RUFUS - Issues Creating a GPT to UEFI Partition for Windows 7 Using ISO Image

Hello

I ripped the Windows 7 CD to an ISO image. System version to be installed - all versions of X86 and X64. From the rufus program, I select the GPT to UEFI patrition system and the previously created Windows image.
Unfortunately, I get the message:

Something wrong with the system image, it must be 64 bit.

Windows 7 does not support (straight from DVD/USB) UEFI. Change the first option, after selecting the iso image, to select MBR partitioning method.

*Of course, there are tricks to install Windows 7 on a computer with UEFI/GPT, but then the system does not work so stable, so I advise against this method

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You can't change the bios to "legacy" mode or something like that when booting?
It should work stably, personally I haven't tested it but my friend didn't see anything, maybe he's lucky .

The point is that I have LEGACY and I want it to be UEFI. Now the system works stably but that's not important.

Can't you try from CD?

It should work on UEFI.

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Both Windows 8 and Windows 7 support BIOS and EFI. Your choice of boot mode dictates your choice of partition table type.

http://superuser.com/questions/676249/clean-i...-uefi-laptop-with-gpt-partition/676450#676450

Maybe you're doing something wrong in rufus?

11111olo wrote:

From the rufus program, I choose the GPT to UEFI patrimation system

Where is it going?
Rufus creates a bootable USB. UEFI allows the use of GPT, but MBR also works as far as I remember. Only during the installation of windows you select (settings provided shift + f10) disk partition system.

The board does not boot from UEFI - only LEGACY.

There is such a thing in RUFUS.



GPT must be selected for UEFI otherwise I will not install the system on a GPT disk.

As for the installation, it's not important for now because I need to have something to install the system from.

Maybe check on another software, I use Yumi, it creates a multiboot from several ISO images, there may be different platforms.

11111olo wrote:

GPT must be selected for UEFI otherwise I will not install the system on a GPT disk.

First time I hear something like this. But someone correct me if I'm wrong.

There is no such thing as a GPT disk.
During windows installation you can choose/convert to GPT. You press shift+f10 and type diskpart, then list disks with list disk, then type select disk 0 where 0 is the disk number, then type convert and you have what to type to convert from what to what. This deletes all partitions from the disk.

Take a look at this guide, there is how to prepare USB for Win 7 with UEFI:

http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/15458-uefi-bootable-usb-flash-drive-create-windows.html

I looked at these guides and I see that the problem is not the preparation of the flash drive itself, because the computer boots from it, and the disc image that after such a boot does not want to work. This message pops up:

There have been many similar topics. Take a look below:

https://www.google.pl/search?q=0xc000000f&oq=...7.10694j0j1&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=93&ie=UTF-8

Yes, but this concerns the problem with booting from the disk, not the flash drive.
I didn't think it would be so complicated

Try to get another system image.

How do I understand the pendrive is in the FAT32 system? Theoretically, this should work. And the logic from the CD itself should work - after all, why give the option of installing GTP in the system, if its installer does not allow it?

It doesn't work the same from a CD as it does from a flash drive. It boots up but I get an error.
It takes a bit of fiddling to boot from UEFI.
there is a link in the #10 post and I did it, but it does nothing because the error is shown - #11 post.

11111olo wrote:

I ripped the Windows 7 CD to an ISO image. System version to be installed - all versions of X86 and X64.

In the guide you have:

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Requirements:
At least a 4GB USB flash drive
64-bit Windows 7 ISO or DVD (If you want to install Windows 7)
64-bit Windows 8 ISO or DVD (If you want to install Windows 8)
64-bit Windows 8.1 ISO or DVD (If you want to install Windows 8.1)
32-bit is not supported.

Look for the 64 bit version.

In the meantime, I checked from windows to DVD. Boots normally and with UEFI.
Now it's copying to the flash drive. If I can install it, I will go back to trying with windows 7.

I was restoring the bios settings with a jumper because something was broken there (e.g. the mouse did not work and it is not known why the settings were not always saved).

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Edit

I don't understand why windows 7 with UEFI can't boot. I've tried several versions and each one is the same :(

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EDIT
Now I know what is the reason for this message. There is simply no WINLOAD.EFI file. This file must be in the BOOT.WIM archive.

I finally found such an archive and the installation from the flash drive started.