HP 2730p installing UEFi-based Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 (x64) on HP EliteBo - Page 7
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that the system is configured for UEFI boot is to check the Windows Vista SP1 boot configuration. To check the boot configuration, start a command prompt and run as Administrator (Click Start, in the Start Search box, type command. A list of matches will appear above. Right-click Command Prompt in Programs list, and then click Run as administrator. You will likely be prompted for an administrator confirmation, or a password. Type your password or click Continue). From the command prompt, run the command: bcdedit - which will display the boot configuration for Windows Vista SP1. You will see the Windows Boot Manager path refers to \EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi, as per following example: C:\Windows\system32>bcdedit Windows Boot Manager identifier {bootmgr} device partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume1 path \EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi description Windows Boot Manager locale en-US inherit {globalsettings} bootems Yes default {current} resumeobject {343086e5-0a74-11dd-8475-001320f5f13e} displayorder {current} 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 links provided. Please make sure to select the software and drivers for the x64 edition of Vista. The "UEFI Boot" option is provided for development purposes only and is currently not fully supported or warranted by HP. Preboot Authentication and Drive Lock are currently not supported under the UEFI Boot mode. HP strongly recommends disabling Preboot Authentication and Drive Lock before enabling UEFI Boot. 7