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    Windows 7 x64 in UEFI mode (Clevo W350ETQ)

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by michalis, Dec 1, 2012.

  1. michalis

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    Hi All,

    I am having a nightmare booting Windows 7 x64 bits in UEFI Mode for installation on my hard disk.

    I have got the latest bios, however W7 refuse to start. Windows 8 and Ubuntu 12.04 start without any problems in UEFI mode.

    I have followed Sean's Windows 7 Install & Optimization Guide for SSDs & HDDs and created a USB drive with the Win7 installer and added the installation boot loader extension but it is giving out an error.

    Any ideas anyone? has anyone done it on a clevo?
     
    michalis, Dec 1, 2012
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    any specific reason why u dont just stick to either win8 or ubuntu instead then? ;)

    Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2
     
    jaybee83, Dec 1, 2012
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  3. michalis

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    Well, i want to use windows 7 for my audio apps as it is pretty stable environment and all other stuff will be windows 8 .
     
    michalis, Dec 1, 2012
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    Invincible10001 Notebook Consultant

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    So I'm assuming you've got your OSes on multiple drives. But there is an OS setting in your BIOS after you enable UEFI. Maybe that is not set to Windows 7?
     
    Invincible10001, Dec 3, 2012
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  5. michalis

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    I have got only windows 7 on the disk right now.

    The setting is called windows 8, and then there is a sub setting that you can choose uefi.

    On windows 8 uefi setting ubuntu boots fine windows7 not.
     
    michalis, Dec 3, 2012
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    Did you try disabling & re-enabling UEFI before installing Windows 7?
    I think that OS option should be set to 'Windows 7' not 'Windows 8'.

    By the way, are you using all OSes (multi-boot)..or are you using only Windows 7 at the moment?
     
    Invincible10001, Dec 3, 2012
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    Prostar Computer, Dec 3, 2012
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    i am using Windows 7 x64 at the moment only in BIOS mode . What i said is that i could boot other OS in UEFI mode , not win7 though.

    There is no option for Windows 7 on Bios, seems clevo is taking the p1ss :)
     
    michalis, Dec 5, 2012
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  9. Prostar Computer

    Prostar Computer Company Representative

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    Well, I came across this, but for whatever reason, my MS word is crashing, so I couldn't really look it over to deem it worth mention:

    UEFI and Windows

    Hopefully there's info in there that can help. I'm still getting over the learning curve of Windows 8 and the UEFI myself, and I'll post any findings. :)
     
    Prostar Computer, Dec 5, 2012
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    Not really helpful i am afraid...

    Clevo has done something to it... Has anyone else got the same problem?
     
    michalis, Dec 7, 2012
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