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HP Business Notebook HP TOOLS Partition Guidelines V1.6 November 2009 Table of Contents: 1. Introduction ...2 2. Supported Platforms ...2 3. Location of HP EFI and Preboot applications- the HP TOOLS Fat32 Partition 3 Volume Name ...3 HP_TOOLS Partition Size 3 4. HP_TOOLS Partition Directories and - HP 550 | HP Business Notebook HP_TOOLS Partition Guidelines - Page 2
is driver‐based, scalable, and easy to debug and upgrade. EFI uses a modular, platform‐independent architecture that can perform boot and other BIOS functions. Tapping into this technology, HP has implemented a preboot partition on all of its commercial notebook computers.1 Along with replacing the - HP 550 | HP Business Notebook HP_TOOLS Partition Guidelines - Page 3
are placed on a HP specific partition. On 2008 and later commercial notebook platforms with EFI BIOS, the preboot partition HP_TOOLS is created by the preinstall team as a Fat32 partition. Warning Do not encrypt HP_TOOLS partition using software encryption programs such as Windows BitLocker or Full - HP 550 | HP Business Notebook HP_TOOLS Partition Guidelines - Page 4
power management under EFI shell. There will be some thermal management. 6. How BIOS Launches EFI and Other Preboot Applications For HP Signed Preboot Applications The HP HP EFI and preboot applications. Please contact the Business Notebook BIOS team to define and assign a hotkey for a specific - HP 550 | HP Business Notebook HP_TOOLS Partition Guidelines - Page 5
the public hard drive partition which are easily accessible and thus hacked, it's necessary for BIOS to only launch HP signed preboot to an EFI file. For security, it's recommended to be disabled. When UEFI Boot Mode is disabled, the "Boot from EFI File" option will not show up in the Boot - HP 550 | HP Business Notebook HP_TOOLS Partition Guidelines - Page 6
application option. 8. Additional References For additional information, refer to the resources listed below: HP Technology Center http://www.hp.com/go/techcenter HP technical support http://www.hp.com/support Intel's Extensible Firmware Interface (Home Page) http://www.intel.com/technology/efi
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HP Business Notebook
HP TOOLS Partition
Guidelines
V1.6
November 2009
Table of Contents:
1.
Introduction
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2
2.
Supported Platforms
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2
3.
Location of HP EFI and Preboot applications- the HP TOOLS Fat32 Partition
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3
Volume Name
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3
HP_TOOLS Partition Size
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3
4.
HP_TOOLS Partition Directories and Descriptions
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3
5.
EFI Power Management
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4
6.
How BIOS Launches EFI and other preboot Applications:
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4
7.
Preboot Security Requirements
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Signed preboot applications
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Additional F10 Policies for Preboot Environment
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Additional References
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