Clover EFI vs use UEFI boot only
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You shouldn't need Clover to boot Windows as long as your (Windows) drive is GPT formatted and your BIOS is set to AHCI (SATA config) and UEFI boot.
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That is correct, I can hit F8 and select my SSD but the select boot drive menu shows the model and size of all drives and USBs that are connected so it's very cluttered and gross. I'd like to be able to boot from the nice looking Clover menu. The names of the logical disks that Clover offers to boot up are the following:
The blank ones boot into a black screen with a blinking cursor and nothing happens
Furthermore, is there a way to edit what options Clover gives me? I really only want one Windows option and one OS X option -- not the system reserved and recovery.
The blank ones boot into a black screen with a blinking cursor and nothing happens
Furthermore, is there a way to edit what options Clover gives me? I really only want one Windows option and one OS X option -- not the system reserved and recovery.
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I don't think it is GPT formatted or it was changed..... Here's my diskutil list output:
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Dales-iMac:~ dale$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: FDisk_partition_scheme *250.1 GB disk0
1: Windows_NTFS System Reserved 104.9 MB disk0s1
2: Windows_NTFS 249.5 GB disk0s2
3: 0x27 471.9 MB disk0s3
/dev/disk1
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *250.1 GB disk1
1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk1s1
2: Apple_HFS dalemac 249.2 GB disk1s2
3: Apple_Boot Recovery HD 650.0 MB disk1s3- Joined
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Yes a System Reserved partition indicates you're using Legacy/MBR boot. You can modify what Clover shows during boot by hiding partitions in the Hide section of your Clover config.plist. Or just use Clover Configurator to make the changes.
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Oh man, major facepalm. I didn't realize that the System Reserved partition has the boot files for Windows. I thought that was the recovery partition but that's what the 0x27 partition is (Windows RE). That also explains why they're blank.
I'll try booting the System Reserved when I get home since I never bothered trying. I'll Edit this post with the result. Thanks for your help!
Edit: Unfortunately, it still does not work but I understand it better now so I'll hunt around
I'll try booting the System Reserved when I get home since I never bothered trying. I'll Edit this post with the result. Thanks for your help!
Edit: Unfortunately, it still does not work but I understand it better now so I'll hunt around
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Well I've seemed to mess it up more. I can no longer select Windows as an option from the F8 boot menu, despite reverting all the BIOS settings I changed. Also my boot menu is growing; the hard drive option that boots into Clover is being duplicated. So like 8 of the options all boot into Clover. And Clover still does not boot Windows.
Some things I tried:
Some things I tried:
- POST SATA support: All Devices --> Boot only
- CSM boot device control: UEFI & Legacy --> UEFI only
- Disable CSM altogether
- boot from storage devices: Legacy first --> UEFI first
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Wow, what a trip. In Secure Boot, I changed it from Other OS to Windows to see what would happen. Well first it freaked out about the 15 different Clover boots, but my Windows boot was still gone so I went into the BIOS and I surprisingly found the SSD with windows to force boot and it allowed me finally. Then I restarted and could not get past the BIOS splash screen!!! I actually had to take the SATA cable out of my OS X drive just to get past that screen and into the settings. And for some reason it automatically set the secure boot setting back to Other OS so I didn't have to change anything. I plugged the SATA cable back in and reset, and now my F8 boot options are back to their original spot: (1) the Windows SSD, (2) the OS X hard drive UEFI, and (3) the OS X hard drive again. Back to square one.
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Glad you're at least back to square one. 
To hide your partitions using Clover Configurator:
1. Click the Generate log button under the Boot.log section. Save this log to your Desktop.
2. Once you've done this; scroll through the log to find the GUID's of each of your partitions. You probably won't know which is which so now you'll have to restart.
3. At your Clover boot screen tap the spacebar on each of your partitions. Clover will show you a long string of characters. Example:
This part is the partition's GUID:
4. Make note of the last 5 or 6 GUID characters of the partitions you want to hide. Boot to desktop.
5. Open your previously created bootlog.log file.
6. Find and copy just the GUID of a partition you want to hide.
7. Open Clover Configurator and go to the GUI section. In the upper right corner click the + button to add a value. Paste in the GUID you just copied. Save and restart.
That partition should now be hidden at your Clover boot screen. Continue with steps 5-7 to add the remainder of the partitions to your Hide string. Good luck!
To hide your partitions using Clover Configurator:
1. Click the Generate log button under the Boot.log section. Save this log to your Desktop.
2. Once you've done this; scroll through the log to find the GUID's of each of your partitions. You probably won't know which is which so now you'll have to restart.
3. At your Clover boot screen tap the spacebar on each of your partitions. Clover will show you a long string of characters. Example:
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PciRoot(0x0)\Pci(0x1D,0x0)\USB(0x1,0x0)\USB(0x6,0x0)\HD(2,GPT,2B6B4BA4-E866-4243-A7A7-3BFB0AFF3267,0x64028,0x7FFF5BFB0)
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2B6B4BA4-E866-4243-A7A7-3BFB0AFF32675. Open your previously created bootlog.log file.
6. Find and copy just the GUID of a partition you want to hide.
7. Open Clover Configurator and go to the GUI section. In the upper right corner click the + button to add a value. Paste in the GUID you just copied. Save and restart.
That partition should now be hidden at your Clover boot screen. Continue with steps 5-7 to add the remainder of the partitions to your Hide string. Good luck!
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