Trying to install Windows 8.1 on my system to dual boot from

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Well as the thread states I am trying to install Windows 8.1 on my system to dual boot from and I got this error
Windows cannot be installed on this disk
The selected partition has an MBR partition table
On EFI systems windows can only be installed on GPT disk

So far i found out that the reason I could not convert my MBR disk is it has apparently 2 partitions made from the Window 7 64bit OS currently on computer and I can only convert single partition disks. I looking for a way to do a non destructive change to disk to make it GPT. If not what steps do I need to make to get this setup working?

Fri, 09/13/2013 - 01:12
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If it's currently using MBR you won't have it working after converting to GPT. What I would recommend is installing Windows 8 in MBR mode. You should be able to do this if you boot the Windows 8 media using the legacy mode (don't select to boot it as UEFI).

Sat, 09/14/2013 - 01:25