Cannot make large enough partition for dual boot.

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  1. lrm537
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    Windows 7 Home Premium 64
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    Windows cannot be installed to this disk The selected disk has an MBR


    I managed to create the partition as per your instructions. Only thing is now i'm getting this error when trying to install win 8.

    "Windows cannot be installed to this disk The selected disk has an MBR partition table. On EFI systems, Windows can only be installed to GPT disks."

    Now as much as i know about pc's....i know nothing about this. Never seen this particular error.

    Any ideas?
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  3. seavixen32
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    Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-Bit
       New #12

    Have a look at this thread for a solution: Can't do a fresh install of Windows 7 - 64 Bit (MBR Part Table)

    This tutorial shows you how to convert a GPT disk to an MBR disk: Convert GPT Disk to MBR Disk
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