Help needed, Windows7 fresh setup on UEFI device

[Orange Marmelade]

I have a few questions before I start reinstalling my laptop with Windows7 (pre-SP1)

1. If I use diskpart to partition the drive/ssd. Then continue the setup of windows7. Will WIndows7 still create the necessary UEFI partition for my device?

2. What if my ssd reports 512-bytes physical/512-bytes logical for sector-width. Will alignment of the primary partition at 1024kb be correct?

3. What does the UEFI partition do anyway.

4. I need a tool that can slipstream any Microsoft update/hotfix/driver (not just whole service packs) into my Windows7.ISO on a USB. What to use. Can Windows updater mini toolkit do it?

5. Are drivers/hotfixes slipstreamed into the setup files deployed and used directly during setup of Windows?

 

[bigdogchris]

I have a few questions before I start reinstalling my laptop with Windows7 (pre-SP1)

1. If I use diskpart to partition the drive/ssd. Then continue the setup of windows7. Will WIndows7 still create the necessary UEFI partition for my device?

The only disk part command you should run is clean. Allowing Windows to automatically create partitions that it needs is a best practice.

2. What if my ssd reports 512-bytes physical/512-bytes logical for sector-width. Will alignment of the primary partition at 1024kb be correct?

Starting with Server 2008/Vista the disk partition utility include with Windows properly aligns partitions with disk sectors.

3. What does the UEFI partition do anyway.

When booting in EFI mode, the motherboard boots to Windows Boot Manager rather than directly to the disk. I believe this partition is where the EFI startup information gets stored because it's bad practice to put everything on C: (by manually creating partitions). Even under MBR Windows 7 creates separate partitions for boot info (again, if you allow the OS to create partitions).

4. I need a tool that can slipstream any Microsoft update/hotfix/driver (not just whole service packs) into my Windows7.ISO on a USB. What to use. Can Windows updater mini toolkit do it?

I like using Win Toolkit to slipstream drivers, updates, etc., but there are many other programs that do the same thing.

5. Are drivers/hotfixes slipstreamed into the setup files deployed and used directly during setup of Windows?

When you slipstream the updates they are automatically installed into the OS during installation. Depending on what you install, they will appear in add-remove.