Windows 10: EFI Boot Install Windows Security Manager in Omnya Bafarat's HP Laptop

Put your Touchpad into Click More info, Click Security CCTV Recovery, Type your Security CCTV Recovery Password, Press Enter

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Can't disable UEFI boot on HP 250 G3

I got it, I was not accustomed to UEFI (because on HP 4540s I disabled it) and I automatically thought that if I boot from the first menu it will boot in UEFI mode, but I have to go to second menu "Boot From EFI File" to get a list of EFI boot options:



I installed Ubuntu Mate and Windows 8.1 from the first menu (the picture) and they both installed in BIOS mode. Quite simple really.

 

multi-boot with win10 installed and uefi secure boot

I finally got everything to work after days of fighting with windows, efi, and secure boot.

For posterity, here is what I did. This install is on a second internal hdd.

1. Install Ubuntu in the desired location, using the windows efi partition as the boot partition for the new Ubuntu install.
   
2. Use efibootmgr from Ubuntu (this can be done from a LiveCD) to move ubuntu ahead of the Windows Boot Manager in the boot order.
   
3. Log in to Windows and run bcdedit /set {bootmgr} path \EFI\ubuntu\grubx64.efi. (check this path on your machine to make sure that's where the grub efi file is)
   
4. Go into BIOS (or EFI manager or whatever it is) and add the grubx64.efi as a trusted efi file. NOTE: I had to set a BIOS password to be granted access to efi secure boot settings.
   

This has been working for a few days now and persists regardless of the last OS I have logged in to. It was even working with a second Ubuntu install.

Each of these steps is obviously simplified. You should have no problem searching the internet to get help with each individual step. My problem was that I didn't know what I needed to do. I'm not sure the order matters for steps 2-4, although it's probably easiest to do step 2 before you exit the installation (if you use the 'try ubuntu' option and start the install from there).

Many thanks to those who helped me with this. I would have been at my wit's end without someone at least asking some questions to keep me trying.

 

Installing Windows Vista/7 on a GUID Partition Table

Background

GUID Partition Table (GPT) is a boot sector technology poised to replace the venerable Master Boot Record (MBR) principally because MBR has a maximum capacity of 2 TB for a single partition (some single disks have reached 3 TB). Installing Windows on a GPT is a bit tricky because Windows wants to default back to MBR. In order to force Windows on to a GPT, we have to pre-format the drive prior to Windows installation. You can do that during Windows setup using the console.

Requirements

• Windows Vista or 7 (must be 64-bit no matter which OS is used)
• A motherboard with EFI BIOS
• A means to EFI boot the Windows setup (I had to use a USB DVD drive on MSI Z77A-G65, the internal SATA Bluray drives didn't have an EFI option)

Instructions

• Boot into Windows setup using EFI. On the MSI Z77A-G65, it showed up as UEFI:USB-ATAPI DVD ... This will change according to your motherboard and how you are attempting to enter setup. This step is critical. Without booting into setup via EFI, only MBR is available to the setup. There's no easy way to tell from within setup if it is running via EFI or not.
• Once you have booted into setup, continue through the process as you would normally until you reach the dialog which shows you the available drives. Load a driver, if necessary, then press SHIFT+F10 to open the command prompt.
• In the command prompt, enter the following lines, pressing enter after each one. Note that the <id> field below is the disk ID that you want to format as GPT from the "list disk" command. If there's only one drive, <id> will likely be 1. Note: All data on the drive will be lost during this process. Make sure to select the correct drive.
  • diskpart
  • list disk
  • select disk <id>
  • online disk
  • attributes disk clear readonly
  • clean
  • convert gpt
  • create partition efi size=102
  • create partition msr size=32
  • create partition primary
  • format fs=ntfs label="Operating System"
  • assign letter=C
  • exit
  "online disk" and "attributes disk clear readonly" are likely to fail. Don't worry, they are only precautionary. Change the drive letter and label to whatever you want. Also, the above command (specifically "create partition primary") will consume all remaining space on the drive. If you want multiple partitions with fixed sizes, substitute what you want in place of "create partition primary."
• You may now close the command prompt and click on "Refresh" back in the dialog to choose where to install Windows. You should now see at least 2 partitions (I think Microsoft Reserved is hidden) and it will only let you install on a non EFI/MSR partition. Click on the primary partition and proceed with the installation as normal.
• Note that in the EFI BIOS after installing Windows via EFI, you can no longer directly boot the volume Windows is installed on. Instead, you must boot via "Windows Boot Manager" (on MSI Z77A-G65, it was "UEFI: Windows Boot Manager"). Keep that in mind if you wish to tweak the boot order.

Conclusion

That should do it. You should be in Windows with >2 TB of hard drive capacity available if you had more than 2 TB on the Windows partition. Congratulations being on the bleeding edge of technology! *Rockout :rockout: