Solved UEFI Bootable USB Flash Drive

Hi there

NO

Creating a bootable UEFI drive is done by for example downloading a Live Linux distro on to a bootable USB drive. When the drive boots if the BIOS in the machine supports UEFI you'll usually (in the case of Linux distros) get TWO options - boot the UEFI OS or the regular one.

The same with Windows if you make a bootable USB from the Windows install ISO.

Cheers
jimbo
 

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This is error when booting from Windows 8.1 iso in Virtual Box in UEFI mode.

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VMware Player (VMware Workstation Player)

http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/2899-vmware-player-install-windows-8-a.html

How to install Windows 7/8/10 64-bit in UEFI boot mode.

- Create a new virtual machine.

- Open the .vmx (virtual machine configuration) file of your virtual machine, add in:

firmware = "efi"

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If you ever want to force VMware Player to enter the Boot Manager screen on next boot, add in:

bios.forceSetupOnce = "TRUE"

Note that bios.forceSetupOnce = "TRUE" will be automatically deleted in .vmx file after successful booting.

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Here is info about UEFI Boot Mode (installing using the GPT partition style) and Legacy BIOS Boot Mode (installing using the MBR partition style): link
 
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Thanks.
Does Hyper-V supports UEFI?

My Dvd doesnt boot in UEFI mode. What to do?

Hi there.

If the DVD is a Windows INSTALL ISO the relevant version of the OS will be loaded and booted up. You don't have to boot the DVD in UEFI mode --in fact it probably WON'T work anyway. Just in your computers BIOS enable LEGACY BOOT so the computer can boot an OS from an external device. If UEFI is enabled then the install will be the UEFI version (always assuming the target HDD is formatted with GPT and not MBR).

Note this is NOT the same as PROTECTED BOOT -- you need to disable that first or "external boots" won't work. I suspect that "Protected Boot" will disappear before too long anyway. UEFI is DIFFERENT -- nothing wrong with using it - and it does work even if protected boot is disabled too.

Cheers
jimbo
 

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    2 X 3 TB sata
    5 X 1 TB sata
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VirtualBox currently does not support booting of Windows guests using UEFI firmware.

You must use VMware Player.

Edit *.vmx configuration file, add in:

firmware = "efi"

If you ever want to force VMware Player to enter BIOS/EFI firmware on next boot, add in:

bios.forceSetupOnce = "TRUE"

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Trying vmware now.
 

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My Computer

System One

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    Windows 10 Education 64 Bit
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    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Asus
    CPU
    AMD Phenom II X4 980 Black Edition Deneb 3.7GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS M4N68T-M V2 µATX Motherboard
    Memory
    8GB 4GBx2 Kingston PC10600 DDR3 1333 Memory
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA Geforce GT640 2 Gig DDR3 PCIe
    Sound Card
    VIA VT1708s High Definition Audio 8-channel Onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    22" LG E2242 1080p and 2 19" I-INC AG191D
    Screen Resolution
    1280x1024 - 1920x1080 - 1280x1024
    Hard Drives
    Crucial MX100 256 GB SSD and 500 GB WD Blue SATA
    PSU
    Thermaltake TR 620
    Case
    Power Up Black ATX Mid-Tower Case
    Cooling
    Stock heatsink fan
    Keyboard
    Logitech Wireless K350 Wave
    Mouse
    Logitech M570 Trackball and T650 TouchPad
    Internet Speed
    80 Mbps Down 30 Mbps Up
    Browser
    Internet Explorer 11
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    Windows Defender
    Other Info
    HP DVD1040e Lightscribe - External USB2
I will let you know if normal DVD iso works or you need to create special UEFI DVD/iso. Though I used special one. I will try with normal one later and update here.
 

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As far as I know there isn't anything special that has to be done to a DVD (other than being bootable) as far as UEFI goes. Once you boot from it you should get two boot options for it, one UEFI and one normal.


This worked for me.

