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When installing Windows on UEFI-based PCs using Windows Setup, your hard drive partition style must be set up to support either UEFI mode or legacy BIOS-compatibility mode. | |||
For example, if you receive the error message: “Windows cannot be installed to this disk. The selected disk is not of the GPT partition style”, it’s because your PC is booted in UEFI mode, but your hard drive is not configured for UEFI mode. | |||
* [https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn336946.aspx Windows Setup: Installing using the MBR or GPT partition style - Microsoft] | * [https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn336946.aspx Windows Setup: Installing using the MBR or GPT partition style - Microsoft] | ||
* [http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/15458-uefi-bootable-usb-flash-drive-create-windows.html To Create a Bootable UEFI USB Flash Drive using Free Program "Rufus"] | * [http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/15458-uefi-bootable-usb-flash-drive-create-windows.html To Create a Bootable UEFI USB Flash Drive using Free Program "Rufus"] | ||
* [https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/wiki/FAQ Rufus FAQ - Github] | * [https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/wiki/FAQ Rufus FAQ - Github] | ||
* [http://rufus.akeo.ie | * [http://rufus.akeo.ie Rufus - Create bootable USB drives the easy way - DOWNLOAD] | ||
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Latest revision as of 09:18, 26 January 2015
When installing Windows on UEFI-based PCs using Windows Setup, your hard drive partition style must be set up to support either UEFI mode or legacy BIOS-compatibility mode. For example, if you receive the error message: “Windows cannot be installed to this disk. The selected disk is not of the GPT partition style”, it’s because your PC is booted in UEFI mode, but your hard drive is not configured for UEFI mode.
- Windows Setup: Installing using the MBR or GPT partition style - Microsoft
- To Create a Bootable UEFI USB Flash Drive using Free Program "Rufus"
- Rufus FAQ - Github
- Rufus - Create bootable USB drives the easy way - DOWNLOAD
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