Solved: Boot Manager is not showing in UEFI Boot sources - HP Support Community

Scott_in_Boise · ‎09-22-2015

I had a working system, until I installed Fedora on it....

I have since removed Fedora, though cannot get the windows partiton to boot for the life of me.

In the bios, I do not see "Microsoft Boot Manager" in the list of UEFI Boot Sources in the boot order.

I have the orignial, untouched windows 7 x64 partion, the HP recovery partiton and a windows 10 partition, which I recently did a clean install, though still no boot.

I have removed and recreated a EFI 100mb partiton and a msr 128mb partion using diskpart.

formatted the EFI fat32, left the msr as-is.

Copied the files from C:\Windows\Boot\EFI\ to the EFI partition in \EFI\Windows\Boot

Created the bootmanager entries via bcdedit.

I have tried:

bootrec /fixboot
bootrec /fixmbr
bootrec /rebuildbcd

I have also used bcd boot with the uefi function to copy the files over

I used a win10 USB install disk to do the above, as a win7 disk does not have the USB drivers for the keyboard and mouse.

Am I missing something for this HP Pavilion?

Thank You in Advance

Scott_in_Boise · ‎10-01-2015

The windows repair did nothing.

I created a USB disk of ultimatebootcd (http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/)and used parted Magic/clonezilla to image the old windows and hp recovery partitions (Not the whole disk) to a external USB HDD (Plugged into USB 2.0 port)

I then removed all the partitions with parted magc.

Install win 7 on the system with no partitions, it is easier to reduce windows to a 100mb partition, though you can adjust it later, also don't bother with the product key, skip it.

Reboot ultimate boot CD, choose parted Magic then Partition editor and create a large partition for windows = or larger than what it was when it was imaged. If your new win 7 install took the whole drive, just reduce the partition size and create the large partition to restore to, don't forget the 15gb HP restore as well. If you don't see any partitions or get an error in the partition editor see this link: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1619381

don't worry about formatting the new partitions.

To restore, you will need to rename the image files on the external drive created in the second paragraph above. The partition names will have changed, see this link: http://drbl.org/faq/fine-print.php?path=./2_System/102_restore_image_to_different_partition.faq#102_...

After restoration, boot the windows instal disk and repair, it will find your old, restored windows partition. Save and reboot to the old partition. If all is sucessful, you can remove the newly installed win 7 partition and use msconfig in windows to remove the boot entries. You could use parted magic to grow the restored partition if you want.

Then install windows 10 to get a true EFI boot.

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Big_Dave · ‎09-22-2015

Hi Scott,

Windows 7 is not going to boot in UEFI mode. Be sure that legacy mode is enabled in the BIOS. See if the HP recovery option will work from the BIOS boot menu.

The HP 500-206t doesn't seem to exist on the HP Support Server.

Please post the HP product number for your PC. How to Find the HP Model Number and the HP Product Number or let HP automatically find your PC model number and HP network attached printers. This will allow others to review your issue, make suggestions and review your responses. This is usually the best way to get assistance.

Thanks for posting on the forum.

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Scott_in_Boise · ‎09-23-2015

Thank you, it is a 205t.
F11 gives me the same no boot disk has been detected. I was under the assumption win7 x64 would boot efi. The system defaults to no legacy. Turning it on does not allow me to boot. Also it is a GPT disk, not MBR

I booted win10 in legacy mode and bootrec \fixboot or \rebuildbcd gives "element not found"

Any ideas?

Big_Dave · ‎09-23-2015

Hi Scott,

Trying to boot W7 in UEFI mode on the PCs that I have used generally results in a BSOD with an error indicating that a digital signature certificate was not found. I have yet to find one for W7 although it may be possible to create one.

I think you have found out by now that UEFI mode and W7 is not going to work.

While there many console commands that may correct your issue, I suggest that you use the HP external recovery media to properly install the correct partitions on your PC in the correct order.

Thanks for posting on the forum.

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HP Envy 17", i7-8550u,16GB, 512GB NVMe, 4K screen, Windows 11 x64
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Scott_in_Boise · ‎09-23-2015

Thank you, i guess I will have to order them then.

Big_Dave · ‎09-23-2015

Hi Scott,

If you can get your hands on a W7 recovery disk, then run it and reboot. Then do this process tow more times and see if Windows repair can correct the situation.

No recovery disks! That's ugly. You seem to be handy entering console commands so you might try setting the HP recovery partition active and see if your PC will boot to the recovery partition.

Thanks for posting on the forum.

HP ENVY 6055, HP Deskjet 1112
HP Envy 17", i7-8550u,16GB, 512GB NVMe, 4K screen, Windows 11 x64
Custom PC - Z690, i9-12900K, 32GB DDR5 5600, dual 512 GB NVMe, gen4 2 TB m.2 SSD, 4K screen, OC'd to 5 Ghz, NVIDIA 3080 10GB

Scott_in_Boise · ‎09-23-2015

Cant set a GPT disk partition active, standard win 7 install disks dont work with HP usb 3. Can boot, just no Kbd. So catch 22.
Wish my mom would have made disks 😉

Big_Dave · ‎09-23-2015

Hi,

Shouldn't be a catch 22 if you use USB 2 ports and not USB 3.

Try this Paragon Rescue product. It contains a boot corrector. It might fix your situation.

Thanks for posting on the forum.

HP ENVY 6055, HP Deskjet 1112
HP Envy 17", i7-8550u,16GB, 512GB NVMe, 4K screen, Windows 11 x64
Custom PC - Z690, i9-12900K, 32GB DDR5 5600, dual 512 GB NVMe, gen4 2 TB m.2 SSD, 4K screen, OC'd to 5 Ghz, NVIDIA 3080 10GB

Scott_in_Boise · ‎09-24-2015

Thanks Big Dave,

Unfortunately the 500 does not have a any USB 2 ports. The recovery software looks great, though it does not have USB 3 drivers either. Boots fine, though I cannot interact with it.

If I could get the USB drivers to work, i would be ok I think. Though it looks like win 10 is the only OS that contains them. I could wipe the drive and install win 10, though it requires a working earlier version of windows to get a product key.

Back to catch 22!

-Scott

Scott_in_Boise · ‎09-24-2015

Well, it looks like I was wrong. The most inaccessible ports on the back (4 of them) are usb 2.0

http://support.hp.com/lv-en/document/c03885123

Under I/O ports and Internal Connectors.

For searching:

USB 2.0 3.0 Ports Pavillion 500-205t Windows Keyboard Mouse Recovery Installation

Boot Manager is not showing in UEFI Boot sources

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