HP 2530p installing UEFi-based Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 (x64) on HP EliteBo
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- HP 2530p | installing UEFi-based Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 (x64) on HP EliteBo - Page 1
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 - HP 2530p | installing UEFi-based Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 (x64) on HP EliteBo - Page 2
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 - HP 2530p | installing UEFi-based Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 (x64) on HP EliteBo - Page 3
using the UEFI boot method on the Windows installation DVD. The UEFI boot of Windows Setup is required for Windows to configure the installed operating system for UEFI boot. If the UEFI boot method on the installation DVD is not used, Windows Setup will launch using BIOS firmware by default, and the - HP 2530p | installing UEFi-based Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 (x64) on HP EliteBo - Page 4
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 - HP 2530p | installing UEFi-based Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 (x64) on HP EliteBo - Page 5
environment uses a UEFI version of the Windows boot manager. Without UEFI enabled, the installed operating system uses the MBR format for hard disk partitions and a BIOS version of the Windows boot manager. If the user wants to install UEFI-based Windows Vista SP1 on a hard disk already formatted - HP 2530p | installing UEFi-based Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 (x64) on HP EliteBo - Page 6
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 - HP 2530p | installing UEFi-based Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 (x64) on HP EliteBo - Page 7
} toolsdisplayorder {memdiag} timeout 30 Notes: Not all the Windows drivers for the devices on these systems are available on the Windows Vista installation disk. Please go to www.hp.com and search for the model string (e.g., 2730p), software and drivers for the model would be available from the - HP 2530p | installing UEFi-based Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 (x64) on HP EliteBo - Page 8
HP Business Notebook Computer EFI Guidelines http://bizsupport1.austin.hp.com/bc/docs/support/ services. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. HP shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein. Microsoft and Windows
installing UEFi-based Microsoft
Windows Vista SP1 (x64) on HP
EliteBook and Compaq Notebook
PCs
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Introduction
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For more information
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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:
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HP EliteBook Mobile Workstation, Notebook PC and Tablet PCs (8530p,
8530w, 8730w, 6930p, 2530p, 2730p)
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HP Compaq Notebook PCs (6735s, 6535s, 6735b, 6535b, 6730s, 6830s,
6530b, 6730b, 2230s)