Pavilion g6 installing windows from disk. Tips on how to reinstall Windows on an HP laptop yourself. Steps to take before installation

Good morning everyone!

I don’t know if this happens on purpose or by accident, but installed Windows on laptops, it is often terribly slow (with unnecessary add-ons and programs). Plus, the disk is not very conveniently divided - there is only one partition with Windows OS (not counting another “small” one for a backup copy).

Actually, not so long ago I had to “figure it out” and reinstall Windows on an HP 15-ac686ur laptop (a very simple budget laptop with no bells and whistles. By the way, it was on it that the extremely “buggy” Windows was installed - because of this I was asked to help . I photographed some moments, and that’s how this article was born:))…

Setting up the BIOS of an HP laptop to boot from a flash drive

Remark! Since this HP laptop does not have a CD/DVD drive, Windows was installed using USB flash drives(because this is the easiest and fastest option).

I do not consider the issue of creating a bootable flash drive in this article. If you do not have such a flash drive, I recommend reading the following articles:

1. Creating a bootable USB flash drive for Windows XP, 7, 8, 10 - (in the article I discuss installing Windows 10 from a flash drive, created based on this article :));
2. Creation bootable UEFI flash drives -

Buttons to enter BIOS settings

Remark! I have an article on my blog with a lot of buttons for entering the BIOS on various devices -

This laptop (which I liked) has several buttons for entering various settings (and some of them duplicate each other). So, here they are (they will also be duplicated in photo 4):

1. F1 - system information about the laptop (not all laptops have this, but here they built it into this budget one :));
2. F2 - laptop diagnostics, viewing information about devices (by the way, the tab supports Russian, see photo 1);
3. F9 - select a boot device (i.e. our flash drive, but more on that below);
4. F10 - BIOS settings (the most important button :));
5. Enter - continue downloading;
6. ESC - see a menu with all these options for booting the laptop, select any of them (see photo 4).

Important! Those. if you don’t remember the button to enter the BIOS (or something else...), then on something like this model range laptops - you can safely press the ESC button after turning on the laptop! Moreover, it is better to press several times until the menu appears.

Photo 1. F2 - HP laptop diagnostics.

Note! You can install Windows, for example, in UEFI mode (to do this, you need to burn the USB flash drive accordingly and configure the BIOS. More details about this here:). In my example below I will consider the “universal” method (since it is also suitable for Windows installations 7).

So, to enter the BIOS on an HP laptop ( approx. Laptop HP15-ac686) you need to press the F10 button several times - after you have turned on the device. Next, in the BIOS settings, you need to open the System Configuration section and go to the Boot Options tab (see photo 2).

Photo 2. F10 button - Bios Boot Options

1. Make sure that USB Boot is enabled (must be in Enabled mode);
2. Enable Legacy Support (must be Enabled);
3. In the Legacy Boot Order list, move the lines from USB to the first places (using the F5, F6 buttons).

Photo 3. Boot Option - Legacy Enabled

Actually, now you can start installing Windows. To do this, we insert a pre-prepared bootable USB flash drive V USB port and reboot (turn on) the laptop.

Photo 4. Boot Device Option (selecting an option to boot an HP laptop)

A window should appear in which you can select a boot device. Because We install Windows from a flash drive - then you need to select the line with “USB Hard Drive..." (see photo 5). If everything is done correctly, then after a while you should see the Windows installation welcome window (as in photo 6).

Photo 5. Selecting a flash drive to start installing Windows (Boot Manager).

On this BIOS setup OS installation complete...

Reinstalling Windows 10

In my example below, reinstalling Windows will be stored on the same disk (though on a fully formatted and partitioned slightly differently).

If you have configured the BIOS correctly and burned the USB flash drive, then after selecting the boot device (F9 button (photo 5))- you should see a welcome window and offers to install Windows (as in photo 6).

We agree with the installation - click the “Install” button.

Photo 6. Welcome window for installing Windows 10.

Next, having reached the installation type, you need to select “ Custom: Windows installation only (advanced users)". In this case, you can format the disk as needed and completely remove all old files and OS.

Photo 7. Custom: Windows installation only (for advanced users)

The next window will open a (sort of) disk manager. If the laptop is new (and no one has “commanded” it yet), then most likely you will have several partitions (including backup ones, for backups that will be needed to restore the OS).

