I have just had to completely reload my HP Pavilion dm1-4310 system (don’t ask), so before reloading Windows 8, I decided to take the opportunity to do a bit of testing. The results have been quite interesting and encouraging.
Before performing these installations, in order to ensure that there would be no “relics” left on the disk, I deleted all of the existing partitions. I also ensured that UEFI Boot and Secure Boot were enabled, and Legacy Support was disabled.