Thank you so much for going through the work to write these instructions!! This fixed the issue i was having with my HP Probook 4730s (most propably will work for a 4530s also) where i got the "Product Information not valid" error (SYSTEM BOARD (00A) - Product Name, Product Serial Number, Product SKU, System Board CT Number) and couldn't boot the os from my hdd because of "BootDevice not found". You will likely receive an error telling you that the MPM (Manufacturing Programming Mode) is locked.Ĭlick to expand.eric_in_or, you're my new god.
My solution was to install a blank harddrive into the laptop, and install Windows 10 Pro onto it using a USB drive created with the Windows 10 Download Tool. Note that a GPT/UEFI install of Windows will not work. My recommendation is to use an MBR install of Windows 10 rather than the fancy Windows PE method. HP has a WinPE64-2.10 tool that automates this process, but I failed to replicate it with the Windows ADK. I struggled with this for many hours, and while I could create the bootable Windows PE (v10, v8, & v2.1) USBs, I could never successfully run the Wndmifit64.exe application in that environment.