Questions about GPT HDD
Hello. I have question about GPT hdd.
Couple months ago I bought brand new 3tb hdd from Seagate, just for storage, not the system. Plugged it in properly but my Windows 7 recognized it like MBR partition with just 2tb and plenty unallocated mb.
I succesfully converted my clean new HDD to GPT using AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard Edition 7.0.
But now I need to upgrade my Windows 7 to Windows 10.
I plan to install the new OS on my new Intel SSD, not the 3tb Seagate drive.
I'm asking because I have very important files on that drive and I don't want to lose them!
Couple months ago I bought brand new 3tb hdd from Seagate, just for storage, not the system. Plugged it in properly but my Windows 7 recognized it like MBR partition with just 2tb and plenty unallocated mb.
I succesfully converted my clean new HDD to GPT using AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard Edition 7.0.
But now I need to upgrade my Windows 7 to Windows 10.
I plan to install the new OS on my new Intel SSD, not the 3tb Seagate drive.
The question is
Do my 3tb Seagate will work on Win 10 just like it working now on Win 7?
Without data losing?
It will be GPT just like it is now or I will have to convert it again somehow?
I'm asking because I have very important files on that drive and I don't want to lose them!
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I'm assuming that your current system has your OS on a MBR drive and your Seagate is working fine. That would be the same when you upgrade to Win 10. If you're doing a clean install of WIn 10 you can also format that as GPT if you want but again, it won't do anything to affect the Seagate drive.
Data disks however, just as Flyer wrote, can be used as GPT since XP 64 bit and Win7 32 bit.
Yes my current system drive is MBR. Seagate 3tb is GPT, a side drive for "junk" files.
So in sum, my Seagate HDD which was converted to GPT on Win 7 will work normally / correctly on Windows 10 and I will not have to convert it to GPT again? It will be 3tb from the start just like on Windows 7, right?