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The target disk must not have a hybrid GPT/MBR partition table, such as that created by Boot Camp, Disk Utility, or GParted 3.

The target for the installation must use a GUID partition table (GPT).

When installing from a USB key 2, that key must use an MBR partition table.

However, the fixes are fairly straightforward once you Messages actually makes an EFI installation seem impossible, despite the EFI boot loaderīeing present on the Windows disc.

When installing under EFI on a Mac or other EFI based system. The issues below will prevent the installation of Windows 8 (and 8.1) from succeeding Seriously, Ubuntu is free and much easier to install!). Record than as an endorsement of something that’s worth doing (it’s not too hard, but This information involved some trial and error to discover, I post it here more for the Note: this procedure gets rapidly more complicated under only slightly unusualĬircumstances (such as having a non Windows OS installed, or more than one disk). GPT just as I do with Mac OS X and Ubuntu. The placement of a Windows partition, I wanted to try installing Windows 8.1 using EFI and Since Windows 8 now supports installation under EFI 1, and Boot Camp is fairly rigid about Only be installed by emulating an MBR disk, typically by using Apple’s Boot Camp to Until recently, this has meant that Windows can I decided to install Windows 8.1 on my MacBook.Īll Intel based Macs use EFI with a GUID partition table (GPT), instead of the Note: Nothing will be changed with this command.I recently wanted to test something on Windows, and not wanting to use a virtual machine, Your choices are either Windows PowerShell (Admin) or Command Prompt (Admin), depending on how you have chosen your installation.Īs a precaution, you should first validate that a conversion from MBR to GPT is feasible by entering this command at the prompt, as shown in Figure B. When you are ready to make the conversion, right-click the Start Menu button in Windows 10 and select the administrative command line from the context menu. The MBR2GPT.exe utility requires Windows 10 version 1703 or better, so it may be beneficial run an update before running the utility.Įditor's note: TechRepublic has covered the operation and the benefits of the MBR2GPT.exe utility before, but we feel it is important to highlight the tool again because it may play an important role in your preparation for the roll out of Windows 11. The important thing to note about this utility is that it will make the conversion without losing or overwriting any of your existing data.

Converting an MBR partition to a UEFI partition is accomplished with the help of a simple utility in Windows 10 called MBR2GPT.exe, which is accessed from the administrative command line.