Does an HP Elite 8300 CMT support UEFI boot drives?

[MJJRLynch]

I have W7-Pro-64 installed on a 1TB, (MBR Boot Drive).

I want to upgrade to a 4TB, (GPT Boot Drive).

I chose to do this via cloning.

My question is: does my Elite 8300 CMT support UEFI Boot Drives?

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi:

Please read this whitepaper to determine if your PC supports UEFI boot drives. 

Your PC should support booting from a HDD in excess of 2 TB.

http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c02826744

[MJJRLynch]

That was a lot to digest / understand / interpret correctly.

What I got out of it was, maybe no one knows, just give it a try and keep your fingers crossed. 

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

I look at it rather simply...

When you boot up your PC if it has the splash screen shown in the picture on page 5, it has a UEFI BIOS and should support booting from a GPT drive.

I don't have any 3 or 4 TB drives to test out on my 8200 Elite CMT, which has a UEFI BIOS, and has a BIOS splash screen as shown on page 5 of the document.

[MJJRLynch]

I tried it several times just to make sure.

The Bios Screen goes by quickly but sadly, No HP Log.

Should I start a separate Post to ask what the next PC in the HP Series that would have Booting ability I need?

[MJJRLynch]

Paul,

Thank you again for your advice!

I need to update / correct my last Post.

I ran Belarc and looked at it's report.

Sure enough, it reported my PC running in UEFI mode.

I tried the Restart process and sure enough, the HP Logo appeared as indicated in the Article.

I do not know how I missed it!

My PC is using a 4TB Drive as the Boot Drive but in 2TB MBR mode.

I do not know how to convert from MBR to GPT but will try an learn this weekend.

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You're very welcome.

Here is how you can convert the drive from MBR to GPT during the Windows installation process...

Watch this video...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=f81qKAJUdKc&feature=emb_logo