Oops, Windows installations in Hard Disk Drives bigger than 2TB require UEFI support for the Windows set up to enable the ability to create GPT file systems which is needed for bootable volumes bigger than 2TB. When UEFI is enabled the Windows setup automatically loads support for it hence it will allow creating a GPT partition instead of MBR.
Requirements for installing Windows in UEFI mode:
- UEFI must be enabled in the motherboard BIOS
- A DVD/CD-ROM drive (bootable USB flash drives with the OS may work, but as official practice always use the original Windows media)
- A genuine copy of Windows supporting UEFI in 64-bit (Windows Vista® with Service Pack 1 (SP1), Windows® 7, Windows® 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server® 2008, Windows Server® 2008 R2, Windows Server® 2012, and Windows Server 2012 R2).
Steps:
1. Enter the board BIOS and enabled “UEFI Boot” and make sure “Legacy boot” is also enabled.
2. Save changes and exit bios
3. Booting up the board into the default “Boot manager” by pressing the “F10” key (OEM and 3rd party brand boards may use a different key)
4. From the drives listed pick the one with the DVD/CD-ROM description that starts with UEFI.
5. Follow the Windows set up and then select the HDD you want to use for the installation.
It is important to know that letting the system booting up into the DV/CD-ROM by itself won’t enable the UEFI support, that’s why the user must enter the motherboard boot manager to pick the drive showing the support for UEFI.
Also, OEM or cracked copies of Windows may not offer support for UEFI so when entering the motherboard boot manager no option with UEFI shows up
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