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Windows 10 doesn't boot with Clover

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Hi everybody. I tried to change Windows 10 Boot Settings with BCDBOOT and, I don't know why, but I got an error message (those cryptics errors B:00012F and so). I booted Windows 10 from F12 to check, and I discovered the activation got lost and I had 30 days to activate the software (which is difficult because it is an special Dell License and you have to phone Micrososft to activate it giving an user number from my company). So, I decided to install again Windows FROM Clover and this time everything is working properly.

Thanks to everybody
 
So, I decided to install again Windows FROM Clover and this time everything is working properly.

I too am having this same issue where when booting to Windows 10 presents me with just a black screen. I have read thru all of the posts in this thread and am trying to understand how you resolved this. When you said the above quote, could you elaborate a bit on the actual steps you took? Did you boot to your clover El Capitan drive first, then from the boot menu, select the windows installer media (USB or DVD) and then installed windows?

If so, I have tried the same, using a Win10 USB installer, it prompts me to press any key to boot from CD or DVD... but then it just hangs there.

Any information you can provide would be of great help.
 
As a follow-up, I think lexone said he fixed this with: in BIOS > BIOS Features...select Windows 8 Features and set to Windows 8 (instead of Other).

Correct, assuming you also have a Gigabyte motherboard.

BIOS > BIOS Features > Windows 8 Features : Set this to "Windows8"
BIOS > BIOS Features > CSM Support : Set this to "Never"
BIOS > BIOS Features > Secure Boot : Set this to "Disabled"

Giving credit where it's due, please refer to the following post if needed.

Thanks for following up ammulder :thumbup:
 
Microsoft folder is missing in my EFI. PLS HELP! Can't Boot from Clover yet:banghead::beachball::banghead:

after several tried I finally success

for clover users:

In EFI partition(typically called UEFI in the board boot)
(if I said wrong, please send me a feedback)
Here are the default folders for OSX clover:
/SYSTEM/EFI
-boot //this is how bootloader boot in the start, without it would be a tragady
-CLOVER //this is the CLOVER's body, We all know this
-APPLE //this is Apple OS ,afer the install, will appears


So, how is the Microsoft's EFI? (mind, hear is not MBR, is GPT disk's UEFI partition)
-boot //of course,this is how we open CD/OS or something whatever else
-Microsoft //yep, this is the main folder Microsoft OS used

As we can see, APPLE folder is simple, this is why we need a lot of settings in clover for Apple's OS ( ;_ ; )

So how does it work?
after the borad start, it woud boot the partition which user decided
(in UEFI/BIOS setting like CD/soft disk/hard disk)
when boot from partiton, it detect folder "boot" inside

when boot folder's efi file is success, it would open other folder besides boot.
For MS OS, it would be "Microsoft"; For Mac OS, it would be "APPLE"

how do we use dual start with clover bootloader?
1) copy Microsoft's folder to /SYSTEM/EFI
the construction wold be:
/SYSTEM/EFI
/BOOT
/CLOVER
/Microsoft
/APPLE

*this is the option which you has the MS's EFI backup


2) Reinstall bootloader to /SYSTEM/EFI
-both W7/W8/W10 are able to use (*W7 shoud be 64 bit? If can be 32, please give feedbacks)
-it is ok to use W8 or W10 CD to make bootloader for W7, same as W10 for W8
(*I think W8 is ok for W10,too)

2.1 Boot into CD
i) Use clover as boot, inser install CD, choose "Boot UEFI optical from CDROM"
ii) instart CD when your board/PC is opening (this is to make sure borad detect EFI in CD),
and restart into the UEFI boot settings, choose UEFI CD, and save setting restart
(this is to make sure board load UEFI, not traditional part)

2.2 build the Microsoft boot part in EFI partition
After seeing welcome, use click shift+F10
i) For using disktool ,in the console, typing:
diskpart
ii) For looking loaded disk, typing:
list disk
Something like this should appear:
Disk ### Status Size Free Dyn Gpt
-------- ------------- ------- ------- --- ---
Disk 0 Online 128 GB 0 B *
Disk 1 Online 200 GB 0 B *

