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3TB GPT disk NTFS-UEFI Partitions are not in the recommended order
I'm trying to install Windows 7 Home Premium on a UEFI system with a 3TB HDD and I am unable to get the partitions to format properly so I do not get an error in Windows preinstall environment saying the partitions are not in the recommended order. This is the third time I've scrapped the install and wiped the disk after I had everything incl all drivers and updates loaded and testing the system. Upon startup I noticed on the windows start up screen a steady white cursor in upper left of screen (DOS looking but not flashing) and it seemed to hang on that screen awhile so I knew something was not quite right and thought it had something with choosing to ignore the out of recommended order partition message I got in WinPE.
I'm using diskpart, starting with a clean disk, when I "convert gpt" it automatically creates a 128MB MSR partition (I believe this is the "protective MBR" for gpt disks but again when I'm in the windows preinstall environment it will say the partitions are not in the recommended order. Do I just ignore this message and continue to install the OS on the primary partition? Is this protective MBR causing the the steady white (DOS looking) cursor on the windows startup page?
Here are my commands in diskpart
C:\> Diskpart DISKPART> list disk DISKPART> select disk 0 DISKPART> clean DISKPART> convert gpt DISKPART> create partition efi size=100 DISKPART> assign letter=s DISKPART>format quick fs=FAT32 DISKPART>create partition msr size=128 DISKPART> create partition primary DISKPART>assign letter=c DISKPART> select part 1 DISKPART> format fs=ntfs label="System" DISKPART> list volume
Here is what I'm getting in Diskpart
Partition ### Type Size Offset
Partition 1 Reserved 128 MB 17KB
Partition 2 System 200MB 129 MB
Partition 2 Reserved 128MB 329 MB
Partition 4 Primary 2794GB 457 MB
Help me Obi Wan......
- System Manufacturer/Model Numbercustom buildOSWindows 7 Home Premium 64bitCPUi7-2600k, 3.40 GHzMotherboardAsus P8P67 B3 RevisionMemoryCorsair XMS3 DDR3 16GBGraphics Card(s)NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX570 1.2GB GDDR5Sound CardInternal RealtekMonitor(s) DisplaysHDMI 22" LCD + hp 50" PLASMA TVHard DrivesSeagate Barracuda XT 3TB SATA ST330005N1A1AS-RK
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