Windows 10: Is it true that the next Windows 10 upgrade requires GPT-format disk?

I read this somewhere, but I can't remember the source, or else I would have included the URL.

It doesn't seem right. My wife's 2012 system runs Win 10 just fine with an SSD, thank you, but her system does NOT have UEFI BIOS.

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How to upgrade Windows 7 MBR installation on an UEFI motherboard

I've tried upgrading Windows 7 pro 64 bit on a MBR hard Drive but my motherboard is UEFI. I get an error message requiring the hard drive to be in GPT format. Doing the conversion is gong to render my Windows 7 installation unbootable. Is there a way
to extract the product number from the Windows 7 before converting it to GPT? What is the right way to convert to GPT before upgrading to windows 10?

 

is it true that the 6300 is such a problem that...

Depends what you want out of a phone.

What are the most important features that you require?

 

Without a source, that's pretty vague, I can pretty much guarantee you it's false.

 

Upgrading to the Anniversary version (1607) of Windows 10 will not require GPT type partitioning. Thousands of people are insider testing it right now on MBR drives.

 

I would be highly surprised that any PC manufactured in 2012 doesn't have a UEFI bios. Just because it has UEFI doesn't mean it can't boot old versions of software.

 

My wife's system is a homebuilt using an ASUS motherboard. It is quite likely that the design is older than 2012. I'm actualy travelling right now, so I can't check the BIOS.

 

As long as I can I will stay away from UEFI, legacy BIOS is just fine for me. Much less troubles.

 

What troubles? It's just a bios.

 

And GPT, and UEFI partition, incompatibility with some backup/restore utilities, just few unnecessary complications. I can and do everything in legacy mode I could do as UEFI as my board has both.

 

UEFI is mostly about taking advantage of advanced features like Secure Boot. If you don't have UEFI you can't use Secure Boot. Here are some other advantages of UEFI cribbed from an old Sun (!) explanation:

• Support for hard drive partitions larger than 2 Tbytes.
• Support for more than four partitions on a drive.
• Fast booting.
• Efficient power and system management.
• Robust reliability and fault management.

HTH, and thanks for posting. Your older non-UEFI system should be fine running Windows 10. I have two non-UEFI systems running it right now.
--Ed--

 

Ed,

Yes, this helps, since I didn't know about the last two bullets.

How did you know I used to work for Sun Microsystems? *Wink In the "glory days" before the Tech Crash in 2000.

 

Where did you get the idea that a UEFI bios requires you to use a GPT or UEFI partition? UEFI has a mode called CSM or Compatibility Service Module that emulates a standard bios, so you can install with an MBR just fine when using a UEFI bios.

 

Mystere,

I'm the OP on this thread. My desktop system is home-built, with an ASUS P9X79 PRO motherboard. It has a UEFI BIOS, with CSM. So far my boot drive has been MBR. I was worried when I read somewhere that anniversary edition of Win 10 would require a GPT-formatted boot drive. Fortunately, that info was wrong.

 

I understand that. I was responding to Count Mike's comment about avoiding UEFI bios's.