Hi everyone. I have Windows 10 and an Asus Z97-AR motherboard. My C (OS) drive is a SATA SSD.
Recently I started a thread here about a problem with my new Crucial 1000 GB PCLe NVMe SSD. Reading back, it seems to me that I was more than a little confused, and I ended by stating, wrongly, that the new NVMe was faulty.
Just to clarify matters my present concern, given all that i have learnt since then, is to get the NVMe up and running at times 2, not the times 4 it is capable of, until such time as I can do a full system upgrade, which I know I can do thanks to all the help I was given by the contributors to that thread.
My present problem is that the NVMe in its M.2 port is not recognised by the PC despite the motherboard boot system being UEFI BIOS.
The reason, I have at last discovered, is that the C drive (OS) is MBR partition style, whereas it needs to be GPT for reasons of UEFI compatibility.
I hope I've got that right, otherwise I shall have to kill myself.
Getting it right is one thing; understanding it is another, and I don't.
So here are some questions.
Firstly, can I convert the MBR to GPT without having to wipe the C drive and the OS with it? It still is possible, by the way, and very easy, to download Windows 10 for free.
I have a 1TB hard drive that has plenty of free space for the C drive data, but I can't use the desktop PC without an OS, so would I be able to transfer it to the hard drive and use it.
Thirdly, do I need to ask whether the NVMe is MBR or GPT?
I should point out, too, that I intend to transfer the Windows 10 to the NVMe should it ever start earning its keep.
Thanks for reading this far.
Cheers, Laurence
Recently I started a thread here about a problem with my new Crucial 1000 GB PCLe NVMe SSD. Reading back, it seems to me that I was more than a little confused, and I ended by stating, wrongly, that the new NVMe was faulty.
Just to clarify matters my present concern, given all that i have learnt since then, is to get the NVMe up and running at times 2, not the times 4 it is capable of, until such time as I can do a full system upgrade, which I know I can do thanks to all the help I was given by the contributors to that thread.
My present problem is that the NVMe in its M.2 port is not recognised by the PC despite the motherboard boot system being UEFI BIOS.
The reason, I have at last discovered, is that the C drive (OS) is MBR partition style, whereas it needs to be GPT for reasons of UEFI compatibility.
I hope I've got that right, otherwise I shall have to kill myself.
Getting it right is one thing; understanding it is another, and I don't.
So here are some questions.
Firstly, can I convert the MBR to GPT without having to wipe the C drive and the OS with it? It still is possible, by the way, and very easy, to download Windows 10 for free.
I have a 1TB hard drive that has plenty of free space for the C drive data, but I can't use the desktop PC without an OS, so would I be able to transfer it to the hard drive and use it.
Thirdly, do I need to ask whether the NVMe is MBR or GPT?
I should point out, too, that I intend to transfer the Windows 10 to the NVMe should it ever start earning its keep.
Thanks for reading this far.
Cheers, Laurence