How do I get W7 MBR system image to restore to converted GPT disk?

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  1. rdavy
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    How do I get W7 MBR system image to restore to converted GPT disk?


    I'm stuck and would appreciate any advice one may offer in accomplishing this.

    After making a system image of the MBR W7 system on my C: drive then saving it to MBR HDD G:, I converted the C: drive from MBR to GPT.

    I reinstalled Windows 7, restored the backups fine but can not get the system image to restore to C:. I'd like to restore my settings, etc.

    Any ideas on getting there?
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  3. AddRAM
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    You cannot install a MBR image to a GPT disk, a MBR drive requires a Legacy bios, a GPT disk requires a UEFI Bios.

    Clarify if you can, why did you reinstall 7 and are now trying to restore with an image ????

    There is no benefit of installing W7 on a GPT disk.
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  4. rdavy
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    Apparently I either got some bad info or misunderstood on restoring Windows.

    I'm OK with W7, so far it does what I want. I want a dual boot system, Windows 7 and Ubunto. Ubunto installs GPT only apparently and I didn't want any trouble booting with MBR / GPT system.
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  6. ignatzatsonic
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    rdavy said:
    Apparently I either got some bad info or misunderstood on restoring Windows.

    I'm OK with W7, so far it does what I want. I want a dual boot system, Windows 7 and Ubunto. Ubunto installs GPT only apparently and I didn't want any trouble booting with MBR / GPT system.
    If Ubunto will install on GPT only, then you'd have to put it on an entirely separate disk.

    I don't think you can have GPT and MBR partitions on the same disk.

    But you can have MBR and GPT disks on the same PC.
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  7. rdavy
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    ignatzatsonic said:
    rdavy said:
    Apparently I either got some bad info or misunderstood on restoring Windows.

    I'm OK with W7, so far it does what I want. I want a dual boot system, Windows 7 and Ubunto. Ubunto installs GPT only apparently and I didn't want any trouble booting with MBR / GPT system.
    If Ubunto will install on GPT only, then you'd have to put it on an entirely separate disk.

    I don't think you can have GPT and MBR partitions on the same disk.

    But you can have MBR and GPT disks on the same PC.
    Now I have both, but I just hoped not to have to rebuild Windows 7. My important data was backed up, and restored.
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  8. AddRAM
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    Who told you ubuntu installs only to GPT disks ? Bad info.

    Ubuntu has been around for years, GPT disks have not.
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  10. Layback Bear
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    I have installed Windows 7 on GPT and on MBR drives and can't really tell any differences.
    I always install one operating system on one drive, in my case SSD's.
    Never did try two operating systems on one drive.
    Which means I don't know if one can run GPT and MBR on the same drive but different partitions.

    Right now I have UEFI bios and GPT

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  11. AddRAM
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    No, you can`t Jack. A drive is either GPT or MBR, it can`t be both.
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  12. Layback Bear
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    AddRAM said:
    No, you can`t Jack. A drive is either GPT or MBR, it can`t be both.
    Thanks for the information. I will remember that.
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  13. rdavy
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    AddRAM said:
    Who told you ubuntu installs only to GPT disks ? Bad info.

    Ubuntu has been around for years, GPT disks have not.
    The Ubuntu installation disk said that it could cause problems installing to a MBR disk and that possible nothing would boot.
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