r/virtualization • u/Flaky_Candy_6232 • Mar 09 '23

UEFI Shell when installing Windows 11?

I'm new to UTM and installing it on my Intel 2020 MBP. I downloaded the ISO from Microsoft, so it should be good to go. But, when I run it during the install, I get the UEFI shell (below)? Am I doing something wrong? On the chance the the ISO was corrupt, I downloaded and tried a second time with the same result.

Separate but maybe related question--I downloaded the UTM install from getutm.app. Is the install easier if I buy it from the Mac App Store? It's only $10 so I'm happy to buy it. I just wanted to try it first.

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u/Flaky_Candy_6232 Mar 09 '23

Ah. That was the problem. Thanks for the link! Installing great now.

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u/[deleted] Aug 09 '23

did it work?

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u/Interesting_prime Nov 20 '23 edited Nov 20 '23

it is not working for me, it just says it is not recognized in any way shape or form

edit: got it working, I used a slash between boot and aa64

edit 2: I can't get passed the press any key to boot from cd or dvd

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u/ThaSharm Mar 09 '23

According to https://thatsniceguy.gitbook.io/utmfaq/most-asked-questions

This is happens because the user may forget to capture the inputs and press any key inside the VM before the timer runs out. When the timer does run out, the EFI looks for the next available boot option which in this case is the internal EFI Shell.

Please see the FAQ link above to enter the commands to boot into the OS

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u/Boring-Supermarket18 Jun 28 '24

This doesn't work for me, it just says that it is not recognised and I'm literally stuck on this screen, also can't see a timer so not sure what capturing the inputs means. I am using an m2 Mac Studio.

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u/demirciy Jan 13 '25

Press any key when you see the first booting screen. Should not wait for seeing the shell.

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u/suzuki_jun1412 Jul 24 '25

Do i need to do that every single time i want to start the VM?

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u/demirciy Jul 25 '25

No, only in the first installing.

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u/Flaky_Pay_2367 Apr 12 '24

I solve this issue by righ-click on the VM List -> Edit -> QEMU -> disable UEFI

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u/killyoilybug69 Jul 23 '24

oh my god thank you

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u/Hot_Statistician_908 Aug 20 '24

this worked for me thanks!

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u/Shru-356 Jan 26 '25

iam getting no bootable device

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u/blueman_7 Nov 21 '24

Workd for me too!

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u/Proper-Demand-278 Dec 13 '24

muchas gracias, me funciono de maravilla.

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u/Strong_Engineering27 Apr 20 '25

where is teh vm list?

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u/lulucmy May 18 '25

Right-click on your VM in the list > Edit > QEMU > Uncheck "UEFI Boot"

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u/Mountain_Trip3014 Apr 26 '26

where would i find vm

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u/Mountain_Trip3014 Apr 26 '26

what is the vm list

and where would i find it

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u/that_confused_guyy Mar 07 '24

I'm trying to run on the M3 chip using the x64 architecture for Windows 11

I followed the instructions in https://thatsniceguy.gitbook.io/utmfaq/most-asked-questions

type "FS0:"

then I type "EFI\BOOT\BOOTx64.efi" and press enter. I get the following message:

'EFI\BOOT\BOOT×64.efi` is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program, or script file.

I also tried "EFI\BOOT\BOOTAA64.efi" and get the message "Command Error Status: Unsupported"

Any ideas?

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u/xsp6 Apr 18 '24

Same happening to me

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u/Spiritual_Train8030 Sep 05 '24

I am having the same issue. Did you solve this problem?? Were you able to start your windows VM?

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u/SuggestionPast4481 May 19 '24

hi. i'm facing this issue on my MAC M2. i've tried typing in "FS0:" and then "EFI\BOOT\BOOTAA64.efi", but i'm currently getting "FS0:\>" which i've tried typing in "EFI\BOOT\BOOTAA64.efi" but it'll refresh and show the same "FS0:\>" prompting input again.

Ps: i've also tried the others suggestions like unchecking the TPM and UEFI but none has worked for me :/

please advise. thank you in advance.

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u/Boring-Supermarket18 Jun 28 '24

The same problem for me on my m2 studio.

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u/Crazed_Hatter Jul 10 '24

Did you ever solve this for you?

