Solved Win7 reinstall UEFI problem

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I had a successful windows 7 installation on a Samsung spin point in UEFI. I recently purchased a crucial SSD and went to reinstall. When I go to install now it is installing in BIOS mode not UEFI.

Here are my steps:
Booted install media in UEFI mode
converted SSD to GPT using Diskpart and verified
Selected the SSD to install
Finished install

When it is finished it boots windows 7 in BIOS mode and the SSD has been converted back to MBR. I am not changing any of the steps that worked successfully for me before so I am not sure what is going on.

The only thing that I think could be happening is that in the UEFI bios there is still an entry in the boot order for the windows boot manager even though that HDD is no longer in the system.

How do I remove the Windows Boot Manager entry from the bios or how do I completely clear the bios of all boot information?
(I don't care about any of my setting in the bios as I have them wrote down and can just go back in to change them.)
 

My Computer My Computer

OS
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
CPU
AMD Phenom II 1055T 2.8 GHz running at 3.8
Motherboard
ASUS Sabertooth 990FX
Memory
16 GB Corsair
Graphics Card(s)
Sapphire Radeon 6870
Hard Drives
Crucial m4 64 GB SSD and 2-Samsung 2TB in RAID 1
The easiest way to reset BIOS is to power down, remove the power cord. Open the computer and remove the CMOS battery. Press and hold the power button for 10-15 seconds to let all the caps drain.

Put the CMOS batery back, connect the power cord and power on.

You should get an error message about CMOS check sum or parity error, press F1 to enter Setup, F2 to continue, or something like that. Go into setup, change CMOS settings, save and exit.
 

My Computer My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Lenovo IdeaCenter 450
OS
Windows 10 Pro X64
CPU
Intel Quad Core i7-4770 @ 3.4Ghz
Memory
16.0GB PC3-12800 DDR3 SDRAM 1600 MHz
Graphics Card(s)
Intel Integrated HD Graphics
Sound Card
Realtek HD Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
HP 22" LCD
Screen Resolution
1680 x 1050
Hard Drives
250GB Samsung EVO SATA-3 SSD
2TB Seagate ST2000DM001 SATA-2
1.5TB Seagate ST3150041AS SATA
Keyboard
Dell USB
Mouse
Lenovo USB
Internet Speed
Cable via Road Runner 3MB Upload, 30MB Download
Antivirus
Windows Defender, MBAM Pro, MBAE
Browser
Seamonkey
Other Info
UEFI/GPT
PLDS DVD-RW DH16AERSH
I already reset the CMOS but that did not clean the Windows Boot Manager from the boot order list.
 

My Computer My Computer

OS
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
CPU
AMD Phenom II 1055T 2.8 GHz running at 3.8
Motherboard
ASUS Sabertooth 990FX
Memory
16 GB Corsair
Graphics Card(s)
Sapphire Radeon 6870
Hard Drives
Crucial m4 64 GB SSD and 2-Samsung 2TB in RAID 1
I see Windows Boot Manager is specific to UEFI mode (Google search). I have 0 experience with UEFI so I'm going to have to bow out of this. Hope someone else can help you.
 

My Computer My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Lenovo IdeaCenter 450
OS
Windows 10 Pro X64
CPU
Intel Quad Core i7-4770 @ 3.4Ghz
Memory
16.0GB PC3-12800 DDR3 SDRAM 1600 MHz
Graphics Card(s)
Intel Integrated HD Graphics
Sound Card
Realtek HD Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
HP 22" LCD
Screen Resolution
1680 x 1050
Hard Drives
250GB Samsung EVO SATA-3 SSD
2TB Seagate ST2000DM001 SATA-2
1.5TB Seagate ST3150041AS SATA
Keyboard
Dell USB
Mouse
Lenovo USB
Internet Speed
Cable via Road Runner 3MB Upload, 30MB Download
Antivirus
Windows Defender, MBAM Pro, MBAE
Browser
Seamonkey
Other Info
UEFI/GPT
PLDS DVD-RW DH16AERSH
Google info may help i know I will be using the new interface if i ever get a new system so this was good practice for me link Documentation
 

My Computer My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom Build
OS
Window's 7 Ultimate 64bit
CPU
E8400 Lapped
Motherboard
P5Q Pro Turbo Asus
Memory
Kingston 4 gig
Graphics Card(s)
2=ATI 5670Video Crossfire / HVR2250 TV Tuner Card
Sound Card
HDMI sound
Monitor(s) Displays
Sony 46"
Screen Resolution
1280x720
Hard Drives
1 WD 160gig YS, 1 Black Edition 320gig and one 250gig WD YS Model plus external Caviar Black 640gig Drives
PSU
Antec 550 Modular
Case
Antec Custom 180B
Cooling
X-1283 Lapped Artic Silver 5
Keyboard
Wave Combo Logitech
Mouse
Logitech LX-8
Internet Speed
5mb down 768 up
Other Info
Custom side fan in case, plus moved middle lower fan to the front of hard drives , also installed a second intake fan in lower two optical drive slots. Rear fans are controlled by Fan mate controllers. temps inside case are monitored by probe and temps coming out the top exhaust are also monitored, temps as of right now 20c inside and 22.7 out the exhaust. Front intake fans are controlled by Asu
Thanks for the help I got it figured out.

There was a problem with my bootx64.efi file, after enough googeing and testing I tried extracting the original bootmgfw.efi file from my original disk and tada! It works!

What a weird issue, I don't know how there could have been a problem with the file I just copied all the files from the folder I keep them in to the flash drive and some how there was a problem with the transfer I guess.

Anyway all is well with the world now so thank you for reading and posting.
 

My Computer My Computer

OS
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
CPU
AMD Phenom II 1055T 2.8 GHz running at 3.8
Motherboard
ASUS Sabertooth 990FX
Memory
16 GB Corsair
Graphics Card(s)
Sapphire Radeon 6870
Hard Drives
Crucial m4 64 GB SSD and 2-Samsung 2TB in RAID 1
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