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image an mbr drive to a gpt drive will work when using WinPE?
I want to use an imaging program to backup my system drive, for example EaseUS Todo Backup (free). My C: system drive is an MBR type (NTFS) of less than 500GB. I was figuring my backup drive to be a similarly sized (slightly larger just in case) partition on a 4TB external drive, which necessarily is GPT type (also NTFS).
In my forum browsings I found some comments saying imaging an MBR to a GPT drive could be a problem if one wants to boot from the GPT. Does this problem apply in my case where I would be booting from the Rescue Disc (WinPE), then restoring from the image on the GPT partition?
Would there be no problem with restoring the image in these 2 possible situations?:
My original MBR C: drive is ok, I just need to restore my system to a previous state. Therefor, image on the GPT drive is being transferred to the C: drive which is MBR.
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The original MBR C: drive has failed. I get another hard drive, I suppose format it as GPT for consistency/better compatibility? Then restore from the image.
I haven't gone through a recovery procedure before, so perhaps I'm misunderstanding something fundamental? Thanks for any insight!