Can't install Windows 2012 Server in UEFI mode

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Guesster
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Can't install Windows 2012 Server in UEFI mode

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using virtualbox for recovery testing, neither WinPE 4, nor Windows 2012 Server can be installed in production or Beta version of virtualbox. WIndows boot manager window shows:
windows failed to start....

File: \EFI\Microsoft\Boot\BCD
Status: 0xc000000e
Info: The Boot Configuration Data for your PC is missing or contains errors
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Re: Can't install Windows 2012 Server in UEFI mode

Post by noteirak »

Virtualbox EFI doesn't work with Windows at the moment, switch back to BIOS
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Re: Can't install Windows 2012 Server in UEFI mode

Post by jorgensen »

Work around here viewtopic.php?f=2&t=57692
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Re: Can't install Windows 2012 Server in UEFI mode

Post by mpack »

If I understand it, that workaround is not booting up the Windows VM in EFI mode, it's wrapping the main drive partitions in a legacy MBR and booting with a normal BIOS. I'm not sure how it gets around the boot manager using UUIDs to identify partitions - I assume the goal is to avoid corrupting the existing host EFI boot.

In any case the workaround seems to be a variation on the "Win7 in both VM and native" trick. I.e. it's about accessing EFI partitions in a raw disk access VM, it isn't about using EFI inside a pure VM.
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