My personal opinion is that in most cases, these sections are not needed (and even the OS that comes with the laptop is not the best, I would say “stripped down”). It is not always possible to restore Windows OS with their help; it is impossible to remove some types of viruses, etc. And a backup on the same disk as your documents is also not the best option.

In my case, I simply selected them and deleted them (every single one. How to delete - see photo 8).

Important! In some cases, removing the software that comes with the device is a reason for refusing warranty service. Although, as a rule, software is never covered by a warranty, and yet, if in doubt, check this point (before deleting everything)…

Photo 8. Deleting old partitions on the disk (which were on it when the device was purchased).

Photo 9. Everything was deleted - there was only one unallocated disk left.

Then all that remains is to select this partition (97.2GB), click the “Next” button and install Windows into it.

Remark! By the way, the rest of the space on your hard drive doesn’t need to be formatted at all for now. After Windows is installed, go to Disk Management (through the Windows Control Panel, for example) and format the remaining disk space. Usually, they just make another partition (with all the free space) for media files.

Photo 10. One ~100GB partition was created to install Windows on it.

Photo 11. Installation process (you just need to wait :)).

Found instructions on the Internet "Installing Windows 7 on an HP Pavilion g6-2364sr laptop" :

1. IN BIOS By "F10".

2. Easy installation V "UEFI Boot Order" downloads from "CD/DVD ROM Drive" will do nothing (subsection [I]"Legacy
Boot Order" not active). Loading only takes place from OS boot manager . Let's look carefully at BIOS -e for a new one
menu item "Secure Boot" , which is included in this case. IN BIOS -e HP Pavilion g6-2364sr provided
the ability to disable this insidious service. Disable Secure Boot "Disabled"

4. Afterwards we turn it on Legacy Support

5. IN Legacy Support We set the boot the way we need it and boot from external media.

So, booting from the distribution disk "Windows 7 SP1 64-bit" we have:

Then I used heavy artillery - utility diskpart:

You launch installation disk With "Windows 7" When the rewind screen appears "Install"
select the item below "Recovery" ...
Do not select automatic problem fixing because... we need a second option.
A window will open with all sorts of tools, you choose among them command line.

1. In the black window that appears command line dial diskpart and press ENTER .
Attention! After this, the line before the flickering cursor will begin with DISKPART>

2. select disk # and press ENTER .
# is the number of the disk you want to reformat.
The number can be viewed using the command list disk.
(the same command will show which disk is protected GPT there will be a sign opposite it *****)
For example, I wrote select disk 2
A line appeared
Disk 2 selected

3. clean and press ENTER . (ATTENTION! If the disk contains the necessary data, it will not be available later!)
A line appeared
DiskPart: Disk cleanup completed successfully.

4. create partition primary and press ENTER .
A line appeared
DiskPart: The specified partition was created successfully.

1. Everything from diskpart-a and the command line you can exit: exit, ENTER, exit, ENTER.
   Now you can reinstall the system.

The following appeared:

How to be bro?

P.S. A little about the laptop itself:

Install Windows 10 on a computer that came with Windows 8.1 or Windows 7 using the instructions provided in this document.

Important information for installing Windows 10

Please read the following important information before beginning installation:

Make sure you have created backups important files.

Attention!

To avoid loss important information Before starting work, always back up your data (personal files, photos, video files, documents, applications, software etc.). See the article Backing up files in Windows 10 and 8 for more information.

• HP provides installation instructions, compatible software, and updated drivers for most computers sold after August 2013.

  If you purchased your computer before August 2013, HP has not tested or developed drivers for your tablet model. Some features may not work or the installation may not complete successfully.

  Make sure you have installed the latest drivers for your device under Windows control 7 or Windows 8.1 using HP Support Assistant, or download them from the HP customer support site.

  Update your antivirus software and relevant virus definitions before you install Windows 10. Enable automatic update antivirus application. For more information, visit your antivirus software manufacturer's website.

  If you use HP ProtectTools or other security applications to encrypt data on your hard drive, you must decrypt the data on your hard drive before installation.

  If you require assistance from HP after installation, HP technical support may request that you restore the original Windows operating system to ensure the device is working properly. If your computer is sent to service or is being repaired after installing Windows 10, then it is possible to restore from an image of the original Windows operating system, which will lead to uninstalling Windows 10. After repair, you can reinstall Windows 10. You must remember the name and password of your account Microsoft records. To reset your password, see HP Step-by-Step Solutions - Can't Sign In to Windows.

