Your UEFI hard drive setup appears correct for Windows 8.1. You should be able to boot using the Windows Boot Manager.
Your UEFI hard drive setup appears correct for Windows 8.1. You should be able to boot using the Windows Boot Manager.
Just set up my operating system on the new machine and I’m feeling a bit anxious. I installed using an ISO file on a USB drive, thinking I pointed it to the SSD, restarted, and the boot menu displayed it as using the "UEFI Hard Disk: Windows Boot Manager." After switching to the SSD, it didn’t boot. When I changed back, it worked. Does Windows 8.1 seem to automatically create partitions during the installation process, and that’s what it’s showing? I don’t have any other drives to install, and the USB isn’t booting at all since it was removed. Please reassure me I’m not in trouble here...
Someone clarify this point... By default, Windows creates a partition (such as 300 MB) that appears in UEFI. To bypass this, you can adjust settings or use tools to change the default partition size. Windows 10 Preview and even Windows 7 users can achieve this, though the method may differ.