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You'll also need to turn off Secure Boot on the new Win8 PC's: Secure Boot - Enable or Disable in UEFI
If all else fails, what always seems to work is to Bypass UEFI to Install WIn7
You'll also need to turn off Secure Boot on the new Win8 PC's: Secure Boot - Enable or Disable in UEFI
If all else fails, what always seems to work is to Bypass UEFI to Install WIn7
Also, how do I get to the one-time boot menu on this laptop? I've tried all the F keys and the escape key. The people at Sony are clueless, as is expected. I can press the assist key from shut-down, and then press F11 to use boot from media option, but that still isn't the normal one-time boot menu. In theog's one-time boot menu, it shows a UEFI DVD drive and a P1 DVD drive. I';d like to see if I get those two choices for my USB stick, but since I cannot access the one-time boot menu, I can't check it out.
On many Sony's it is F2.
If that doesn't work then set the device first to boot in BIOS setup.
Thanks, Greg. F2 didn't work, so I changed the USB stick to boot first in BIOS. I still get the frozen screen during "Starting Windows." I guess I'll have to install Windows 7 under the legacy BIOS.
There are special steps for UEFI Bootable USB Flash Drive - Create in Windows
Make sure the stick is bootable on other hardware, that it works. If in doubt what always works for me is using the latest official ISO and UltraISO Software To Create Bootable USB Flash Drive.
Clean Reinstall - Factory OEM Windows 7
Take note of step 11.
UEFI Bootable USB Flash Drive - Create in Windows
I followed step 11 exactly, but it still didn't work.