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evamani

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January 19th, 2021 11:00

Cant access EFI while creating new boot

I have an Inspirion 5593, I'm being instructed to create a new boot called Windows Boot Manager and select \EFI\BOOT\BOOTX64.EFI, but that is unavailable and the EFI presented in the ESP file has two selectable files called diags_previous.xml and diags_current.xml. I can't type in anything into the browse files and I am unsure of what to do

  • jphughan

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    Posted January 19th, 2021 11:00

    @evamani  You shouldn't have to create that manually.  Windows Setup automatically registers the required boot path into the UEFI firmware when you use it to install Windows.  So if you're planning to perform a clean install of Windows, just boot from your Windows installation media by pressing F12 during startup to access the one-time boot menu.  Select your flash drive, step through Windows Setup, and it will create the Windows Boot Manager entry for you.