If your disk already contains an EFI partition (eg if your computer ![]() In the Ubuntu installer, you need to make sure you have an EFI If you are manually partitioning your disk I think this is logical - it expects an EFI partition and since it can't find it, it cannot continue booting futher, be it from HDD or DVD. ![]() That counts not only for the harddrive, but usb and DVD as well. The problem - since there is no EFI partition whenever I choose from BIOS to boot using UEFI I cannot boot. I am trying to follow this guide on converting my Ubuntu installation from Legacy to UEFI. I discovered that Ubuntu now boots in Legacy mode (and not UEFI). Among the deleted partitions was the EFI System partition. ![]() I installed Ubuntu on it, but deleted some partitions on the disk so that I ended up wiping out the Windows and only having Ubuntu. I received it with Windows 7 installed (but I think originally it has shipped with Windows 8). TL DR How do I create an EFI system partition from scratch? How do I put the EFI firmware on it onces it is created?
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