Windows 7 on GUID/GPT (Dual Boot)

[lxlifestream]

Warning: Your motherboard MUST support UEFI!!
Before we start this, I did this using Windows, if anyone is aware of a good Archive Viewer for OS X please reply for those without access to a windows machine.

Notes:

• I do believe only the 64bit version of Windows 7 can be installed on a GPT partition. Also, your motherboard MUST support UEFI for this to work.

Requirements:

• Motherboard with UEFI

• 4gb+ Flash Drive

• Windows 7 (64 Bit) Disk Image/DVD

• Archive Viewer
• Windows: 7-Zip[/*:m:1brxyret]
• Mac: Please reply with one that will work with ".WIM"[/*:m:1brxyret]

Pre-Step

1. Make sure the flash drive is formatted to FAT32, I haven't tried it using NTFS, so just make sure it is FAT32. If anyone tries this using NTFS, please leave feedback if it works. Personally I hate FAT32![/*:m:1brxyret]

Procedure:

1. Copy content of Windows 7 Disk Image/DVD to Flash Drive[/*:m:1brxyret]
2. On the Flash Drive, Navigate to \EFI\Microsoft\[/*:m:1brxyret]
3. Copy entire Boot folder[/*:m:1brxyret]
4. Go back to \EFI\, and paste the Boot folder[/*:m:1brxyret]
5. You should now have a Boot folder and a Microsoft folder inside \EFI\[/*:m:1brxyret]
6. Now head back to the root of the flash drive, and navigate to \sources\[/*:m:1brxyret]
7. In Windows, with 7-Zip installed, right click install.wim, and click 7-Zip>Open archive[/*:m:1brxyret]
8. While inside install.wim, navigate to \1\Windows\Boot\EFI\[/*:m:1brxyret]
9. Locate bootmgfw.efi and extract/copy this to the Desktop[/*:m:1brxyret]
10. Now rename the file you just copied to the desktop to bootx64.efi[/*:m:1brxyret]
11. Now navigate back to the root of the Flash Drive, and copy bootx64.efi to \EFI\Boot\[/*:m:1brxyret]

Last Step:

• You are now finished, restart your computer and boot from the flash drive. You will no longer get the GPT warning/error when selecting a drive for Windows 7 to be installed on.

Confirmed Boards:

• Asus P8Z68 Deluxe (My Current Board)

 

[Going Bald]

All this was not necessary to get past the can't install because the HDD was GPT.
Boot with the GPT formatted drive connected and the Win764bit DVD in the DVD-CD drive.
Hit the F key for your keyboard that allows you to select a boot device.
Your DVD-CD drive will show up twice.
Scroll down the list and select the EFI Version of your DVD-CD drive.
Hit enter and proceed to install on GPT.