How to install Windows 10 64-bit UEFI standard - GPT

The UEFI - GPT standard has been around for a long time, but it seems to have only become prominent with the advent of Windows 10, which only supports the installation of 64-bit operating systems instead of the old standard, Legacy BIOS. However, with many outstanding improvements and optimal support for Windows 10, this standard is worthy of being a replacement and installing 64-bit Windows 10 with UEFI - GPT standard is not strange.

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Creating a USB boot or USB to install Windows 10 is usually nothing strange, but how do we create a USB boot or USB to install Windows 10 64 bit standard UEFI - GPT, and is there any difference in the installation method? Please leave your answer in the article below.

Instructions for installing Windows 10 64 bit UEFI standard - GPT

WHAT IS UEFI?

Before going into the article on how to install 64-bit Windows 10 with UEFI - GPT, let's learn a little about UEFI.

UEFI is a new format standard launched in 2005, and is now very popular on a number of devices. The advantage of the UEFI standard is that in addition to inheriting the old Legacy BIOS standard on the computers we have used up to now, it It also allows faster operating system startup.

And the biggest advantage of the UEFI standard you can see is the hard drive, the hard drive can support up to 1 ZB (1 billion TB of capacity) instead of only 2TB like the MBR standard, increasing the number of partitions to 128. But of course UEFI only supports 64bit operating systems, not backward compatible like Legacy MBR.

What to prepare:

- Download Rufus , specialized software to install Windows 10 64 bit UEFI - GPT standard.
- Download Windows 10 64 bit. (Note to choose version)

1. Format the USB and load the Windows 10 installer according to UEFI - GPT standard.

Step 1: After downloading and installing Rufus and opening the software, you will see this software automatically recognize your USB if you plug it in. Leave all parameters as shown in the picture and click on the drive icon .

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Step 2: Find the path to the location containing the Windows 10 64 bit ISO file according to the link above we provided and click Open to select.

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Step 3: After making your selection, the word Ready appears, click Start to start creating a USB to install Windows 10 64 bit standard UEFI - GPT.

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Step 4: Before installing Windows 10 64 bit UEFI - GPT, the system will ask again if you want to delete all old data in the USB, confirm OK .

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This process will take about 5 minutes including loading and copying Windows 10 to USB.

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Once completed, just click Close to turn it off.

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So the process of installing Windows 10 64 bit UEFI - GPT standard is completed, now please restart your computer to install Windows 10.

2. Install Windows 10 64 bit.

Step 1: First, go to the Bios of your computer or laptop and select the UEFI standard for USB. Depending on the type of motherboard, the display will be different. Also, please refer to how to enter the Bios  to know what type of product you are using.

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Step 2: Here is the basic Windows 10 installation step, you can click Next .

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Next, click Install to proceed with the installation

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Step 3: Choose the version of Windows 10 to install. This step depends on your choice and TipsMake recommends choosing Windows 10 Pro .

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Step 4: The system asks us to Update Windows 10 or just reinstall it. In fact, to install 64-bit Windows 10 with UEFI - GPT standard, we must select the option, Update Windows 10. There we will proceed. Format and reinstall Windows.

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Step 5: At this step you must really pay attention, with the UEFI standard, your hard drive must be converted to GPT or MBR format as before, otherwise there will be a message as shown below.

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To convert the drive to GPT format, follow the method below.

Step 6: Still in the same interface, press the key combination Shift + F10 to open Command Prompt , here you enter Diskpart .

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Step 7: Enter the List disk command to list the hard drive.

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And the hard drive list results are displayed immediately afterwards

Note: The above is our example, in reality you may have 2 or 3 separate drives.

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Step 8: If the drive you determine to install Windows on is Disk 0 , type the command select Disk 0.

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Step 9: Type the Clean command after selecting the drive to format.

Note: The Clean or Clean All command may cause your computer's data to be lost if the CDE drives are on the same hard drive, not separate hard drives. Therefore, you need to consider before using this drive or maybe skip this command and then proceed to Format later.

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Step 10: Next, type the Convert GPT command to convert the drive from MBR to GPT.

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Step 11: Finally, press the list disk command to check if the drive has been converted to GPT or not.

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If there is a * in the GPT column , it means you have completed converting the hard drive to GPT.

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Now you can turn off Command Prompt, click Refresh on the Windows 10 installation interface and proceed with the installation as usual until you get to Windows 10. Readers can see more details on how to install Windows 10 here if they have never installed this operating system before.

The most important steps to install Windows 10 64 bit UEFI standard - GPT TipsMake has guided you in great detail. For the remaining work of installing Windows 10, please refer to the link above. And then try to experience whether there is any difference between using Windows 10 normally or following the UEFI - GPT standard.

If you already have Windows 10 64 bit UEFI - GPT installed, why don't you try creating a USB boot with UEFI standard to facilitate fixing Windows errors when necessary, in addition, this is also necessary when the UEFI standard becomes very popular. As for now, let's learn how to create a standard UEFI USB boot to see if it is any different from usual.

Kareem Winters

Update 18 June 2024