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GPT disk conversion for both data drives and C drive
Newbie to the Windows 10 world.
I just purchased a 6 TB drive, plugged it into my Windows 7 computer, and it worked fine for a system backup using Macrium prior to the Windows 10 conversion. Now am converted to Windows 10, and reading that I need the large drives converted to GPT from MBR.
I have found reference to the AOMEI Partition Assistant to make this conversion on the data drive, but the C drive is a different animal.
My understanding is that GPT is necessary for the large data drive, and only necessary for the GPT on the C drive if I migrate to UEFI.
I have two questions:
Is it necessary to have the 6 TB drive formatted in GPT, or does it solve any capacity issues I may have with MBR?
To convert the C drive to GPT, what are the steps I need to take to make this work? Make a Macrium backup and rescue disk, save an image file, reformat C drive, and then reload the image onto C drive, now in GPT format?
Would reloading an image onto a differently formatted C drive actually work? Or am I making this too complicated?