How to create an UEFI-bootable Windows 7 stick from Linux.

In case you rely on Windows-only software or want to play a game that isn't on Linux yet, you might want to keep Windows 7 on a second partition. Although I didn't use it for months, I still keep one around just in case.

Unfortunately, it's not really straightforward to …

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Working around UEFI madness on a HP ProBook 6465b

It's past 6 o'clock in the morning and - while writing this blog post - I'm wondering why manufacturers seem unable to implement stuff properly. If I had known what pain UEFI would cause me, I would have sticked to my good ol' BIOS boot setup.

But first things first: Since I …

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