[G4 Pavilion] Starting from 8.1 to Windows cannot install DVDs using the UEFI.

I have a g4 of Pavilion which had 8 Windows installed, until I decided to upgrade to Windows 8.1. I followed the instructions I found in other posts on this forum to be able to boot from the installation DVD - I had both disable secure boot and enable legacy Support, because otherwise, the system ignores the DVD drive (it is not even appear in the F9 Boot Menu if Legacy Support is not enabled!). The problem is that my HARD drive is formatted in GPT partition scheme, and the DVD of Windows 8.1 fails to install the OS on the drive when starting in the traditional Mode.

What should I do to be able to start on the DVD Setup mode UEFI? I even tried to boot from inside Windows 8, itself, using the options advanced boot, but as soon as the system reboots, UEFI throws an error indicating that the computer is unable to boot from the DVD. I know that the DVD is * NO * damaged in any way since 1. I am able to start inside in the traditional Mode and 2. I was able to start it in UEFI mode on another computer.

I had actually done this, but install the 'dirty' update messed with stuff I had installed so I decided to do a cleaning.

Anyway, I solved the problem on my own (I discuss with a very nice representative of HP chat support, but she could not give me a solution that does not necessarily need to reformat the entire disk to an MBR partition scheme) through the following steps:

1. created in a single file system FAT32 on a 8 GB USB key.

2. copy the contents of the installation on the USB DVD. I thought that the root of the problem is that the system is not allowing me to access the DVD player at the start, I might as well try to see if it recognizes other files systems.

3 restarted, you press F9 to start and selected the USB in the list of available boot devices.

4 here, managed to start the installation on the UEFI mode Win8 DVD, as well as the installation worked flawlessly.

So, it's the thing people. It still sucks that it is necessary to go through all this trouble to install an OS, however.

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