S205 & Win8 - how to force the legacy BIOS mode?

Hello

AFAIK the S205 features of two different interfaces:
Legacy and UEFI BIOS.

Windows 8 is compatible with both.
With the help of UEFI, Windows will partition the drive with TPG.
Using the BIOS, it will be with the MBR.

The main problem is that - probably due to malfunction of the drivers - there are a few major problems when using GPT with this netbook. You can find many discussions about cards WiFi works do not for example.

I'm looking for is an option to start the installation of Windows 8 through the BIOS from a USB interface.
The S205 does not have an optical drive and I not one or the other.

Thanks in advance for any help.

PS: As it is not a driver issue, I'm not this announcement in forum Windows 8.

After some research, it comes to use successfully the Ralink Wifi with Windows 8 on the s205 - own USB Installer.

You must install Windows 8 in legacy mode (click on "IDE" in BIOS).

BUT - you must * also * remove "bootmgr.efi" and USB \efi\, before installing. If you do not, the USB key will still install in EFI!

If you have already installed Windows 8 IDE USB mode, you should check whether your installation is IDE/legacy or EFI - open this log file:

\Windows\Panther\setupact.log

Search this text:

Callback_BootEnvironmentDetect: Environment detected: BIOS

= you have IDE/legacy install

.. .or

Callback_BootEnvironmentDetect: Environment detected: UEFI

= you have EFI install

(This information is extracted from http://forums.bit-tech.net/showthread.php?t=209045)

If you see EFI/UEFI in the log file, you must reinstall Windows 8.

The only problem I have now is that Windows is freezing sometimes, so I intend to reinstall from different USB drives in the event of corruption of file etc.

I hope this helps.

Tags: Lenovo Notebooks

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