  Once you install Windows 10, updates and security patches from Microsoft will download automatically. You cannot unsubscribe from this service.

  If you need to restore the original operating system, it's best to obtain HP recovery media first before installing Windows 10. For information about creating recovery media, see Obtain HP Recovery Discs or an HP USB Recovery Disc.

  Not all Windows features 10 are available on computers. Your Windows 10 experience is determined by the capabilities of your computer.

  Applications are purchased separately.

  Programs made for Windows 8.1 or earlier operating systems may not work after installing Windows 10.

  If, after purchasing your HP computer, you installed software on it third party manufacturers, you should verify that this software will be supported on Windows 10 by contacting the software vendor.

  Some graphics devices don't support new model WDDM 2.0 drivers. Although these graphics devices will work in Windows environment 10, it will not give the computer the performance benefits available with devices that support WDDM 2.0.

  You may not be able to view DVD movies after installing Windows 10. If in currently you are using a DVD codec to play DVD movies, such as the encoder included with Windows 7 Pro, this encoder may not be available in Windows 10. To play DVDs after installation, you must install a new media player from the Windows Store or other trusted source.

  After installing Windows 10 OS Windows application Media Center will not be supported. It will be deleted during installation and will not be able to be installed again.

  For computers with 128 GB or less available storage, installation may require HDD USB (32 GB and above). HP does not recommend using an SD card.

  SD card slots may not work after installing Windows 10. Therefore, it is recommended to use only external ones to install Windows 10 USB storage or microUSB, not SD cards.

  Microsoft has included in Windows 10 free application for voice recording, which can be used to record conversations, classroom lectures, meetings, and voice notes. This application may not work properly on all computers. If your device doesn't have recording functionality, check for a new driver in Windows Update.

  Facial authentication requires certain equipment, such as an infrared camera. If your computer does not have this hardware installed, the option to set up Face Authentication in the Settings app will not be available.

  Fingerprint authentication can be configured in the Settings app for computers equipped with fingerprint readers that support both scanning and swiping. If the option to set up a fingerprint reader in the Settings app isn't available, you may need to update the security software on your computer. On Windows 10, download and install the latest HP SimplePass or Digital Persona software. If you are using security software from another manufacturer, contact the manufacturer of that software.

  Cortana, your personal assistant, requires certain hardware, such as a microphone, speakers, GPS, and an Internet connection. To use Cortana on your computer, you may need to configure your microphone. The result will depend on the characteristics of the individual microphone. Cortana may not be available in some countries or regions.

  On Windows 10 wireless connection display (Miracast) may not be possible, or connection may be lost. To ensure functionality, you will need to update your video drivers and wireless communication. Check Windows Update for the latest drivers and install them if available.

  Microsoft update and reset may not restore your HP system's drivers and settings properly. To restore the factory image, you should use only HP Recovery Manager, and to roll back to Windows 8.1, use the Rollback function. After the rollback period has passed, use HP Recovery Manager (if available) and reinstall Windows 10 if an update is necessary.

  High-precision touch panel that supports multi-finger detection, new functional Windows feature 10, provides highly accurate input and support for new gesture features. Your computer does not support the hardware requirements to support high precision touchpad. This feature requires certain hardware to work on Windows 10. In Windows 10, your touchpad will work properly.

  Computers equipped Intel processors Broadwell ( Intel Core i3-5xxx, Core i5-5xxx, Core i7-5xxx; Pentium 38xx, Celeron 37xx/32xx) or Haswell (Intel Core i3-4xxx, i5-4xxx, i7-4xxx; Pentium 35xx, Celeron 29xx) and 32-bit versions of Windows 8.1 do not support installing Windows 10 using Windows Update. To install Windows 10 64-bit, purchase Windows 10 64-bit from Microsoft and perform a clean install of 64-bit Windows versions 10 from Microsoft download site. In some cases, HP may not provide compatible software and updated drivers for your model.

  Some computers with IDT audio controllers may not support all functionality after installing Windows 10. Windows Driver 10 will allow sound to work on your computer, but some features will not work.

  On convertible, 2-in-1, and x360 laptops, the Continuum feature in Windows 10 may not be automatically detected when the computer is in tablet mode or desktop computer. You can manually switch between modes in the Help Center.