Copy all files from the Windows 8 DVD to a local folder eg. C:\Win8Media

oscdimg.exe -m -o -u2 -udfver102 -bootdata:2#p0,e,bE:\Win8Media\boot\etfsboot.com#pEF,e,bE:\Win8Media\efi\microsoft\boot\efisys.bin E:\Win8Media E:\win8pro-uefi.iso
 

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I'll take your word for that, It's been ages since I last burned a DVD. I do all my installs from USB thumb drives. If I was going to install from a DVD I'd just use one of my Microsoft Windows ISO files.
 

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    AMD Phenom II X4 980 Black Edition Deneb 3.7GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS M4N68T-M V2 µATX Motherboard
    Memory
    8GB 4GBx2 Kingston PC10600 DDR3 1333 Memory
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA Geforce GT640 2 Gig DDR3 PCIe
    Sound Card
    VIA VT1708s High Definition Audio 8-channel Onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    22" LG E2242 1080p and 2 19" I-INC AG191D
    Screen Resolution
    1280x1024 - 1920x1080 - 1280x1024
    Hard Drives
    Crucial MX100 256 GB SSD and 500 GB WD Blue SATA
    PSU
    Thermaltake TR 620
    Case
    Power Up Black ATX Mid-Tower Case
    Cooling
    Stock heatsink fan
    Keyboard
    Logitech Wireless K350 Wave
    Mouse
    Logitech M570 Trackball and T650 TouchPad
    Internet Speed
    80 Mbps Down 30 Mbps Up
    Browser
    Internet Explorer 11
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
    Other Info
    HP DVD1040e Lightscribe - External USB2
What is oscdimg.exe?
 

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    16.0GB PC3-12800 DDR3 SDRAM 1600 MHz
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    Intel Integrated HD Graphics
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    Realtek HD Audio
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    250GB Samsung EVO SATA-3 SSD;
    2TB Seagate ST2000DM001 SATA-2;
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    Wired USB
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    Wired USB
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    3GB Up, 30GB Down
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    SeaMonkey
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    Windows Defender; MBAM Pro
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    UEFI/GPT
    PLDS DVD-RW DH16AERSH

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    Windows 10
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    Lenovo G580
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    Intel Core i5-3230M
    Memory
    8 GB
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    Intel HD Graphics 4000
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    Microsoft Edge
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    UEFI firmware (BIOS) embedded Windows 8 product key.
I have the toolkit. Looks like that directory is not in my path environment variable so not recognizable as a command.

Google gave me the info:

Oscdimg is a command-line tool for creating an image file (.iso) of a customized 32-bit or 64-bit version of Windows PE. You can then burn that .iso file to a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM. Oscdimg supports ISO 9660, Joliet, and Universal Disk Format (UDF) file systems.
 

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  • OS
    Windows 10 Pro X64
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    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Lenovo IdeaCenter K450
    CPU
    Intel Quad Core i7-4770 @ 3.4Ghz
    Motherboard
    Lenovo
    Memory
    16.0GB PC3-12800 DDR3 SDRAM 1600 MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel Integrated HD Graphics
    Sound Card
    Realtek HD Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    HP h2207
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050@59Hz
    Hard Drives
    250GB Samsung EVO SATA-3 SSD;
    2TB Seagate ST2000DM001 SATA-2;
    1.5TB Seagate ST3150041AS SATA
    PSU
    500W
    Keyboard
    Wired USB
    Mouse
    Wired USB
    Internet Speed
    3GB Up, 30GB Down
    Browser
    SeaMonkey
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender; MBAM Pro
    Other Info
    UEFI/GPT
    PLDS DVD-RW DH16AERSH
I have the toolkit. Looks like that directory is not in my path environment variable so not recognizable as a command.

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My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Lenovo G580
    CPU
    Intel Core i5-3230M
    Memory
    8 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel HD Graphics 4000
    Browser
    Microsoft Edge
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender, standard user account
    Other Info
    UEFI firmware (BIOS) embedded Windows 8 product key.
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