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MBR or GPT for new drive?

kingmustard
By kingmustard
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My Dell Precision T1600's UEFI is running in Legacy mode (or some part of it is, I can't remember without going back into the UEFI).

 

It was set to Legacy mode when I bought it and I didn't spot it until I'd already installed Windows, Plex etc. and now, if it's changed to UEFI mode, Windows BSODs on boot so it appears I'm stuck with Legacy mode.

 

My current drives, according to Disk Management, are set up as:

 

SSD1 is MBR (boot drive)
HDD1 is GPT (storage)
HDD2 is GPT (storage)
 
I've just bought HDD3 (storage) and Disk Management wants me to choose either MBR or GPT to initialise it.

Which should I choose?
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GPT for a new drive, but keep the SSD as MBR and Legacy UEFI mode unless you want to reinstall your OS

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