* "*"means you are using Gpt logic disk

iii) Once identified, select the disk (replace with the correct number):
* please select your clover disk
select disk 0

iv) Verify the partitions:
list partition

Partition ### Type Size Offset

------------- ---------------- ------- -------

Partition 1 System 100 MB 1024 KB

Partition 2 Reserved 128 MB 101 MB

Partition 3 known 126 GB 229 MB

v) select SYSTEM partition(numer under #):
select partition 1

vi) assign a numer for it (don't reatart or it would disappear):
assign letter=S


-check windows volume letter (for here is C) and SYSTEM letter(for here is S):
list volume

vii) Exit diskpart:
exit

viii) install Microsoft into EFI partition:
bcdboot c:\windows /s s: /f UEFI

* please ensure your windows letter is c and system partition is s
if not, plese change it first! for instance: your Windows system is in letter d partition:
bcdboot d:\windows /s s: /f UEFI

iX) restart your computer!
 
Correct, assuming you also have a Gigabyte motherboard.

BIOS > BIOS Features > Windows 8 Features : Set this to "Windows8"
BIOS > BIOS Features > CSM Support : Set this to "Never"
BIOS > BIOS Features > Secure Boot : Set this to "Disabled"

Giving credit where it's due, please refer to the following post if needed.

Thanks for following up ammulder :thumbup:

This seems to have fixed my issue with Clover + El Capitan + Windows 10.
 
Correct, assuming you also have a Gigabyte motherboard.

BIOS > BIOS Features > Windows 8 Features : Set this to "Windows8"
BIOS > BIOS Features > CSM Support : Set this to "Never"
BIOS > BIOS Features > Secure Boot : Set this to "Disabled"

Giving credit where it's due, please refer to the following post if needed.

Thanks for following up ammulder :thumbup:


For anyone who's been scanning the forums like me, trying to get WIN10 to boot from Clover rather than the F12 selection screen, THIS SOLVED MY ISSUES.

Thank you.
 
The thing is, you have two EFI Partitions right now. On each HDD, one with Windows EFI Boot Data, one with Clover's and OSX data on it. Normally Clover should be able to handle this on it's own, but maybe the second OS installation has changed some logical links regarding boot data and disks.

What you can do is what RehabMan says, boot into Windows by BIOS Boot Order or via DVD/USB Installer, and recreate BCD Store/EFI Bootstore via CMD.

I have done this before so i can remember the right commands if you need them.

mount the Partitions with DISKPART assign (HDD0 EFI, HDD1 EFI)
lets say letters assigned are S and T

copy Microsoft Boot Data to HDD0 EFI
xcopy T:\EFI\Microsoft\* S:\EFI\Microsoft\*
create new store
bcdedit -createstore S:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\BCD
create boot entry
bcdedit -store S:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\BCD -create {bootmgr} /d "Windows Boot Manager"

There is a comfortable UI Tool called EasyUEFI free for private USE, which can also check and create EFI boot data (the last step)
even i have the same problem but i have installed windows and mac os sierra on separate drives in legacy mode and now i cannot boot windows from clover and windows boots automatically when i restart pc...please help guys
 
even i have the same problem but i have installed windows and mac os sierra on separate drives in legacy mode and now i cannot boot windows from clover and windows boots automatically when i restart pc...please help guys

I just fixed a similar problem; I'm not sure if yours is the same as mine (mine was Windows was booting in Legacy mode on an MBR partition whilst Clover was booting Mac OS in UEFI mode from a GPT partition) - have a look at this excellent post. If anyone else is having problems and can't remember later, I made a shortened URL as well: is.gd/CloverWindowsMBR (case-sensitive).

If you can boot Windows from Clover after doing this ^ then that's one less thing to worry about, and you can probably solve Windows booting automatically by changing the boot priority of your drives.

You can also download the latest version of Clover to install and configure (might be something in there that will fix it; I know I had to flip a few settings on to get Clover to boot at first, like in the Boot> section, chose 'Install boot0ss in MBR') from Mac OS here.
 
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