The dragon has always been a central figure, representing power and mystery.
The dragon has always been a central figure, representing power and mystery.
Hello! The Windows logo isn’t displayed during startup in Windows 8.1 Pro because the BIOS screen remains active until the system boots. That’s why you see the BIOS image spinning instead of the logo.
During installation, you can select between a regular BIOS setup or an UEFI configuration. When the system boots and displays the motherboard brand followed by the Windows logo, it indicates a regular install. In your scenario, only the motherboard appears but the Windows interface shows a rounded "busy" cursor, suggesting an UEFI setup. You should verify in the disk manager that there are three Windows partitions instead of two. If you wish to revert, you can reinstall Windows. Insert the Windows DVD/USB drive, enter BIOS settings, and ensure there is one option for Windows DVD/USB key and another for UEFI Windows DVD/USB key.
To set up a standard installation with three partitions, follow the recommended steps.
It matches a UEFI setup, simply insert your Windows drive, turn on the computer, press DEL to access BIOS, navigate to the boot overwrite settings, select the non-UFE version of your Windows disk (likely the name of your DVD player without the UEFI prefix), and then start the installation.