order of priority. When power on the computer, the BIOS performs Power On Self-Test (POST). Then the internal speaker makes a short single beep to indicate that the booting up is normal. The beep code helps to identify the code and to act on further troubleshooting.

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After completing POST procedure, the firmware loads the first sector of each of the storage target into memory. Then, it scans it for a valid Master Boot Record (MBR). If a valid MBR is found, the firmware passes execution to the bootloader to select a partition to boot from. If one is not found, it proceeds to the next device in the boot order.

Difference Between UEFI and Legacy Boot
Definition
UEFI is a booting process in modern computers that provides advanced capabilities than BIOS. Legacy Boot is the process of booting the computer using the BIOS firmware. This explains the basic difference between UEFI and legacy boot.

Functionality
Moreover, UEFI uses URFI firmware that maintains a list of valid boot volumes known as EFI Service Partitions for the boot process. Legacy boot uses the BIOS firmware for the boot process.

Features
Another important difference between UEFI and legacy boot is that UEFI has additional security features and is more efficient than legacy boot.

User Friendliness
Also, UEFI is more user-friendly than legacy Boot.

Checking the Bootable Storage
While UEFI uses the GUID Partition Table (GPT), BIOS uses the Master Boot Record (MBR) partitioning scheme.

Conclusion
The difference between UEFI and legacy boot is that UEFI is the latest method of booting a computer that is designed to replace BIOS while legacy boot is the process of booting the computer using BIOS firmware. In brief, UEFI is the successor to BIOS.​
 

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thank you for sharing...sir..
 

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good info for everybody...
 

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thank you :blush:
 

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thanks mate.... knowledgeable information has filled up in memory.
 

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Good info @WhiteLocks !
 

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wow Thanks a lot
 

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i cant use mbr ssd from old pc for uefi bios pc for another os
I can use one ssd for 2 computers. UEFI security make more troubles.
 

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@WhiteLocks Good little tutorial :)
 

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@WhiteLocks Good little tutorial :)
one could copy the title and find the whole post word for word copied and pasted from pediaa.cxm
 

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@Yardfish lol , wel it is a tutorial :)
 

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Very Good guide! And a nother Plus for it it's that is not Long and boring. Thank you!
 

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nice info mate
 

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This very informative. Thank you - Does UEFI have any impact on system performance vs the Legacy boot or its only advantageous in the boot process only?
 

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Thank you very much.
 

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Nice post brother. I've been looking for a simpler and clear explanation of those two for a while. YOU Nailed it!!!!
Thank you! :clap::clap::clap::clap::clap:
 

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I wondered about that myself and you have explained it
in a way that even I understand, which means, my head
didn't fill with white noise and ready to explode while I
read your tutorial. Which is saying something.;)

Thank you very much.:clap::hi:
 

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Does UEFI have any impact on system performance vs the Legacy boot or its only advantageous in the boot process only?
Only if you change things in the bios itself.
Otherwise there is no benefit nor deterrent of one over the other. :)
 
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