Edit, I make mistake in title, G1 only apply if you have motherboard swap to G2
Hello many friends,
Today I will show you easy method to boot from NVME
Reason for me, is I have MXM B card (Quadro P3000) taking up DVD/RW bay in ZBook 15 G2, so I cannot install DVD to 2.5" adapter. I do not want to purchase big 2.5" SSD, I already have 500GB NVME and 1TB SATA.
You will need RUFUS, CLOVER, and SD card
SD card can be cheap and small, 1GB or less
So, download RUFUS
https://rufus.ie/en/
Download CLOVER
https://github.com/CloverHackyColor/CloverBootloader/releases
Put SD card into computer
Open DiskPart and CLEAN SD card
Open RUFUS as administrator
Install CLOVER ISO to SD card
!!! DO NOT REMOVE !!!
Go to SD card in File Explorer
Go to EFI/CLOVER/Drivers/
Inside OFF folder, copy NvmExpressDxe.efi to BIOS and UEFI folders
Make sure ZBOOK is set to UEFI ONLY! No CSM!!! Make sure BOOT ORDER has SD CARD FIRST!!!
Put SD card and NVME drive into ZBOOK
Put Windows Install Media in LEFT USB !! Same side as ExpressCard! Will not work for other USB port!
Boot from Windows Install Media, and install WINDOWS to NVME
Then, when finished, boot CLOVER from SD card
Boot from FIRST option, there may be as many as 4 option! If first option is black screen and no boot, try other boot option.
Then once boot, SHIFT+F10
Type shutdown /s, Wait for power off
Put SD card into OTHER PC
Find config.plist in EFI/CLOVER
Line 303 is <integer>5</integer>
Change to 0 for seamless boot~! Otherwise, if you like SPLASH SCREEN, this step not necessary.
Sorrry for the sh*t English, I am from Russia![]()
Enjoy, and comment if this work for you
Tested on ZBook 15 G2 and ZBook 17 G2 SK Hynix SSD and SAMSUNG PM991
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