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you said the magic word boot , so its not a 2nd ONLY drive with only data you are converting.Have any of you done this going from a BIOS/MBR machine to a UEFI/GPT machine? That's what I need to do.
I am guessing most new hardware is UEFI? Between what kind of BOOT hardware did you do this?
Which OS did you migrate? Win 7 x64 or 32?
and wrong guess, its BOTH, the BIOS still supports both systems. (its in the manuals for the MOBO),in Bios sections.
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say what needs means.... exactly,>?
all answers 64bit, end to end, no 32, period.
The installs follows your lead.
windows 8.1 see the BOIS to legacy, mbr.
and it does so..
in fact i have a old older mobo here. m5a78 no UEIF.
windows 8.1 sees that and create a new MBR.
same thing happens on new machine if you want. it to .
or with old win7 on old HDD (in hand)
put it on new mobo.. go in to bios first
set legacy boot. bios.
noq exit bios, save and cold boot it.
and the old drive will boot and PNP all the goodies, (make sure internet is active so it can pNP to MS.com)
when all that works? it will.
use cheaper win 8.1 upgrade path. bam 8.1 on MBR.
if you just must have it> GPT. the
install 8.1 fresh.
or see my 2 links,...
one way to do this, is to backup everything, and the reformat. then restore.
use Acronis backup. to external huge drive.