MBR Image To GPT Drive?
Posted: Sat Dec 28, 2024 6:05 am
I have a question about installing Bootit UEFI to my PC which presently is MBR.
I have one partition for BIBM, one for Windows 10, one for Windows 7, and one as a sort of experiment or update partition for both OS's.
I would like to eventually also boot Windows 11 so that would make 3 partitions occupied and carve out another partition for my "sandbox" so to speak.
I have considered doing it this way: Convert to GPT through Windows 10, then install Bootit UEFI, then install Windows 11 on the Windows 10 I am using now so I don't have to start from scratch, then lay down an image of my present Windows 7 or Windows 10 to the "sandbox" partition.
Using Windows 11 or PartWork I could then make another partition as a sandbox partition. In other words have the required number of Windows 11 partitions plus BUEFI and 3 more partitions for 7, 10, 11, and a sandbox partition.
My other option is to just wipe the disk, install Windows 11, make as many partitions as I want with PartWork or 11 then restore the Win 10 and Win 7 partition images to the disk.
Which leads me to the most crucial question: Can I restore a MBR image to a GPT drive?
I have one partition for BIBM, one for Windows 10, one for Windows 7, and one as a sort of experiment or update partition for both OS's.
I would like to eventually also boot Windows 11 so that would make 3 partitions occupied and carve out another partition for my "sandbox" so to speak.
I have considered doing it this way: Convert to GPT through Windows 10, then install Bootit UEFI, then install Windows 11 on the Windows 10 I am using now so I don't have to start from scratch, then lay down an image of my present Windows 7 or Windows 10 to the "sandbox" partition.
Using Windows 11 or PartWork I could then make another partition as a sandbox partition. In other words have the required number of Windows 11 partitions plus BUEFI and 3 more partitions for 7, 10, 11, and a sandbox partition.
My other option is to just wipe the disk, install Windows 11, make as many partitions as I want with PartWork or 11 then restore the Win 10 and Win 7 partition images to the disk.
Which leads me to the most crucial question: Can I restore a MBR image to a GPT drive?