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GPT -> MBR: what will I loose, what will cease to work?

d-Metrius
Level 7

‎09-07-2012 05:46 AM - last edited on ‎03-06-2024 10:05 PM by Community Admin

What will I loose and what will cease to work if I turn off UEFI boot in BIOS and repartition my disks (2x750) to MBR?
ASUS G75VW (Intel Core i7 3610QM, 12 Gb DDR3-1600, nVidia GeForce GTX 660M 2 Gb, 2x750 HDD, 3D Vision)
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rewben
Level 13

‎02-15-2013 07:45 AM

thanks @Clintlgm for the alternative. i never used these tools before, so i have no clue what to recommend.
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Clintlgm
Level 14
In response to rewben

‎02-15-2013 12:20 PM

Rewben, This tool is the old Partition Magic up graded for current use. When I fired it up to move some partitions around I was completely at home with it.
G752VY-DH72 Win 10 Pro
512 GB M.2 Samsung 960 Pro
1 TB Samsung 850 pro 2.5 format
980m GTX 4 GB
32GB DDR 4 Standard RAM

Z97 PRO WiFi I7 4790K
Windows 10 Pro
Z97 -A
Windows 10 Pro
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tkolarik
Level 9

‎02-15-2013 10:46 PM

I looked in to converting a GPT disk to MBR because my Windows Home Server could not backup GPT partitions. I could not find anything that worked,at least for free. I say the Aomei product but the cost was way to high. I just burned the backup discs and there was another file location on the hard drive that stored the backup drivers and software (cant remember the name right now...on the TF101) and did a clean install.

Supposedly Windows 8 should boot faster with Gpt partition because it doesnt completely dismount the boot drive so it doesnt have to remount it at boot time.
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