https://community.sony.co.uk/t5/pcs-accessories/reformatted-vaio-duo-13-need-help/m-p/1465928#M132787 <P>Hi all,</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I need some help. I recently bought a Vaio Duo 13 and thought I would clean the hard drive and install a fresh copy of Windows 8.1 Pro. I'm an MSDN subscriber so downloaded a copy of Windows, copied it to a USB drive and went ahead and unpartioned the drive and reinstalled. The problem I'm having now is that Windows 8.1 refuses to boot. I didn't make a recovery image using Vaio Care as I thought I wouldnt need one seeing as I have a fresh Windows install and serial number.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I can't help but think this has something to do with Secure Boot / UEFI, but no matter what I try I can't get a fresh Windows 8.1 install to boot up.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Please help!</P> Mon, 23 Dec 2013 23:38:29 GMT PaulB255 2013-12-23T23:38:29Z https://community.sony.co.uk/t5/pcs-accessories/reformatted-vaio-duo-13-need-help/m-p/1465928#M132787 <P>Hi all,</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I need some help. I recently bought a Vaio Duo 13 and thought I would clean the hard drive and install a fresh copy of Windows 8.1 Pro. I'm an MSDN subscriber so downloaded a copy of Windows, copied it to a USB drive and went ahead and unpartioned the drive and reinstalled. The problem I'm having now is that Windows 8.1 refuses to boot. I didn't make a recovery image using Vaio Care as I thought I wouldnt need one seeing as I have a fresh Windows install and serial number.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I can't help but think this has something to do with Secure Boot / UEFI, but no matter what I try I can't get a fresh Windows 8.1 install to boot up.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Please help!</P> Mon, 23 Dec 2013 23:38:29 GMT https://community.sony.co.uk/t5/pcs-accessories/reformatted-vaio-duo-13-need-help/m-p/1465928#M132787 PaulB255 2013-12-23T23:38:29Z