HP 8530p installing UEFi-based Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 (x64) on HP EliteBo

installing UEFi-based Microsoft

Windows Vista SP1 (x64) on HP

EliteBook and Compaq Notebook

PCs

Table of Contents:

Introduction

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Step 1

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Step 2

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Step 3

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Step 4

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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)