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

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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 <ESC> when prompted and then press <F10> - see Figure 1.

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Figure 1: Screenshot after pressing <ESC>

While in Setup, press the <TAB> key to select the System Configuration page – see

Figure 2.

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Figure 2: Screenshot of the System Configuration page

While on the System Configuration page, select the Device Configuration page –

see Figure 3.