Windows cannot be installed to this disk. the selected disk is a MBR partition table. The EFI system, Windows cannot be installed on GPT disks

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  Hello Pratap ReddyBh,

  As you try to install Windows Server 2008 R2, it would be better for you to ask your question in the TechNet Windows Server forums.
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• accidentally deleted the volume icon. No sound. been looking everywhere for this icon. the sound system is realtek

  have downloaded driver detective.  keep saying it is fixed, but it isn't. Cannot find this realtek audio anywhere.

  Hello Dee, Dee RN,

  Thank you for your message.  Try to go to your computer manufacturer's website and download/install the latest audio driver for your computer.
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• Get the error "Windows cannot be installed to this disk" when you try to install Windows 7 after Ubuntu was installed on the desktop computer

  So I installed Ubuntu 12.04 on my newly built office. I didn't like, so I had windows 7. I started Windows, and choose to perform a custom, Setup since I did not have before windows. Now, here's the problem, is not letting me install on my drive. I get the message: Windows cannot be installed to this disk. the selected disk is a MBR partition table. on EFI systems, Windoos cannot be installed on GPT disks.    Is my previous installation of Ubuntu, the cause of this? How can I resolve this problem and install windows7?

  GParted allows to format the disk, and then try the installation again.

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• Windows cannot be installed to this disk. The selected disk is a MBR patition table.

  I recently bought a desktop computer with Windows 7 Home Premium x 64 preinstalled (OEM). I tried to install Windows 7 Ultimate x 64 on this computer, but I received the following error message:

  Windows cannot be installed to this disk. The selected disk is a MBR partition table. On EFI systems, Windows cannot be installed to GPT disks.

  The 1 TB of HARD drive on this computer has three partitions:

  NTFS SYSTEM 100 - healthy (System, the Active Primary Partition)

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  Please advice. Thanks in advance.

  I'm trying to install a new copy of Windows.

  Disconnect your 2nd monitor temporarily, then go to your computer manufacturer's support web site and search for Windows 7 drivers for your specific model number.

  If there are Windows 7 drivers, then to download to a folder on your hard drive and install all of them, starting with the card drivers mother/chipset, SATA, LAN, Audio, USB, graphics, Webcam, Etc., and so on.

  List of computer manufacturer support sites:
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/help/contact-support/computer-manufacturers

  If you have an Intel motherboard, you can try the Intel driver update utility: http://www.intel.com/support/detect.htm?iid=dc_iduu

  Tips for solving common driver problems
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/tips-for-fixing-common-driver-problems
  Vista: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Tips-for-fixing-common-driver-problems

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  ATI: http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/Pages/index.aspx
  NVIDIA: http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index5.aspx?lang=en-us

  J W Stuart: http://www.pagestart.com

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  I have problems trying to create an Image of my Surface Pro system.

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  Hello

  Thanks for the quick response. Fortunately, last night found an answer to my question. To illustrate the question I had and the answer I found, I will dwelve on the topic a bit.

  First of all, I was about to install Windows 8.1 on workstation with Arch Linux already installed and hoped to learn before making the actual plant, while I wouldn't fix the mistakes I would have done. My configuration is:

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  2. 500 GB drive HARD, drive GPT formatted, empty, I was about to install Windows on.

  Now, I learned that Windows 8.1 creates two partitions on a disk: Partition EFI system for its bootstrapper code + other things and another partition. My goal was to convince Windows to use the ESP partition on disk (1) rather than creating its own, so all codes start, regardless of the operating system resides on the same partition for: 1 win some acceleration (that's the SSD drive) and 2. Facilitate the configuration of the boot loader GRUB or Windows for dual-boot.

  I found no option to identify the ESP for Windows partition to use, that's why I posted my question.

  Nevertheless, I proceeded to the installation. Windows has detected all readers, figured out that there is already an ESP partition in the system, but not on the disk, he was about to be installed and has not created any other ESP partition on the HARD disk.

  Now, I have exactly the setup I needed: 8.1 for Windows installed on the HARD disk drive, but he left all the startup code on the partition on the SSD drive. I have configured the GRUB to call code .efi Windows

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• Boot Camp Windows Installation 10 - "Windows cannot be installed to this disk. It's the GPT partition style.

  Hello

  I tried to dual boot Windows 10 alongside OS X El Capitan on my iMac 21.5 inch i5 end 2013. I have followed all the instructions in the Boot Camp assistant, restart, choose the yellow 'Windows' drive to boot from, but when I get to the Windows installation, enter the product key and language, and then select the partition (0-4, the partition Disk Partition) it tells me that "Windows cannot be installed to this disk. The selected disk is the GPT partition style. »

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  3 EFI/GPT is recommended for your specific model.

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• partition 'Windows cannot delete the active system partition on this disk.

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