  Some computers will not support DirectX 12. You may not be able to access some new XBOX app features, or you may not be able to use apps that require DirectX 12.

System requirements

Microsoft requires that when you begin installing Windows 10, you ensure that your computer's configuration meets the following: minimum requirements to the system.

Steps to take before installation

Before installing Windows 10, update your software, drivers and BIOS, create recovery discs for your current operating system, and back up your files. You can also decrypt your hard drive.

Step 1: Install the latest software updates and drivers from HP Support Assistant

Step 3: Create recovery discs and backup important files

Create recovery discs and use File History to back up your data.

If you haven't already done so, create Windows 8.1 or Windows 7 system recovery discs or save a recovery image to your device USB storage. If a problem occurs during system installation, you can restore your computer's configuration using HP recovery discs. For information about creating a recovery solution, see Obtaining HP Recovery Discs or an HP USB Recovery Drive.

You can use File History to back up your files and transfer them to Windows 10. To back up your files, see Back up your files (Windows 10, 8).

Step 4: Decrypt your hard drive (if applicable)

Windows 10 installation will not complete if the hard drive is encrypted. If you encrypted your hard drive, you must decrypt the hard drive before you begin installation.

Installing from a USB drive or ISO file using the media creation tool

You can use the media creation tool to create media to install Windows, then use that media to install Windows 10.

Step 1: Create Windows installation media

Download the media creation tool, then create the installation media.

Note.

You can run the media creation tool and create media to install Windows on any computer.

Download tool.

Double-click the MediaCreationTool.exe file in your browser's download bar or in the Downloads folder on your computer to start the installation.

Accept the licensing terms.

Rice. : Acceptance of licensing terms

Select Create installation media (USB drive, DVD or ISO file) for another computer, then click Next.

Rice. : Selecting "Create installation media (USB drive, DVD, or ISO file) for another computer"




1. Select the language, version, and architecture (64-bit or 32-bit) to install Windows 10, then click Next.

   
   

   Note.

   You can also insert a blank DVD, select the ISO file, and click Next. Installation from ISO media is intended for advanced users.

   Rice. : Select USB flash drive

   
   

2. Select flash USB drive, then click Next.

   
   

3. After the media creation tool finishes creating the USB installation drive, click Finish.

   Rice. : Click "Done"

   
   

Proceed to the next step to install Windows 10 on your computer using the installation media.

Step 2: Install Windows 10 on your computer

Windows 10 Setup allows you to perform a clean installation of Windows 10 (erasing all data) or keeping your personal files and applications (HP still recommends backing up everything to avoid data loss).

Note.

If you are prompted to enter your Windows 10 product key, enter your product key and click Next.

Note.

If there is less than 128 GB left on your computer free space, a connection request will appear hard drive USB to continue installation. Use a blank USB hard drive of 32GB or larger. After installation is complete Windows update 10 copies the windows.old file to the USB hard drive. Save this file to your hard drive USB drive. The file is necessary if you plan to revert to a previous operating system.

Step 3: Complete setup and sign in to Windows 10 (clean install only)

If you chose a clean install without saving any data, go to the setup interface using Cortana. If you choose to keep your personal files and apps, there's no need to set up Windows 10 again.

Windows activation

To confirm that your genuine Windows 10 OS was not installed on more devices than licensed, Windows 10 OS must be activated. Depending on where you purchased your copies of Windows 10, activation is performed or according to the provided digital resolution or by entering a 25-character product key.

See service document technical support HP Windows 10 Product Activation for more information about Windows activation 10.

Windows Hello

You can use Windows Hello to unlock your computer with your fingerprint or face without using a password. This is a much more personal and secure way to unlock your Windows 10 device. If your computer has the hardware needed to Windows operation Hello, during the installation of Windows 10 you will be asked about Windows setup Hello.

If Windows Hello doesn't activate automatically and you need to use facial recognition or a fingerprint scanner, follow the instructions below after activating Windows 10.

HP Customer Support, select page Programs and drivers and enter your computer model number. Download and install Windows 10 video drivers on your computer.

