On 06/29/2012 05:55 PM, walt wrote: > On 06/29/2012 01:35 AM, Neil Bothwick wrote: >> GRUB and GPT are completely unrelated, I use GRUB2 on machines with >> both DOS and GPT partition tables, you don't need to repartition >> your drive to upgrade your bootloader. > > I didn't make myself clear. I wouldn't hesitate to convert this > machine to GPT (I like it) but I don't know if Windows would like > GPT. > > I guess I should get off my butt and go google it. > > Maybe tomorrow ;)
Hah! I knew all along that if I waited long enough, David Haller would post a link to this info: Microsoft's FAQ is a bit pessimistic. It is possible to boot Windows from a GPT disk on a BIOS-based computer, but the ways to do this are hacks. Thanks, David :) -- This space left intentionally not blank.
