installing UEFi-based Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 (x64) on HP EliteBook and Compaq Notebook PCs

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installing UEFi-based Microsoft

Windows Vista SP1 (x64) on HP

EliteBook and Compaq Notebook

PCs

Table of Contents:

Introduction ........................................................................................................ 1

Step 1 ............................................................................................................. 2

Step 2 ............................................................................................................. 3

Step 3 ............................................................................................................. 5

Step 4 ............................................................................................................. 6

For more information .......................................................................................... 8

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Introduction

The purpose of this document is to describe the steps required to successfully install

UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) based Microsoft ® Windows Vista®

SP1 on HP Notebook PCs. Microsoft initiated support of UEFI boot on x64 systems

with Windows Vista SP1. HP EliteBooks and Compaq Notebooks began support of

UEFI boot in 2008.

The following notebooks are those platforms and models supporting UEFI at the

time of this writing:

• HP EliteBook Mobile Workstation, Notebook PC and Tablet PCs (8530p,

8530w, 8730w, 6930p, 2530p, 2730p)

• HP Compaq Notebook PCs (6735s, 6535s, 6735b, 6535b, 6730s, 6830s,

6530b, 6730b, 2230s)

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Summary of content (8 pages)

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installing UEFi-based Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 (x64) on HP EliteBook and Compaq Notebook PCs Table of Contents: Introduction ........................................................................................................1 Step 1 .............................................................................................................2 Step 2 .............................................................................................................3 Step 3 ...................................
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Step 1: HP and Compaq notebooks are shipped with the BIOS boot as default, so to enable the UEFI boot; the user must first make the change to UEFI boot at the Setup. To accomplish this, immediately after the PC is powered on, enter Setup by pressing when prompted and then press - see Figure 1. Figure 1: Screenshot after pressing While in Setup, press the key to select the System Configuration page – see Figure 2.
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Figure 3: Screenshot of the Device Configuration page While on the Device Configuration page, make sure the UEFI Boot Mode is enabled. Also, if HP QuickLook 2 application use is desired, make sure HP QuickLook 2 is enabled as well. Now exit the Setup, making sure to save these changes – the system will reboot. Step 2: After the system reboots, press and then select . On the F9 menu, select the “Boot From EFI File” option (this option only shows up when the PC is in the UEFI Boot Mode).
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Figure 4: Screenshot of the F9 Menu. The “Windows Boot Manage” boot option will not be listed if this is the first time installing UEFI-based Windows Vista SP1 The initial File Explorer menu lists available storage devices including a “Primary Master” hard disk, if the hard disk is formatted, and an entry for Removable Media for the “CDROM”, if the installation media is inserted into the CD/DVD reader.
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Now the File Explorer will list the directory structure of the UEFI boot portion of the Windows Vista SP1 Installation DVD. Navigate to the \EFI\BOOT directory, and select Bootx64.efi. This will clear the screen and present the message, “Press any key to boot from CD or DVD…”. Step 3: After Windows Setup is launched from the install media, the Windows Vista SP1 installation process for either UEFI or BIOS configuration is the same.
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Figure 6: Deleting existing partitions before installation top: existing MBR disk for UEFIbased Vista SP1 install; bottom: existing GPT disk for BIOS-based Vista SP1 install) If the user intends to install HP QuickLook 2, HP System Diagnostic or BIOS Recovery, an additional disk partition HP_TOOLS must be created and it must be assigned a drive letter after the OS is started. Please refer to the white paper “HP Business Notebook Computer EFI Guidelines” for more details.
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that the system is configured for UEFI boot is to check the Windows Vista SP1 boot configuration. To check the boot configuration, start a command prompt and run as Administrator (Click Start, in the Start Search box, type command. A list of matches will appear above. Right-click Command Prompt in Programs list, and then click Run as administrator. You will likely be prompted for an administrator confirmation, or a password. Type your password or click Continue).
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For more information HP Business Notebook Computer EFI Guidelines http://bizsupport1.austin.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c01564727/c 01564727.pdf UEFI Forum - www.uefi.org © 2009 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services.