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Guide for UBUNTU

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Download the UEFI Shell ISO

  1. Open your browser Go to: https://github.com/pbatard/UEFI-Shell/releases

  2. Scroll to the latest release and download UEFI-Shell…RELEASE.iso

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Guide for UBUNTU

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1: Format the USB Drive to FAT32

  1. Press the Super (Windows) key and type Disks in the search.
    Open “Disks” (aka GNOME Disks).

  2. On the left panel, select your USB drive.

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  1. Click Format . (if its ask you are you sure you want to format the disk you can click format..)

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2: Create a FAT32 Partition on the USB (After Disk Format)

What you should see now:

One big block of “Free Space”

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  1. Wait for the partition to finish creating.

  2. Click the Play button (in Disks) to mount the new partition (if it didn’t mount automatically).

  3. Your USB will now appear in the Files app as a mounted drive.

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3: Mount the UEFI Shell ISO and Copy the EFI Folder

Now that your USB is formatted and mounted, you’ll copy the necessary boot files from the ISO into the USB.

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Tip

Your USB drive is now ready

You can safely eject unmount it (important) from Ubuntu and plug it into any computer that supports UEFI.
After booting from the USB, the system will launch directly into the UEFI Shell environment.

Guide for WINDOWS

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Step 1

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  1. Open your browser Go to: https://github.com/pbatard/UEFI-Shell/releases

  2. Scroll to the latest release and download UEFI-Shell…RELEASE.iso

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: Format the USB Drive to FAT32

  1. Plug in your USB drive.

  2. Open File Explorer, right-click your USB, and select Format.

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  3. In the Format window, choose:

    • File system: FAT32

    • Volume label: EFI-USB (or any name)

    • ✅ Check “Quick Format”

      • Click Start → then confirm the warning.

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2: Mount the

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ISO

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Locate the .iso file you downloaded.

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and Copy the Files

  1. Double-click on the file → Click “Mount”.

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  1. downloaded ISO file (UEFI-Shell…RELEASE.iso)
    It will automatically mount as a virtual DVD drive in File Explorer.

  2. Open the mounted ISO from the sidebar in File Explorer (it looks like a CD/DVD drive).

  3. Enter the ISO

  4. Copy all contents.

  5. Navigate to your formatted USB drive.

  6. Paste the copied files into the root of the USB (not inside any other folder).

Tip

Your USB drive is now ready

You can safely unmount it (important) from Ubuntu and plug it into any computer that supports UEFI.
After booting from the USB, the system will launch directly into the UEFI Shell environment.

  • Download the UEFI-Shell github ISO file UEFI-Shell…RELEASE.iso

  • Format a USB drive to FAT32 

  • Double click on the downloaded EFI ISO file

  • Copy the EFI directory from the mounted ISO to the usb drive

  • Device should now boot to an EFI shell

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