Hello guys. I have run into a bit of a problem with my boot partition. Basically I have an ASUS EFI mobo and have Win 7 Ultimate on a 4TB raid 0 configuration. Naturally I had to use Windslic as Windows keygens and cracks wont work on GPT partitions. Well today I installed my latest bios update, which I have done before with no problem, but this time I booted into non genuine. Went back to uefi setup and made sure I was booting uefi into windslic. Turns out it was back on legacy and windows bootloader. So I setup uefi and put windslic as primary boot. Then I get an error on post saying there is no boot device. So I booted back up on legacy with non genuine and tried to re inject windslic. Still got same problem with no boot device. Then I tried legacy anf now that just forces me into uefi setup. So I cant get to windows at all. All I need is a bit of help getting my boot partition back without formatting and reinstalling windows lol. Such a nightmare today >.<
thanks a million. had a GPT disk with some valuable partitions and this saved me the trouble of wiping the disk to use daz loader
Ok, I made a mistake when typing that. When I flashed the new BIOS, I still had the Windslic partition, but when I attempted to boot it would give me an error saying I needed to insert boot media or restart. The UEFI Windows partition worked fine but Windows was not genuine. The Legacy BIOS would just kick me back into settings because you cant boot from a GPT with BIOS. Now the MBR was deleted only after trying to inject Windslic the second time. Basically after I restarted, in the UEFI settings the Windslic entry was gone so I couldn't boot from it. The UEFI Windows Bootloader option would give me the insert boot media error and trying to boot legacy would just kick me back to UEFI because my disks are GPT. Anyway, I used my Windows CD and manually fixed my Windows Bootloader with the command prompt. I just tried to inject Windslic again but I am back to where I started after the BIOS update where I can boot to Windows but it isn't genuine. Sorry for the first post, it was late and I was tired, and I was freaking out lol.
Alright I fixed the issue completely now. All the way back to Genuine. Turns out ASUS added a Windows Secure Boot function into the UEFI. This was making the UEFI not detect a Windows Secure Boot volume when ever I forced Windslic. By turning this function to "Other OS" Windslic booted just fine and I got Genuine again.
I've got a question for understanding the tool ... Is it right that I can install Windows 7 in UEFI mode and activate it via WindSLIC? Or have I to install Windows 7 in "Legacy BIOS" mode? Thank a lot for answering.
Hello, I've been unable to activate with WindSLIC and I'm hoping to get some help. I have installed Windows 7 countless times on countless computers, always activating with Daz's loader, but please excuse me as I don't really understand the depths of SLICs, etc. Here's my situation: I bought a new Dell XPS 8500 that came pre-installed with Windows 8. I wanted to downgrade to Windows 7, so I installed Windows 7 Ultimate x64 via UEFI mode. Not knowing what this meant at the time, I attempted to use Daz's loader but of course it didn't work, so I found WindSLIC. I downloaded Release_06-16-2012.zip and "Ran as administrator" install.bat. It seems to work, no error messages, however, after I restart Windows is not activated. I tried to follow John Peterson's guides, but am stuck. I also tried installing the Acer key and certificate using My Digital Activator, to no avail. I know that my Windows install drive is GPT and when I do BIOS setup, it is set to boot UEFI > WindSLIC. What am I missing here? Thank you very much in advance!
After days and nights without sleeping I finally managed to activate my Win 7 Ultimate x64 UEFI installation ... !!! I tried almost everything (except BIOS mod, I didn't want to, last resort only) and I was getting desperate ... I even spent a night rewritting my own automated version of InfiniteRearm5 using Trilogy 4.2 script ... so desperate ! When I finally found this magic thread (not so obvious to find from searches, I should have used the forum root sooner) ! Even better, I learned a lot on a topic I wasn't so familiar with, and I got lots of infos on KMS activation for Win 8 for future use ... This is just awesome ! I don't even know how to thank all the people and their great work, as a developper myself, I know this is ultimate devotion ! This is one of the best forum I ever found for (organized) knowledge harvesting ... and I don't say it lightly ! WindSLIC UEFI has just made my day, special big thanks to nononsense ! I would kiss you all if I could !