You don't HAVE to, but your computer would be faster with it on. How old is your BIOS? And I thought RemoveWAT was used to disable/remove that optional update that is the new generation WGA.
On Jun 21, 5:32 pm, Espionage724 <[email protected]> wrote: > Grr.. well I hope I don't have to turn it in or anything... > > And yea whenever my laptop starts up, it starts up like any other > computer (gives you options to enter BIOS settings, and boot from > device), I just select a device and it lets me choose HDD, Optical, or > EFI File, if I choose EFI file, it will then give me a list of all > devices/partitions on the system and then I can choose an EFI file. > > After enabling UEFI mode and installing 7, theres now a new boot > choice called Windows Boot Loader. I choose that to boot into 7. > > Also I fixed my "means" of activation by using RemoveWAT. > > > > On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 12:18 PM, tribaljet <[email protected]> wrote: > > You're on to something great. Unfortunately there aren't that many > > laptop bios with uefi support so far. There are some tools (mainly > > linux based, I think) that allow you to do basic things like playing > > mp3, using webmails, and things like that. > > AHCI is good, everytime. If you can enable it, do it. It is faster and > > cooler, it's not a big difference but it's there. If you want to > > enable it, read my guide a few posts back, and if you do let me know > > if everything went well. IDE is like xp, ancient history, not > > supported anymore and prone to compatibility errors, like AHCI which > > is common ground nowadays. > > After you set your BIOS to UEFI, it let you choose an EFI file for you > > to boot from? > > And yes, HP will know you OC'd, but it depends on what the situation > > might be. > > > On Jun 21, 5:05 pm, Espionage724 <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Really? Would HP know I OC'd? I mean right now my laptop still works > >> fine and passed RAM/HDD Tests as well. > > >> And about EFI, I installed Windows 7 in EFI mode. Heres what I had to do. > >> - Set BIOS to use UEFI > >> - Go to startup list and boot an EFI file (in this case, it was > >> EFI\Boot\bootmrgx64.efi or something like that on the win7 ult x64 > >> dvd) > >> - Install 7 normally for the most part (in order to use EFI booting, I > >> have to have a partition called HP_TOOLS in fat32. Nothing has to be > >> on it though, but it has to exist. I had to make my drive also GPT > >> prior to doing this from Ubuntu's Gparted. While creating partitions, > >> I had the normal system reserved partition, and a different partition > >> that was MSR reserved (EFI partition). Then I had my main partition > >> and my hp tools) > >> My windows 7 doesn't have the fancy boot screen anymore (it reverts > >> back to vista style with the bar) but I only see the loading screen > >> for maybe 3 seconds before it boots into windows, whereas if I was > >> using BIOS mode, it would take 30secs or more to go from the boot > >> screen to windows. > > >> Also I wanted to test out XP because I just assumed I might get > >> slightly better performance (not that it's bad in 7). In the end, I > >> just said forget it and then went back to 7. If I kept AHCI enabled > >> without proper drivers on install of XP, it would BSOD and restart > >> instantly. If I enabled AHCI after installing XP in IDE mode, it would > >> BSOD and restart as well. > > >> And isn't AHCI better then using IDE mode? My stuff still works fine > >> in AHCI mode from what I noticed anyway, and plus there was some > >> reason why it was better to use that over IDE, something that allowed > >> more commands or something i forget what it was called. > > >> And some more about EFI. It's the thing that mac's use to boot OS X. > >> It's better then BIOS (for some reason that idk how to explain) > >> though. There are some OEM's that also use EFI as a total replacement > >> of the BIOS as well. The advantage of this is, a way nicer looking > >> BIOS-like interface. For instance, in my bios, I can use my mouse > >> (which is amazing for not even booting fully), and it actually has a > >> GUI instead of a blue screen with words and stuff. Also this makes > >> dual booting easier as well, and it might even make hackintosh OS X > >> installations go easier. But so far, using Windows 7 in UEFI mode > >> doesn't seem to have THAT much of a performance difference inside the > >> OS itself. It does make the boot faster though by far. > > >> Also I heard I could boot EFI applications like QuickLook (aparantly, > >> if I read correctly, I can read my email before I even boot an OS) > > >> On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 11:44 AM, hussam aulaian <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> > yeah , and one more thing can i add to ur page , that bluescreen > >> > troubleshooter software ,, its free ,incase if u dont mine here is the > >> > link > >> > again > >> >http://cid-b0ec9a9e9e20660f.office.live.com/self.aspx/Software/bluesc... > > >> > -- > >> > 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS > > >> -- > >> Espionage724 Has A Signature... > > > -- > > 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS > > -- > Espionage724 Has A Signature... -- 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS
