{"id":27253,"date":"2012-01-25T13:55:23","date_gmt":"2012-01-25T18:55:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=27253"},"modified":"2012-01-25T13:55:23","modified_gmt":"2012-01-25T18:55:23","slug":"windows-secrets-newsletter-goodbye-to-pc-bios-hello-to-uefi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/windows-secrets-newsletter-goodbye-to-pc-bios-hello-to-uefi\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows Secrets Newsletter: Goodbye to PC BIOS, hello to UEFI!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20110126windowssecrets.jpg\" alt=\"windows secrets\" class=\"attachment wp-att-7167 alignleft\" \/><\/p>\n<p>By Woody Leonhard\/Windows Secrets Newsletter<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019ve ever struggled with your PC\u2019s BIOS \u2014 or been knee-capped by a rootkit that assailed the BIOS \u2014 you undoubtedly wondered why this archaic part of every PC wasn\u2019t scrapped long ago.<\/p>\n<p>Well, be of good cheer: Windows 8 will finally pull the PC industry out of the BIOS generation and into a far more capable \u2014 and controversial \u2014 alternative, the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface.<\/p>\n<p>To best understand where we\u2019re headed, it\u2019s helpful to look at where we\u2019ve been. An integral part of every PC, the Basic Input\/Output System spans the entire history of the personal computer \u2014 more than 30 years. The very first IBM PC had a BIOS. And despite extraordinary advances in hardware and software, the BIOS we still puzzle over today is not much different from the one in that original PC.<\/p>\n<p>Essentially a miniature OS, the BIOS has a simple but critical function \u2014 when a PC powers up, the BIOS checks that all hardware is in order (the POST or \u201cpower-on self-test\u201d sequence); fires up the full operating system on the machine, such as Windows (using OS loader code); and then hands all control of the computer over to the OS.<\/p>\n<p>Although older operating systems (such as DOS) relied on the BIOS to perform input and output functions, modern OSes (including Windows) have their own device drivers and completely bypass the BIOS after they\u2019re up and running.<\/p>\n<p>These days, it\u2019s rare that a PC user is forced to invoke the BIOS\u2019s cryptic and somewhat enigmatic user interface. Usually, it\u2019s in response to some near-catastrophic system failure.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/windowssecrets.com\/top-story\/say-goodbye-to-bios-and-hello-to-uefi\/?utm_source=PCPitstop&#038;utm_medium=email\" target=\"_blank\">Here\u2019s the rest of the story.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This post is excerpted with permission from Windows Secrets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/techtalk.pcpitstop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20110126windowssecrets.jpg\" alt=\"windowssecrets_screen\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"attachment wp-att-6330 alignleft\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Pushed by Win8, the archaic BIOS gets an enhanced look and 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