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Brucezc
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Contributor
‎08-10-2020 08:26 PM

Workatation 15 boot from UEFI 32bit only

When I select UEFI for VM machine and boot from Boot Manager, then select boot from EFI USB device, the screen show ia32 and try to search USB drive for some ia32 file. But my USB is 64bit system. That means VM not support 64bit UEFI boot?

I hope somebody can help me.

Thank you.

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poised4flite
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Contributor
‎08-14-2020 03:11 PM

I have ran into this very recently myself.  I'm trying to setup a lab for enabling Bitlocker and I have been unable to install a 64bit Windows ISO from "CD" or from a USB that I physically mapped to the VM.  I did find that I can install a 32bit version with no problem using either method.

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dariusd
VMware Employee
VMware Employee
‎08-15-2020 05:44 AM

VMware virtual machines will boot using 32-bit EFI firmware when the virtual machine is configured for a 32-bit guest OS type.  Change the virtual machine's guest OS selection to a 64-bit guest OS type, and the VM will use 64-bit EFI firmware.

Let me know if that does not resolve the problem for you!

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Darius

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