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Windows won't install on GPT formatted drive.
This is probably a longshot, but might anyone here know why my laptop won't boot in UEFI mode? I'm trying to install windows 10 on a new SSD, but I'm getting the error message: "windows cannot be installed on this disk. The selected disk is of the GPT partition style."
The laptop came with Windows7 installed but I'm not sure what the default boot mode is/was. I enabled the UEFI boot option in the bios, and saved the settings, however it doesn't seem to have made any difference:
I realize I could re-format the drive to NTFS, but I was hoping someone here might be able to help me first. I would really appreciate it.
*Edit: Here is a list of the BIOS specs, according to HWiNFO64. The last entry reads "UEFI Specification Support - Not Present"...
Does this mean this laptop doesn't support UEFI boot? What then is the option I have enabled in the first screenshot? I'm really confused.
Last edited by sleepless; 31 Oct 2016 at 08:01.