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Thanks axe0, I spent quite a bit of time last night digesting this MBR vs GPT.Here are 2 things I learned so far. I have not found any FREE utility so farthat will allow me to convert from my current portioning structure to GPTwithout losing data (not willing to do a fresh install of everything just yet,last resort). 2nd, it is my current understanding that there is noreal need to convert unless your dealing with 2 TB drives or larger, and thejury is still out on that.
If Ican find a way to convert without paying, then I will do so, the last resortwill be to do a new build, but its not off the table as an option. Here iswhere Im a bit confused, and it it may be due to my ignorance? It seems to methat to date, the current help I have received was based on an impression thatmy drive was structured as GPT, we have since learned it is not. With thatbeing said, do you still think there is a problem with my partitions under the currentfile structure? It seems to me that it is fine, but I am not experienced inthese matters, so I might me overlooking something that you are well versed in?
It justblows my mind that I can reload a fresh image and reboot it all day with noissues, it seems as though something gets updated behind the scenes when the PCis left idle for many hours and I shut it down at night and when I reboot thenext day, it comes up to the desktop and immediately states that windows needsto restart for changes to take effect, and I look in the update history beforedoing so and there was no update, then I reboot and get stuck in that BSOD loopdue to inaccessible boot device? Thanks for the help and patience,, I really needhelp!