Uploaded June 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Before using NVMe Boot Loader with the Clover program
Some motherboards have updated BIOS support booting via PCIe NVMe.
Check your motherboard's latest BIOS update.
If you don't have one, use this tip
Make the Windows installer boot with the first USB flash drive
Like making a boot install on a Flash Drive
Prepare the Clover Bootloader with a small flash drive, just 1GB
The Bootdisk utility will install and configure Clover on a USB flash drive, but not configure the NVME driver:
Make a repair driver on the Clover bootloader flash drive.
Copy the NvmExpressDxe-64.efi file from EFI CLOVER - driver - to 2 other folders
EFI / CLOVER / drivers / UEFI
EFI / CLOVER / drivers / BIOS
When installed on a computer, it can be set via BIOS by disabling Secure Boot
NVMe SSD x4 PCIe 3.0 works with older PCIe 2.0 CPUs such as Sandy Bridge only supports PCie 2.0
Higher performance with a processor that supports PCIe 3.0
Meanwhile, for processors that support PCie 2.0, the transfer speed drops by 50%, compared to using a PCie 3.0 CPU
PCIe speed follows processor developments.
2 USB if you have
Flash drive 1 for Boot, do not delete. For Windows 11 Bootloader
Flash drive 2 to Install Windows
NVMe PCIe card adapter
NVMe SSD as storage.
Software or Program
Windows ISO files
Note
Clover Boot Manager not show
Check the BIOS, reset BIOS motherboard to default, sometimes can solved this problem
Tools
Rufus
https://rufus.ie/en/
Boot Disk Utility / BDU
Used to copy the Clover Boot Loader file to a Flash drive
https://cvad-mac.narod.ru/index/bootdiskutility_exe/0-5
Clover Boot Manager or Boot Loader
github.com/CloverHackyColor/CloverBootloader/releases
PCIe 3.0 NVMe works with PCIe 2.0
Can a PCIe 3.0 card be installed in a PCIe 2.0 slot? Yes
These slots are cross-compatible, which means you can use PCIe cards from different generations in all slots
PCIe 2.0 x4 2 GB/s
PCIe 3.0 x4 3.9 GB/s
PCIe 4.0 x4 7.8 GB/s
Before using NVMe Boot Loader with the Clover program
Some motherboards have updated BIOS support booting via PCIe NVMe.
Check your motherboard's latest BIOS update.
If you don't have one, use this tip
Make the Windows installer boot with the first USB flash drive
Like making a boot install on a Flash Drive
Prepare the Clover Bootloader with a small flash drive, just 1GB
The Bootdisk utility will install and configure Clover on a USB flash drive, but not configure the NVME driver:
Make a repair driver on the Clover bootloader flash drive.
Copy the NvmExpressDxe-64.efi file from EFI CLOVER - driver - to 2 other folders
EFI / CLOVER / drivers / UEFI
EFI / CLOVER / drivers / BIOS
When installed on a computer, it can be set via BIOS by disabling Secure Boot
NVMe SSD x4 PCIe 3.0 works with older PCIe 2.0 CPUs such as Sandy Bridge only supports PCie 2.0
Higher performance with a processor that supports PCIe 3.0
Meanwhile, for processors that support PCie 2.0, the transfer speed drops by 50%, compared to using a PCie 3.0 CPU
PCIe speed follows processor developments.
2 USB if you have
Flash drive 1 for Boot, do not delete. For Windows 11 Bootloader
Flash drive 2 to Install Windows
NVMe PCIe card adapter
NVMe SSD as storage.
Software or Program
Windows ISO files
Note
Clover Boot Manager not show
Check the BIOS, reset BIOS motherboard to default, sometimes can solved this problem
Tools
Rufus
https://rufus.ie/en/
Boot Disk Utility / BDU
Used to copy the Clover Boot Loader file to a Flash drive
https://cvad-mac.narod.ru/index/bootdiskutility_exe/0-5
Clover Boot Manager or Boot Loader
github.com/CloverHackyColor/CloverBootloader/releases
PCIe 3.0 NVMe works with PCIe 2.0
Can a PCIe 3.0 card be installed in a PCIe 2.0 slot? Yes
These slots are cross-compatible, which means you can use PCIe cards from different generations in all slots
PCIe 2.0 x4 2 GB/s
PCIe 3.0 x4 3.9 GB/s
PCIe 4.0 x4 7.8 GB/s
