Here's what worked for me on Windows 7 Enterprise 64-bit. Good thing I'm familiar with rEFInd EFI boot loader, or I'd still be wondering what to do -- note that booting from a system recovery disc and repairing via command line is futile and a waste of time. 1. From an administrator-elevated CMD.EXE prompt on Windows, run the following command to mount the ESP (EFI System Partition): mountvol S: /S 2. Change directory to S:\EFI directory, and you will find four directories: Microsoft, Seagate, BOOT, __BOOT (NOTE: double underscore preceeding BOOT). 3. Delete the Seagate directory from S:\EFI\Seagate 4. Delete the BOOT directory from S:\EFI\BOOT (NOTE: the original, unmolested BOOT directory was renamed __BOOT by the Seagate firmware update utility, so this is the jacked-up BOOT directory containing the rEFInd EFI Boot Loader and it can be safely removed). 4. Rename the __BOOT directory to BOOT (no double underscore preceding the name). 5. Reboot the computer. The rEFInd boot loader has been removed. Hope that's helpful. I reported it to Dell Support today and am reposting here so it helps someone else. SOURCE MATERIAL FOR BACKGROUND: Uninstalling rEFInd from Windows [URL]#uinst_windows Installing rEFIND Manually Using Windows [URL]#windows
Hi! I recently bought an Inspiron 15 7000 (7559). I went to the "Drivers and Downloads" section of the Dell website for my model and downloaded and installed the latest  drivers and updates.The issue started when I got to the "Seagate ST500LM000/ST1000LM014 Firmware Update" download. I opened the bottom of the laptop and made sure that the update was for my HDD. My model was ST1000LM014 so I downloaded the update "Kahuna_ZPE.exe" and ran it.It started to run but then stopped at where it said "rEFInd - Initializing" and a bunch of lines saying "Binary is verified by the vendor certificate". I thought maybe it just took time to initialize so I left for a workshop I needed to do at work and asked my wife to see what would happen. 8 hours after when I got home, it was still on the same screen. Now, when I switch it off and on, it always goes back to the same screen.Has anyone encountered the same issue before and know how to resolve this? Thank you.
Stuck at "rEFInd-Initializing" after trying to update Seagate HDD firmware