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‎07-15-2019 12:07 PM

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Product: HP Pavilion dv7-6c70ca Entertainment Notebook PC
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

HI.Can i set my BIOS to format my HDD using the GPT file system? Ty.

It came with Win 7 but I upgraded to 10 when offered by Microsoft.

The Bios I have now is: Insyde H 20 F.1B Rev. 3.5

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‎07-15-2019 12:11 PM

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Hi:

 

The only thing 'better' about GPT is that it allows you to use a disk drive greater than 2 TB as a boot drive.

 

With MBR, the largest disk drive you can use as a boot drive is 2 TB.

 

There should be a UEFI mode setting in the BIOS.  Make sure that is enabled and you should be able to install W10 in UEFI mode.

 

If there isn't then you can't.

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‎07-15-2019 05:57 PM

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The only thing 'better' about GPT is that it allows you to use a disk drive greater than 2 TB as a boot drive.

From what I have read there is more than that.

Faster booting?

Less chance to have a HDD crash or easier to fix?

So if there is no UEFI or GPT option to enable in my bios it cant be update?

I read that there was an advance mode you could access in BIOS by entering combination of keys.

Can you tell which one there are for my laptop or is there only certain Bios that have that function? Ty.

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‎07-15-2019 06:28 PM

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There are no other settings in your BIOS other than what you can see.

 

No such thing as pressing certain keys to unlock advanced features in any HP notebook.

 

Your BIOS cannot be updated to add the UEFI option.

 

If your notebook has a UEFI BIOS, you will see a boot manager feature, with an option to boot from an EFI file (see the illustration below).

 

If you do not see anything like that in your notebook's BIOS, or when you press the F9 boot options key, then your notebook is not capable of booting from a GPT-formatted drive.

 

Illustration: Boot Option Menu

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‎07-15-2019 07:44 PM

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I just dblchecked to make sure and there is no UEFI letters mentioned anywhere in my BIOS.

I ordered an SSD drive which will be here soon.I will have to format an reinstall my OS.

Any links with good explanations on how to format,which file system,partition size etc that would work best 

on my laptop?Ty.

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‎07-15-2019 09:22 PM

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Hi:

 

You shouldn't need to do anything with a new SSD.

 

Just install W10 on it.

 

See this link for some general info.

 

https://www.techulator.com/resources/13414-Step-by-step-instructions-to-install-Windows-10.aspx

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