BootIt UEFI

there is a data only check box whether it needs to be changed ?

 

done, windows reboot succesfully

 

OK. Boot BIU UFD and choose the install option. Press Enter for every question. Eventually you will be asked to remove the UFD.

All OK?

 

all ok,

 

Restart your computer. It should stop on BIU. The Boot Menu. What is the name of the item in the boot menu?
All OK?

 

It seems I made a mistake, after restarting the laptop immediately entered the Windows menu, I restarted again and pressed F12 there was a uefi boot option, I selected it and the menu said Windows 10

 

That sometimes happens. Boot the UFD again and you should see 2 options. Reactivate and Reinstall. Click Reactivate. If it's not there, click Reinstall.

Remove the UFD when asked.

 

ok, after restart it is working now

 

When you get into BIU on the SSD, (not UFD) click Maintenance, then Settings. In the General area, put a tick in Auto Reactivate. This usually stops Windows from booting before BIU.

Now enter your BIOS and find the Boot Option Priorities. Disable every Option except BootIt UEFI. If you can't find Boot Option Priorities, that's ok. Forget it.


Does BIU appear after every restart now?

 

I tried to enter the bios but now it asks for a password, I didn't set a password in my bios, but if I restart now it goes straight into biu

 

Good. It's bed time for me. See you tomorrow.

In BIU, Partition Work, resize your Win10 partition to 256000 MiB. Is that your choice?

 

yes, then how do i make a partition for windows 7, i want it to be 150 gb

 

I don't want to install Linux right now but I want to be able to install it in the future with free disk space left

 

We'll discuss Win7 tomorrow. I'm not hopeful as I've never been able to install Win7 in UEFI mode. But we'll try.

 

walang,

In the past, have you been able to get into the BIOS without using a password? Getting into the BIOS is important to be able to disable CSM and confirm Secure Boot status.

Restart into BIU. Partition Work.
Select the Basic data partition, click Properties
If you see "Invalid Head...." click Yes. This message occasionally appears.
In the Name field, change the name to Win10
click OK
In Partition Work that partition will now appear as Win10

A few questions...
In Partition Work,
What size is the EFI system partition?
What size is the Win10 partition?

In BIU Settings, do you have a tick for Auto Reactivate?

 

Hi Brian,
I have to apologize to you before, this is one of the effects of getting older, I'm getting senile, I can now enter the bios after trying several passwords that I usually use
What size is the EFI system partition? 400 MB
What size is the Win10 partition? 487470 MB
I haven't resized my current partition as you suggested yesterday

thank you

 

In BIU Settings, do you have a tick for Auto Reactivate? yes

 

OK. Resize Win10 partition.

Enter your BIOS and disable CSM if it is enabled. It should be in the Boot section. This makes the UEFI environment more stable for BIU.

After you have resized Win10 select the Free space on your SSD (Partition Work) and click Create.
Name it Win7
NTFS
150000 MiB
OK

Let me know when you have done the above.

 

I don't think I have that feature, can I proceed to the next stage

 

OK. Secure Boot is enabled so it's likely CSM is disabled anyway.

Sure. Proceed.

 

all ok, what next

 

Great.

Start in BIU, not Windows. Plug in your Win7 UFD. Click reboot and start pressing F12 to get your Boot Menu.
In the Boot Menu you might have 2 entries for the UFD. If so, select the UEFI one. Install into the Win7 partition you just created. If you get a Microsoft message about Incorrect Partition order, ignore it and proceed.

If this works, you will finish in Win7. Win7 will boot after each restart. Then either Reactivate BIU from the UFD or press F12 and select BIU.

 

when I'm on biu, restart and press f12 key there are three options:
bootit uefi
hdd0
usb hdd

if i choose bootit it will boot to biu again

 

Try USB HDD

 

secure boot fail