Found instructions on the Internet "Installing Windows 7 on an HP Pavilion g6-2364sr laptop" :

1. IN BIOS By "F10".

2. Easy installation in "UEFI Boot Order" downloads from "CD/DVD ROM Drive" will do nothing (subsection "Legacy
Boot Order" not active). Loading only takes place from OS boot manager . Let's look carefully at BIOS -e for a new one
menu item "Secure Boot" , which is included in this case. IN BIOS -e HP Pavilion g6-2364sr provided
the ability to disable this insidious service. Disable Secure Boot "Disabled"

4. Afterwards we turn it on Legacy Support

5. IN Legacy Support We set the boot the way we need it and boot from external media.
************************************************** *******

So, booting from the distribution disk "Windows 7 SP1 64-bit" we have:

Then I used heavy artillery - utility diskpart:

************************************************** *******
You launch the installation disk with "Windows 7" When the rewind screen appears "Install"
select the item below "Recovery" ...
Do not select automatic problem fixing because... we need a second option.
A window will open with all sorts of tools, you choose among them command line.

1. In the black command line window that appears, type diskpart and press ENTER .
Attention! After this, the line before the flickering cursor will begin with DISKPART>

2. select disk # and press ENTER .
# is the number of the disk you want to reformat.
The number can be viewed using the command list disk.
(the same command will show which disk is protected GPT there will be a sign opposite it * )
For example, I wrote select disk 2
A line appeared
Disk 2 selected

3. clean and press ENTER . (ATTENTION! If the disk contains the necessary data, it will not be available later!)
A line appeared
DiskPart: Disk cleanup completed successfully.

4. create partition primary and press ENTER .
A line appeared
DiskPart: The specified partition was created successfully.

5. Everything from diskpart-a and the command line you can exit: exit, ENTER, exit, ENTER.
Now you can reinstall the system.
************************************************** *******

The following appeared:

How to be bro?

P.S. A little about the laptop itself:

How to boot an HP Pavillion laptop from a flash drive or disk? Hello admin! I suffered all day today with the HP Pavillion laptop, I want to install an operating system on it Windows system 7 instead of the currently installed Windows 8. I connect the verified boot Windows flash drive 7 to USB 2.0 port, then I reboot the laptop and often press the ESC key,

I get to the “start menu”, now I press F-9 Boot Device Options (change boot settings),

I get to the boot menu, but my Kingston flash drive is not there, although it is already connected to the laptop (the flash drive is definitely bootable).

The same thing happens with the bootloader. Windows disk 7.
So I’m thinking “a miracle of hostile technology”, then I’ll do it differently, change the boot priority directly in the UEFI BIOS, reboot the laptop, then press ESC again when loading, get to the “start menu”, now press F-10 BIOS Setup

And I enter the UEFI BIOS and select the System Configuration option, and in it the Boot Options tab, I go into it.

As we see the parameter secure boot Secure Boot is enabled in BIOS,

I disable it, set it to the “Disabled” position, and set the “Legacy support” option to the “Enabled” position, a warning appears, select Yes,

Then I press F-10 (I save the settings, press Yes and reboot),

After the reboot, this window appears with the message
A change to the operating system secure boot mode is pending. Please enter the pass code displayed below to complete the change. If you did not initiate this request, press the ESC key to continue without accepting the pending change

I pressed ESC, Enter, and other keys, everything is useless, the laptop reboots and loads the Windows 8 operating system. And if you enter the UEFI BIOS again, then everything is unchanged there, the Secure Boot option is Enabled, and “Legacy” support" is disabled Disabled, that is, as if I did not change anything.

I ask you to explain to me, a simple user, why I can’t boot HP Pavillion laptop from flash drive, why don’t the UEFI BIOS settings change, what am I doing wrong? And most importantly, why on a laptop with a UEFI BIOS you can only install Windows 8, and no other operating system, you have to “knock yourself out” like this and waste your “nerve” cells. Tolyanych from Vitebsk.

How to boot an HP Pavillion laptop from a flash drive or disk

Hello friends! Our reader does everything right until the last screenshot. It was only necessary to correctly translate this message:

"For change safe mode download, please enter the code below to complete the change. If you did not send this request (for a change), then press ESC to exit without changing." I think you already understand that in this message we are asked to enter this code 8721 on the laptop keyboard (in your case the code will naturally be different) and press Enter, after this your changes in the UEFI BIOS settings will be saved and the laptop will reboot,

and after the reboot, press ESC, get to the “start menu”, press F-9 Boot Device Options (change boot settings),

We get to the boot menu and our Kingston flash drive is already present here, select it and press Enter, our laptop boots from the flash drive.