I have a HP ProBook, a few years younger than your EliteBook. But perhaps your recovery key is outdated.
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I couldn't read which version of HP Cloud Recovery USB key you're using and if that version is compatible with your system firmware and your version of Windows 10 installer. Peter has already provided a link to an article with more details.ĭinesh.ikkadu wrote:I’m using HP Cloud Recovery USB key which is having Windows 10. And the next partition is large enough and formatted correctly to NTFS. 0 MB as shown in your screenshot is definitely too small. Its size has to be within specified limits and the first partition. It doesn't make sense to format an EFI-partition to NTFS as UEFI requires it to be FAT32. UEFI mandates several partitions, some optional and some mandotory with further constraints. They don't hold file systems and hence cannot be formatted to neither NTFS nor FAT32. GPT and MBR are two different partitioning schemes among various more existing. Please don't confuse partitioning scheme with file system. Note: When I tried the same GPT formatted usb key to another laptop (HP Elitebook 1030 G1), it is booting fine without any issues.Īny ideas and guidance will be appreciated Laptop make & model: HP Elitebook 840 G2. The selected disk is of the GPT partition style." Throws an error "Windows cannot be installed to this disk.
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But the problem is I'm unable to install OS to a GPT formatted SSD. ISO to a USB key with MBR, Windows 10 OS is loading fine in this laptop. Tried couple of different USB keys, no go Tried updating the laptop BIOS/UEFI to the latest version - (HP Notebook System BIOS Update, 01.31 Rev.A, May 8, 2020. I verified under Disk Management -> Properties -> Volume. Tried enabling UEFI SecureBoot to force the USB loading to GPT, no go I made sure the laptop is set to UEFI Hybrid (with CSM). I used RUFUS to partition the USB key to GPT and tried both NTFS & FAT32, no go USB is not booting, instead, I see dots on the screen. The deployment batch is really simple, too.I'm having challenges in booting Windows 10 and any other bootable tools from a USB if the partitioning scheme is GPT. In any case the drive letter will only be needed for deployment, it will be freed when VHD will be unmounted.
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Edit script to meet your needs, be sure the drive you create VHD has double the free storage than the size of VHD if you will create a 100 GB VHD file to be used in dual boot, the drive where it will be created needs 200 GB free.Īlso, be sure to assign an unused drive letter! I always use W: which I have reserved for this purpose, never assigning it to anything else. vhdx) named W10PRO.vhdx in root of drive F:, labels it Windows and assigns it a temporary drive letter W. To run a DISKPART script, enter following command:Ĭode: create vdisk file=F:\W10PRO.vhdx maximum=51200 type=expandableĪbove script creates a dynamically expanding MBR partitioned 50 GB (51,200 MB) VHDX file (you can use. The DISKPART script and deployment batch from video:ĭISKPART scripts are normal text files with extension.
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See this tutorial for more information: Native boot Virtual Hard Disk - How to upgrade Windows The VHD can then be used as native boot VHD, or on a VM. This takes care of the partitioning, doing it correctly. If you for any reason want to use a GPT partitioned VHD in native boot (can't think any valid reason!), it is better and recommended that you first create a Generation 2 VM in Hyper-V, installing Windows 10 on it. An MBR partitioned VHD is easy to attach to VM, it only needs Windows partition to be marked active, whereas a GPT partitioned VHD with only a single partition for Windows requires manually creating system partitions before it can be used on VM. When creating VHD file to be used in native boot, always use MBR partitioning! To upgrade Windows on native boot VHD, it must be temporarily attached to a virtual machine.