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‎04-07-2015 05:08 PM

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Product: CQ57-425ER
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (64-bit)

I have Compaq Presario CQ57-425ER and want to use Windows 8.1 on GPT Disk. I made a bootable USB Flash Drive with Rufus (selected GPT-UEFI option), but my laptop can't start from this flash drive. There's a message - no bootable device. Among drivers for my laptop i found HP Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) Support Environment.  Here is a description: ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp55001-55500/sp55477.html. I found 2 interesting points in this description: Provides support for GPT drives and Provides support for UEFI System Partition installation. I tried to launch that flash with windows on other notebook and it works fine. But in my laptop I always get the message that there's no bootable media. So, is there a support of UEFI in CQ57? And if yes, what should I do?

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‎04-13-2015 12:35 PM

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Hi,

 

This model PC has limited support for Windows 8/8.1.  It does not support GPT or UEFI 2.3.1 or later.  It is MBR only.

 

-wes


I am an HP employee.

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‎04-07-2015 06:09 PM

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Yes, I know that GPT is mostly for hard drives with amount more than 2 GB. But it is possible to convert GPT all drives (even less than 2 GB). I want to use GPT because of fast booting. And if my laptop supports UEFI, shouln'd it support GPT?

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‎04-13-2015 12:35 PM

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Hi,

 

This model PC has limited support for Windows 8/8.1.  It does not support GPT or UEFI 2.3.1 or later.  It is MBR only.

 

-wes


I am an HP employee.
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