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Pratham Bhatnagar
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Hello today I installed my new SSD in my laptop  to install windows.

but I don't know which partition select MBR or GPT and I also want to dual boot ubuntu with windows can you suggest me which partition type should I chose.

 

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imo always go for GPT if your hardware supports it.

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2 minutes ago, kelvinhall05 said:

imo always go for GPT if your hardware supports it.

How to know if my hardware supports it?

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11 minutes ago, Pratham Bhatnagar said:

How to know if my hardware supports it?

It depends on if you have a uefi or bios.

I could use some help with this!

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10 hours ago, HelpfulTechWizard said:

It depends on if you have a uefi or bios.

it have uefi which one should I chose now ?

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5 hours ago, Pratham Bhatnagar said:

it have uefi which one should I chose now ?

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GPT

I could use some help with this!

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please, pm me if you would like to contribute to my gpu bios database (includes overclocking bios, stock bios, and upgrades to gpus via modding)

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My beautiful, but not that powerful, main PC:

prior build:

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