Correcting EFI boot entry for DVD drive to install Win 7 in EFI mode?

Question

Running sudo efibootmgr -v on Kubuntu Trusty on my old Lenovo Z570 laptop gives the following output:

BootCurrent: 0006
Timeout: 1 seconds
BootOrder: 0006,0005,0003,0004,0007,0002
Boot0000  Setup
Boot0001  Boot Menu
Boot0002* USB FDD:      030a2400d23878bc820f604d8316c068ee79d25b6ff015a28830b543a8b8641009461e49
Boot0003* ATA HDD: HGST HTS541010A9E680                         ACPI(a0341d0,0)PCI(1f,2)03120a00000000000000..bYVD.A...O.*..
Boot0004* ATAPI CD: HL-DT-STDVDRAM GT30N                        ACPI(a0341d0,0)PCI(1f,2)03120a00040000000000......!N.:^G.V.T
Boot0005* USB HDD:      030a2400d23878bc820f604d8316c068ee79d25b33e821aaaf33bc4789bd419f88c50803
Boot0006* ubuntu        HD(1,800,100000,94de75d0-94b7-4c1f-b273-3b8052fa06c2)File(\EFI\ubuntu\grubx64.efi)
Boot0007* PCI LAN: Realtek PXE B03 D00  BIOS(6,0,5265616c74656b20505845204230332044303000)............................................................................A.....................

The same on my friend's newly bought Lenovo G50-80 laptop:

BootCurrent: 0000
Timeout: 0 seconds
BootOrder: 0000,2001,2002,2003
Boot0000* ubuntu        HD(1,800,200000,<long-uuid-here>)File(\EFI\ubuntu\shimx64.efi)
Boot2001* EFI USB Device        RC
Boot2002* EFI DVD/CDROM RC
Boot2003* EFI Network   RC

The problem is that even while loading the boot manager using F12 at the boot screen, I don't see the EFI DVD entry at all. So I suspect there is a problem with the entry. So my question: is there a problem with the entry and if yes how to fix it?

Note that I have a Windows 7 installation DVD in the DVD drive which boots fine enough with Legacy mode, but that causes it to not be able to install to a GPT disk, so I need to boot it in UEFI mode.

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited Jan 17 '16 at 04:37

I wrestled with this issue for ages. There are ways to do this manually, but the simplest is to run rufus from windows with a USB stick. Set GPT and FAT32 and point it to the windows .iso file. What Rufus does after it has copied the files from the iso, is to additionally set up the /EFI directory on the usb stick (not correct by default in the iso), so that you can then install Windows 7 in EFI mode using the stick.

I have a multi-partitioned USB stick all with EFI installers on, one of which is windows 7.

The EFI entries look fine to me. It is almost guaranteed not working at present because of the contents of your EFI folder, rather than a problem with anything else.

Correcting EFI boot entry for DVD drive to install Win 7 in EFI mode?

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