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amilager
Copper Contributor
Jun 16, 2026

Unable to install windows on my hp laptop

After closing that i realised that i had no os on my laptop which is an Hp Elitebook g5 830 with an admin password that i dont know. I tried alot of things rufus, windows media creation tool, ven toy and WoeUSB. Nothing worked besides linux isos for some reasons, any windows isos that i would boot into have two results. A: if directly flashed then they would show black screen for a sec before returning to boot menu or if in ven toy it would show press a key to boot into cd or dvd which did nothing. I even tried the hp sure recovery tool which seemed to install windows 10 files but then went into network boot after it. I only have access to linux ones and it is not a laptop that is used by me only but some other people too so having windows is a necessity. I even tried taking the ssd and putting it in another hp elitebook g5 830 with same everything and used hp recovery agent which worked for some reason installed windows and then it wouldn’t boot into it on my main laptop again. Currently i have that recovered windows installation and efi files plus bcd from that laptop in a usb so can anyone suggest ways to secure this? Also why wont my laptop boot into any windows isos? I tried Windows PE, windows 10, windows 11 and both tiny 10 and 11. Nothing 

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  • The black screen before returning to boot menu suggests a UEFI/Secure Boot conflict or corrupted boot files.

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    Almaiw
    Iron Contributor

    Ensure the ISO is bootable in UEFI mode if your system is UEFI-enabled. Some ISOs are UEFI-only or Legacy-only. Check your BIOS/UEFI settings and match the ISO type accordingly.