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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:

After clicking “Format…” in Step 2, your USB drive in Disks should show:

Partitioning: Master Boot Record (MBR)

One big block of “Free Space”

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Now create the partition:

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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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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.

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Info

You can put EFI programs such as AFUEFI in the root directory of the usb drive and use these commands in the EFI shell.

Guide for WINDOWS

Step 1: 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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Step 2: Mount the ISO and Copy the Files

  1. Double-click the downloaded ISO file (UEFI-Shell…RELEASE.iso)

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Format a USB drive to FAT32 

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Double click on the downloaded EFI ISO file

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

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  1. It will automatically mount as a virtual DVD drive in File Explorer.

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  2. Open the mounted ISO from the sidebar in File Explorer if not open automatic (it looks like a CD/DVD drive).

  3. Copy all contents.

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  4. Navigate to your formatted USB drive.

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

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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.

Info

You can put EFI programs such as AFUEFI in the root directory of the usb drive and use these commands in the EFI shell.