Introduction......................................................................................................................................... 2
EFI applications and tools ..................................................................................................................... 2
Applications accessible during startup ................................................................................................ 2
BIOS Recovery................................................................................................................................. 3
Launching EFI applications ................................................................................................................ 3
EFI and custom imaging ....................................................................................................................... 3
EFI architecture.................................................................................................................................... 4
Volume name .................................................................................................................................. 4
Directories and descriptions .............................................................................................................. 4
How BIOS launches EFI applications...................................................................................................... 4
For HP-signed EFI applications........................................................................................................... 4
Non–HP-signed EFI applications ........................................................................................................ 5
User launch and boot options ............................................................................................................ 5
Additional BIOS policies for the EFI environment.................................................................................. 5
Creating or restoring an EFI partition on the hard drive ............................................................................ 6
EFI partition errors ............................................................................................................................... 6
For more information............................................................................................................................ 7
HP Business Notebook Computer
EFI Guidelines
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