Win7 on a GPT drive
- Thread starter graysky
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No. That motherboard has a BIOS. Only boardes with EFI (Extensible Firmware Interface) that supports GPT can. You can use GPT on a data only disk, however.
My Computer
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- Alienware Aurora ALX R4
- OS
- Windows 10 Pro (x64)
- CPU
- Intel Core i7-3930K (3.2GHz - 4.5GHz)
- Motherboard
- Alienware Aurora-R4 x79
- Memory
- 4x Samsung 4GB PC3-12800 DDR3 (16GB 1600MHz)
- Graphics Card(s)
- Nvidia Geforce GTX 690
- Sound Card
- SteelSeries Siberia Elite
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Dell UltraSharp U3011
- Screen Resolution
- 2560x1600
- Hard Drives
- Samsung 850 Pro 256 GB, Seagate 1TB Desktop Hybrid HDD, 2x Western Digital 4TB Green HDD
- PSU
- 875W Some Dell PSU <.<
- Case
- Alienware Aurora ALX
- Cooling
- Custom Liquid Cooling (EK CPU & GPU blocks) dual EK 480RAD
- Keyboard
- Logitech G710+ Mechanical
- Mouse
- Logitech G700s
- Internet Speed
- Verizon Fios (50 mbps average)
- Other Info
- Server: Intel NUC D54250WYK: i5-4250U, 16GB, 256 GB mSATA, Windows Server 2012 R2
Mac OS is on EFI motherboards, just FYI. For Microsoft's target audience its not currently that important to use software workaround to get GPT on old BIOS based computers.
My Computer
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- Alienware Aurora ALX R4
- OS
- Windows 10 Pro (x64)
- CPU
- Intel Core i7-3930K (3.2GHz - 4.5GHz)
- Motherboard
- Alienware Aurora-R4 x79
- Memory
- 4x Samsung 4GB PC3-12800 DDR3 (16GB 1600MHz)
- Graphics Card(s)
- Nvidia Geforce GTX 690
- Sound Card
- SteelSeries Siberia Elite
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Dell UltraSharp U3011
- Screen Resolution
- 2560x1600
- Hard Drives
- Samsung 850 Pro 256 GB, Seagate 1TB Desktop Hybrid HDD, 2x Western Digital 4TB Green HDD
- PSU
- 875W Some Dell PSU <.<
- Case
- Alienware Aurora ALX
- Cooling
- Custom Liquid Cooling (EK CPU & GPU blocks) dual EK 480RAD
- Keyboard
- Logitech G710+ Mechanical
- Mouse
- Logitech G700s
- Internet Speed
- Verizon Fios (50 mbps average)
- Other Info
- Server: Intel NUC D54250WYK: i5-4250U, 16GB, 256 GB mSATA, Windows Server 2012 R2
A fair point for macosx... in my case running linux as primary os, I'm not left with an option to use microsoft's product without either reformating my disks from gpt to mbr or by running it [windows] in a virtualized environment as a guest os under the linux host. It just seems short sited to me not to incorporate the ability to boot from a gpt drive -- an ability that your competition has -- into your flagship os 
My Computer
- OS
- Windows 7 Ultimate x64