{"id":2163,"date":"2014-08-11T18:05:59","date_gmt":"2014-08-11T22:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hyperthinking.us\/weblog\/?p=2163"},"modified":"2014-08-11T18:05:59","modified_gmt":"2014-08-11T22:05:59","slug":"uefi-windows-8-1-pro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hyperthinking.us\/weblog\/2014\/08\/11\/uefi-windows-8-1-pro\/","title":{"rendered":"UEFI Windows 8.1 Pro"},"content":{"rendered":"

I don’t know if I had UEFI and<\/span> partitioned Win 8 installed exactly right (as it should have been) but I know I did use UEFI, absolutely … and when I upgraded to Win 8.1, I don’t know if that caused a problem or what or when, but one day, earlier this year, I turned on my monitor and my screen was telling me there was no OS to be found.<\/p>\n

That was troublesome. I went to BIOS that day and turned on LEGACY Bios, and voila, Windows 8.1 booted right up.<\/p>\n

That didn’t sit well with me. I hadn’t tried to install anything else, no dual booting or anything. No hinky software.<\/p>\n

At a couple of points in the ensuing months I used Refresh, when things just weren’t going well, they just felt wrong.<\/p>\n

One day recently I hit the first link when I Googled something. I didn’t intend to, I was searching for possible downloads, not wanting to do what I mindlessly did, first and only time ever to hit a sponsored link like that.<\/p>\n

I can tell you I had to immediately shut down and use System Restore, but even then something was bad. So I did a Refresh.<\/p>\n

My problem then though was the UEFI thing. Secure Boot and keeping my main Desktop computer running fast and problem free. So I pondered it deeply for about a week, and yesterday got all my stuff together and went for it. I deleted all of my partitions off the SSD and had made sure I was booted into my Windows 8.1 Pro DVD as UEFI. Windows 8.1 Pro was then installed properly in that space<\/p>\n

Now I’m working at getting all the programs I want installed properly, then I’ll make a custom image for refresh. <—– Something I wanted to do long ago, but just never did. Now is the time!<\/p>\n

Getting a clean\u00a0install of Windows 8.1 is not the easiest thing. You have to have it downloaded and put onto a USB Stick or Drive, or a DVD. If you want to use UEFI then you have to have your USB copy made correctly for UEFI booting, or use a disc and have a UEFI DVD or Blu-ray drive.<\/p>\n

Next is the nasty of your Windows 8 key not working when they force you to input one in the beginning of the install. It won’t be a problem to input it later, it will be accepted. In order to install though you either have to have a generic key that will be accepted to install, or you add a file to your install files that will make the key input to be bypassed until the end, once Windows is installed you’ll be able to input your Win 8 key.<\/p>\n

In my case I found a generic key and it worked. I installed and once I verified my install, I went into PC Settings and input my own Windows 8 key. Activation on the spot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I don’t know if I had UEFI and partitioned Win 8 installed exactly right (as it should have been) but I know I did use UEFI, absolutely … and when I upgraded to Win 8.1, I don’t know if that caused a problem or what or when, but one day, earlier this year, I turned […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[934,933,932],"class_list":["post-2163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computers","tag-clean-install","tag-uefi","tag-windows-8-1-pro"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2171,"url":"https:\/\/hyperthinking.us\/weblog\/2014\/08\/13\/fedora-20-64-bit-uefi-boot-usb-key\/","url_meta":{"origin":2163,"position":0},"title":"Fedora 20 64-bit UEFI boot USB Key","author":"Maisy","date":"Wednesday, August 13, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"I am using my HP Envy 4-1115dx with a USB Key running a Live ISO of Fedora 20 64-bit booted with UEFI. 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