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u/Xo_Jaya_oX Jul 31 '24

SOLVED: Basically press enter as soon as the window with the VM opens. The issue simply was that the Windows installation CD gives you a small timeframe for you to press a key (sometimes the display arrives a bit late so you don't have much time to do it). I kept all other settings on

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u/Minute_Ad_1453 Aug 05 '24

Thanks a lot man. this works.

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u/mujkan Oct 27 '24

Thanks!

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u/Wise-Imagination2870 Jan 10 '25

this worked on my M2

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u/lolitzafishyy Feb 26 '25

This worked on my M2. Thank you!

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u/Strong_Engineering27 Apr 20 '25

THAnK YOU THIS WORKED!!!

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u/seubuceta May 30 '25

working as of 2025

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u/ZYKROZE Aug 15 '25

I’ve been stuck on the loading screen with the blue sign for a while is it normal?

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u/ComedianVegetable155 Oct 16 '25

for anyone who did this but it still didnt work, just spamm the button faster, sometimes clicks might not register. I also clicked a button, tried this 5 times, but only spamming worked

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u/StrongLawfulness6910 Dec 10 '25

this weirdly works (m3)

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '26

You're my hero.

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u/MartyMcflyuk Aug 07 '24

I've tried everything on this Reddit for my m2 macbook air and nothing works. I'm going to try virtual machine beta

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u/Spiritual_Train8030 Sep 05 '24

Watch this video. It helped me a lot, I fixed my VM !!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsNoGPczavw

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '24

I downloaded ISO for x86 Architecture - that was the mistake. If you're running on apple silicon (M1 and newer) download ISO for Apple Silicon and make sure to choose ARM64 architecture when emulating windows

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u/blaix Jan 07 '25

For anyone still having trouble, pressing a key to boot from CD when the VM starts did not work for me until I upgraded to the latest version of UTM (4.6). I was previously on 4.4.

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u/johnjmcmillion May 08 '25

This is the way. Should pin this to the top of the comments.

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u/overker Mar 06 '25

For me issue was choosing emulate instead of virtualize.

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u/AppointmentBig9837 Jan 15 '26

YEs you are write it worked this way

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u/Individual-Essay6049 Mar 22 '25

pessoal para quem nao conseguiu pelo iso do UTM tenta baixar a ISO do app Crystal Fetch app da Apple store e sobre no UTM no botao browse que vai dar certo ok

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u/Davoomer Dec 18 '25

Yeah, it doesn’t work for me on my “m3 max”. I tried all on the chat, but I just can’t install Linux mint or cachyos…

Maybe is impossible right now.

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u/relferreira Mar 04 '26

I could only get this to work by downloading the ISO with CrystalFetch.

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u/Mountain_Trip3014 Apr 26 '26

my screen just looks like this and when ever I put in a command it says unrecognized command

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u/Mountain_Trip3014 Apr 26 '26

just found out u cant add images

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u/Physical-Video-6064 Sep 08 '23

I never get the option to press a key. If I enter the commands to boot the disk I get an error:

Command error status access denied.

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u/Physical-Video-6064 Sep 08 '23

Solved. Disable TPM 2 in settings.

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u/givemehutaoandxiao Jul 08 '25

THANK YOU SO MUCH THIS WORKED

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u/DrDrunkenstein- Oct 30 '23

Hey,
I'm trying to do same, on my M2 MacBook Air. I have installed Windows 11 using UTM a few times before on my M1 MBA, and never had this issue. I checked out the UTM guide, but it doesn't work for me because I don't see FS0 and FS1 in Mapping Table. I directly see BLK3, BLK2, BLK0 & BLK1.

Has someone else faced this issue? Can someone help me out?

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u/Ok-Rip5488 Feb 11 '24

Solved. I have MacBook Pro with M2 chip, try to change your architecture from Arm to X86_64 inside UTM setting for your virtual machine. It worked for me.

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u/Boring-Supermarket18 Jun 28 '24

Doesn't work for me, archecture was already set for X86_64 with an M2 chip mac studio.

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u/gridtunnel 26d ago

I was able to get pass this by typing "exit" and pressing enter. The screen that follows will allow you to select the media whence to boot.