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Convert Legacy to UEFI

2024-03-16
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CCBootCloud can now convert between UEFI and Lgeacy BIOS directly from the admin panel.

  1. Navigate to Boot > Image, Right-click on the image you wish to convert. A list of options will appear. Locate the "Convert image to" option. (Figure 1)

Figure 1

  1. Select one of the two options: "UEFI" or "Legacy BIOS". A window will pop up to confirm the action. (Figure 2)

Figure 2

  1. After clicking "Yes" to confirm, CCBootcloud will automatically convert the image and display a success popup message: "Convert image success." (Figure 3)

Figure 3

  1. Next step is to change motherboard BIOS to boot the converted image.


An alternative way to convert

  1. Mount the image to drive letter 'X':
    Mount the image from CCBoot panel
  2. To convert a Legacy BIOS image to UEFI run the command below on CMD as admin:
    Bcdboot X:\Windows /s X: /f UEFI
  3. To convert a UEFI image to Legacy BIOS run the command below on CMD as admin:
    Bcdboot X:\Windows /s X: /f BIOS
  4. Unmount the image:
    Unmount image from CCBoot panel

These commands assume that 'X:' is the assigned drive letter for the mounted image. Adjust the drive letter as needed based on your configuration.

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