UEFI, the firmware-type programs that major PC companies promoted as an improvement to the classic BIOS, are essential to the operation of computers because they are responsible for providing low-level communication, operation, and basic hardware configuration, including support for, e.g., new processors or faster RAM.

UEFI (like BIOS) starts up at the same time computers start up and before the operating system. Your approach is reproduced in various ways. The most famous is to press a certain key when starting the PC, usually one of “Function”, “Escape” or “Delete”.

Each manufacturer uses a different one and there is no standardized method. Also, as boot speeds have increased with new SSDs, there are times when UEFI fails to boot and the OS boots directly.

How to access UEFI from Windows

In Windows, there is an easy way to access UEFI using Advanced Boot, which offers boot repair, recovery or recovery, command line access, and also firmware access, among other things.

But there is still a much faster and more direct option, which consists of creating a shortcut on the desktop with a command and some parameters. As follows:

• Right-click an empty area of ​​the desktop.
• Select New > Shortcut.

• Copy and paste the command Disable /r /fw /t 1

• Paste the desired name into the shortcut

Once created, if you want to access UEFI from Windows just click on the shortcut.