uefi

Hi, my first post. Plus first time I have had a new win10 system fail with probably a hdd failure, so lots of learning new stuff etc regarding the manipulating EUFI options, GPT options etc. Anyway to cut to the quick, I have an old version of Hirens on flash drive, and the latest version on a...

Hello, I've got a problem installing Win7 Professional x64 on my GPT partition and using UEFI to boot on HP Probook 650 G1. I've got a DVD from HP with Win7 OEM version. 1. Made an ISO image from Win7 DVD I was sent from HP. 2. Using Rufus & my ISO image I created UEFI bootable USB. 3. UEFI...

I had some problems from one of my programs and decided to reload the image I had saved two weeks ago. When I tried to load the image (I have windows 10) I was told that the image was stored in bios (I assume legacy) and my computer is UEIF bios and it will not load the image. What am I suppose...

Hi guys, I have a laptop given by my employer. It has WIndows 8.1 and UEFI. I disabled UEFI and I installed Linux. With UEFI disabled I can boot Linux but I don't have an entry in the boot menu for Windows. If I try to enable UEFI then the message from BIOS is that there is no operating system...

I have a SSD with Windows 10 installed. I need of Hibernation function very much; And all time which I do Hibernation, and the PC turn off, to back for work, crashes. The session is lost. I use UEFI of Asus. Just complementing The problem that I previously said, I have installed Windows 10 on...

I have an Asus k551ln... I boot from usb flash to install windows 8.1, there is an error says the system can't be installed because *something* GPT partition i don't remember... i restarted the computer and went to the bios settings, changed the booting priority then saved and restart..... it...

So I've been looking everywhere for this and in the end I still can't find rock-solid info. So I've just installed Windows 10 Pro in UEFI mode with Secure Boot enable and now I've got 4 partitions: Normally, I would just "ghost" my C partition and be done with it with Legacy boot but now with...

I successfully upgraded Win 8.1 to Windows 10 via Windows Update. I also created an install DVD using the Media Creation Tool. Sometime soon I would like to do a clean install using this DVD, so I can get rid of a lot of junk on my PC and start out new. I assumed I would just put the DVD in my...

This all started several months ago. My laptop was stuck in processing updates for hours, even when I had got off work. I turned it off by holding down the power button, the I turned it back on. After booting up, it continued to process updates. I turned off again the same way I did the first...

Hello everyone, I just got a new 3TB hard disk and I can't install Windows 7 64 bit on it. I have added the disk to another computer and I converted it to GPT (GUID). Now it has two partitions: 400 GB and 2,400 GB. (when I try to install Windows it also says it has a 128MB partition of type MSR...

Is there commandline utility to modify boot entries in EFI? I need to set BootNext flag to one of my loaders but i hate GUI programs since its slow and require lot of time and energy. Any suggestions? EDIT: Tool for windows (win32/win64 pe)

Hello WindowsForums i've been having some trouble installing Windows 8.1 on my ideapad z710 laptop, so here's what i did... 1. i downloaded a Windows 8.1 Enterprise ISO from "microsoft(com)/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-windows-8-1-enterprise" 2. i burnned it to a dvd using the slowest possible...

I am not saying this is a Windows 10 problem. I just have had my boot manager disable itself more in 10074 than I like. Getting tired of going into the bios at least twice a day to enable it. If anyone has any idea how I might be able to fix it, I would appreciate the help.

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I need to be able to boot from my usb stick. It wasn't working so I was messing around with the UEFI boot order and I accidentally totally deleted the boot from usb option. What do I type to make a new filepath for it?

I am using Windows 10 Build 9926 and trying to create a 8.1 win2go disk. I am using Aomei to create it. I cannot get it to boot up. I have set my first boot priority using USB UEFI Hard Disk to boot into. PNY 32 gig USB 2.0 Flash Drive. What am I doing wrong?

My desktop computer sometimes freezes requiring a manual power off. It seems to happen randomly; when I'm browsing the web. when I pause a movie or a game and leave it for ~5 minutes. I have googled and poked around the internet for three days, but I'm stumped. I have upgraded the drivers that...

I think this experience may be useful to Win7/8 users who build and maintain home and small business systems. I regularly clone and swap drives keeping at least one spare at the ready per system at all times. I was shocked to discover that under certain conditions Win7 installation creates a...

Hi, I recently purchased a Lenovo laptop with pre-installed windows 8.1. However, after using windows 8.1 for a while, I still wanna go back to windows 7. But since I bought my laptop with licensed windows 8.1, i dont want to waste it which led me to dual booting w7 and w8.1. I encountered...

Whilst the August roll-up update was formally called Windows 8.1 Update 2 this November roll-up could be considered Update 3 and are basically like mini service packs. It should be available via Windows update but the standalone is also available from the links below: This update includes the...