[ale] can't install windows on ST3000DM001

[DJ-Pfulio]

On 08/03/2015 07:17 PM, Paul Cartwright wrote:
> On 08/03/2015 04:42 PM, Jim Lynch wrote:
>> http://www.pcworld.com/article/2866550/gpt-vs-mbr-how-the-humble-drive-partition-led-to-the-larger-hard-drives-we-all-love.html 
>>
>>
>> Read that, you'll understand a bit more.
>>
>> On 08/03/2015 04:15 PM, Paul Cartwright wrote:
>>> I...am...clueless... GPT disk? how would I know?
>>
> I see:
> and what about Windows compatibility? Windows Vista, 7, and 8 can all read and 
> write to GPT drives. But you can only boot from a GPT drive if you’re using a 
> UEFI-based computer running a 64-bit version of Windows.
> 
> I am running 64 bit, but I can not find anything about UEFI in my bios..
> 

Probably a losing battle.

UEFI isn't a setting to enable.

Boot from GPT without UEFI doesn't work on Windows. That is a hardware-BIOS
thing. Making directories/partitions won't help.

Look up the MB model - is it UEFI or not?  Generally, UEFI works with mice and
has a graphical "feel."