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I would like to reinstall Win 8 on my ASRock UEFI motherboard in the UEFI mode. I have Win 7 OEM and the downloaded Win 8 Pro upgrade. I have the Win 8 Pro upgrade burned to an ISO disc. I also have the hard drive backed up to Acronis 2013 and have an Acronis WinPE rescue disc to boot with to restore.
Several questions. (1) If I convert to UEFI and format the drive to GPT, will Acronis restore to the GPT (from MBR)?
(2) If Acronis won't restore, will converting to UEFI/GPT affect installing or activating the Win 7 OEM and/or the Win 8 Pro upgrade (I assume I'll have to install Win 7 and then upgrade to Win 8).
(3) Will a UEFI system read other hard drives that are MBR formatted?
Thanks/Jack
Several questions. (1) If I convert to UEFI and format the drive to GPT, will Acronis restore to the GPT (from MBR)?
(2) If Acronis won't restore, will converting to UEFI/GPT affect installing or activating the Win 7 OEM and/or the Win 8 Pro upgrade (I assume I'll have to install Win 7 and then upgrade to Win 8).
(3) Will a UEFI system read other hard drives that are MBR formatted?
Thanks/Jack
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Win 10
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Home Built
- CPU
- i7 6700K
- Motherboard
- ASUS ROG Maximus VIII Hero
- Memory
- 16 Gb G Skill TridentZ DDR4 3400
- Graphics Card(s)
- Intel (i7 CPU)
- Sound Card
- RealTek Integrated
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- 27" Dell SE2717HR
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- 1920X1080
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- 500GB Samsung 850 SSD, 3TB for backups
- PSU
- EVGA Supernova 750 G2
- Case
- BeQuiet Silent Base 600
- Cooling
- Deepcool Captain 120EX
- Keyboard
- Microsoft Wireless
- Mouse
- Logitech wireless
- Internet Speed
- Cable - 100MB Downlink
- Browser
- Edge/Firefox
- Antivirus
- Microsoft
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- Sonar Platinum 64 bit recording studio software with MOTU 896Mk3 Hybrid recording interface unit.