UEFI and Windows 8.1 running on VMware Workstation 10

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UEFI and Windows 8.1 running on VMware Workstation 10

In order to play around with Windows 8.1 (x64) and UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) on VMware Workstation 10, we can add one line to the VMX file.

firmware = “efi”

After this change select Power On to BIOS

You should now see this dialog instead of the traditional BIOS.

After installing Windows 8.1 (x64) we will se that the BIOS Mode is UEFI.

And that Partition style is GPT:

So it’s very simple to enable UEFI support in VMware workstation.

This will of course also work on Windows 7 and as a bonus enable you to boot from a USB stick, so that you for example will be able to test SCCM USB bootable media in VMware.

Lars Lohmann

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Mattias Melkersen Kalvåg

Modern Workplace consultant and a Microsoft MVP in Enterprise Mobility.

Modern Workplace consultant and a Microsoft MVP in Windows and Devices.

Lars Lohmann Blem

Infrastructure architect with focus on Modern Workplace and Microsoft 365 security.

Michael Nielsen

Cloud & security specialist with focus on Microsoft backend products and cloud technologies.

Michael Morten Sonne

Cloud & security specialist with focus on Microsoft 365.

Cloud & Security Specialist, with a passion for all things Cybersecurity

Frank van Zandwijk

Cloud and infrastructure security specialist with background in networking.

Henning Hofflund

Infrastructure architect with focus on design, implementation, migration and consolidation.

Martin Vittrup Henriksen

Infrastructure consultant with focus on cloud solutions in Office365 and Azure.

Modern workplace and infrastructure architect with a focus on Microsoft 365 and security.

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