I cant format my harddrive to GPT?

[Mark Kaine]

I read the sticky but that doesnt seem to be applicable as its a new harddrive.

Any ideas, maybe with repair functions (but how)?

 

when i do format it doesnt give me any options:

[Murasaki]

Give the good old Shift+F10 before starting the installation to open up CMD, there you could use diskpart to convert it to GPT.

[SPARTAN VI]

1. Delete the existing partition.

2. Then click the "New" button, and it should create a new GPT partition. 

 

[GuiltySpark_]

You could also just delete that partition if you're wiping and installing fresh right from that screen. 

[Mark Kaine]

2 minutes ago, Murasaki said:

Give the good old Shift+F10 before starting the installation to open up CMD, there you could use diskpart to convert it to GPT.

Thanks, well i fixed it all i had to do was delete the partition, apparently. I didnt  think of doing that with an "empty" drive but now the setup thing made all the partitions it needed, its installing!  : )

[Murasaki]

Just now, Mark Kaine said:

Thanks, well i fixed it all i had to do was delete the partition, apparently. I didnt  think of doing that with an "empty" drive but not the setupvthing made all the partitions it needed, its installing!  : )

oh ok thats better than my solution haha

[GuiltySpark_]

3 minutes ago, SPARTAN VI said:

1. Delete the existing partition.

2. Then click the "New" button, and it should create a new GPT partition. 

 

When I do re-installs I don't even bother clicking new. Delete then right to Next, it just makes a new one automatically. 

[Mark Kaine]

31 minutes ago, Murasaki said:

oh ok thats better than my solution haha

 

didnt ask to make a ms account, just local… but i dont have a key anyway, this laptop has home, but the ISO i made is pro, of course!