Win7 USB PATCHed install stick won't boot in uefi

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   One thing I did notice is that the Original installation disk Win7 64, had no {boot} folder under efi only {microsoft} folder. the created USB and ISO both had a boot directory with a file bootx64.efi or something like that. Not sure if that extraneous folder and file is what is messing up the boot.Open in Google Docs Viewer
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Edited by TimH - 08 Nov 2015 at 10:19am

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TimH Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 12 Sep 2015 Location: Florida Status: Offline Points: 64	Post Options Post Reply Quote TimH Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Win7 USB PATCHed install stick won't boot in uefi Posted: 08 Nov 2015 at 3:34am
	One thing I did notice is that the Original installation disk Win7 64, had no {boot} folder under efi only {microsoft} folder. the created USB and ISO both had a boot directory with a file bootx64.efi or something like that. Not sure if that extraneous folder and file is what is messing up the boot. Open in Google Docs Viewer Open link in new tab Open link in new window Open link in new incognito window Download file Copy link address Edit PDF File on PDFescape.com Open in Google Docs Viewer Open link in new tab Open link in new window Open link in new incognito window Download file Copy link address Edit PDF File on PDFescape.com Edited by TimH - 08 Nov 2015 at 10:19am

TimH Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 12 Sep 2015 Location: Florida Status: Offline Points: 64	Post Options Post Reply Quote TimH Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 08 Nov 2015 at 3:07am
	All right that didn't work either. I think the Patcher is the problem. Open in Google Docs Viewer Open link in new tab Open link in new window Open link in new incognito window Download file Copy link address Edit PDF File on PDFescape.com I used the patcher to create a Patched ISO of Win7 64bit and I burned it to the DVD. I put it in the computer and the Z170 Formula OC wouldn't recognize it as a UEFI boot disk. I put the original in and the Z170 Formula OC recognized it as a VALID UEFI boot disk. So something is going wrong in the Patcher. I have version 2.0.5

TimH Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 12 Sep 2015 Location: Florida Status: Offline Points: 64	Post Options Post Reply Quote TimH Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 08 Nov 2015 at 12:51am
	Okay if no one sees a problem with above I will have to conclude that the board does not support booting UEFI from a USB yet. It appears to be a BIOS problem as it does boot from the CD in UEFI without the above error. Open in Google Docs Viewer Open link in new tab Open link in new window Open link in new incognito window Download file Copy link address Edit PDF File on PDFescape.com I will create a patch DVD to install windows 7 from. Hopefully that will do it.

TimH Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 12 Sep 2015 Location: Florida Status: Offline Points: 64	Post Options Post Reply Quote TimH Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 08 Nov 2015 at 12:44am
	Okay I tried using the BCD from the installation disk and that didn't work. Here is the BCD data but I don't see any problems Open in Google Docs Viewer Open link in new tab Open link in new window Open link in new incognito window Download file Copy link address Edit PDF File on PDFescape.com Windows Boot Manager -------------------- identifier {9dea862c-5cdd-4e70-acc1-f32b344d4795} description Windows Boot Manager locale en-US inherit {7ea2e1ac-2e61-4728-aaa3-896d9d0a9f0e} default {7619dcc9-fafe-11d9-b411-000476eba25f} displayorder {7619dcc9-fafe-11d9-b411-000476eba25f} timeout 30 Windows Boot Loader ------------------- identifier {7619dcc9-fafe-11d9-b411-000476eba25f} device ramdisk=[boot]\sources\boot.wim,{7619dcc8-fafe-11d9-b411-000476eba25f} path \windows\system32\boot\winload.efi description Windows Setup locale en-US inherit {6efb52bf-1766-41db-a6b3-0ee5eff72bd7} osdevice ramdisk=[boot]\sources\boot.wim,{7619dcc8-fafe-11d9-b411-000476eba25f} systemroot \windows detecthal Yes winpe Yes ems Yes But not being aware of what it should look like I can see no reason why ASUS BIOS 1.7 wouldn't like this BCD

TimH Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 12 Sep 2015 Location: Florida Status: Offline Points: 64	Post Options Post Reply Quote TimH Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 07 Nov 2015 at 2:00pm
	Still getting the error. I just tried RUFUS to create the UEFI USB installation drive from the win 7 patcher. Next I'm going to try rufus to create the UEFI stick from the installation CD and see if it does a better job than the USB patcher. If it does then I may copy the .wim file from the patched CD to the new Stick and see if that's all I need to do to get USB support. Open in Google Docs Viewer Open link in new tab Open link in new window Open link in new incognito window Download file Copy link address Edit PDF File on PDFescape.com Meanwhile has anyone gotten a Patched USB stick to boot in UEFI mode?

TimH Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 12 Sep 2015 Location: Florida Status: Offline Points: 64	Post Options Post Reply Quote TimH Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 05 Nov 2015 at 1:26am
	3 times I've tried now with new usb sticks. Each time same error. Funny thing is the windows disc this is made from boots fine in uefi but I don't have a keyboard or mouse which is problematic. Open in Google Docs Viewer Open link in new tab Open link in new window Open link in new incognito window Download file Copy link address Edit PDF File on PDFescape.com Edited by TimH - 07 Nov 2015 at 1:57pm

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	And the error I'm getting is: Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software change might be the cause to fix this problem: 1 insert your Windows installation disc and restart your computer 2 choose your language settings and then click Next 3 click Repair your computer If you do not have this disc contact your system administrator or computer manufacturer for assistance. File:\efi\microsoft\boot\bcd Status: 0x000000d Info: an error occurred while attempting to read the boot configuration data

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	Oh FYI z170 oc formula. 1.4 bios

TimH Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 12 Sep 2015 Location: Florida Status: Offline Points: 64	Post Options Post Reply Quote TimH Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 04 Nov 2015 at 9:50am
	When I turn off csm and select usb uefi partition as my boot device I get an error the the efi/microsoft/boot/bcd has an error. I have created the usb twice and get the error each time. I need to boot in uefi mode but there seems to be a bug.