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Re: Can I install a UEFI hard drive as the main (boot) drive in a legacy (BIOS) Windows 7 system?

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Subject	Re: Can I install a UEFI hard drive as the main (boot) drive in a legacy (BIOS) Windows 7 system?
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Sam <newsgroup2003@gmail.com> wrote 

> I understand that you can get Windows to show the drive 
> if it's connected via external enclosure, but is there a 
> workaround to have the larger UEFI as the main boot drive 
> or must I stick with a lower capacity drive as the boot drive?

There is another workaround that some manufacturers 
provide that allows it to boot Win7 from the UEFI drive.

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Can I install a UEFI hard drive as the main (boot) drive in a legacy (BIOS) Windows 7 system? Sam <newsgroup2003@gmail.com> - 2016-03-13 19:49 -0700
  Re: Can I install a UEFI hard drive as the main (boot) drive in a legacy (BIOS) Windows 7 system? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-03-14 19:51 +1100
    Re: Can I install a UEFI hard drive as the main (boot) drive in a legacy (BIOS) Windows 7 system? Sam <newsgroup2003@gmail.com> - 2016-03-14 13:11 -0700
    Re: Can I install a UEFI hard drive as the main (boot) drive in a legacy (BIOS) Windows 7 system? Sam <newsgroup2003@gmail.com> - 2016-03-14 13:16 -0700
      Re: Can I install a UEFI hard drive as the main (boot) drive in a legacy (BIOS) Windows 7 system? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-03-15 08:58 +1100
        Re: Can I install a UEFI hard drive as the main (boot) drive in a legacy (BIOS) Windows 7 system? Sam <newsgroup2003@gmail.com> - 2016-03-14 20:23 -0700
          Re: Can I install a UEFI hard drive as the main (boot) drive in a legacy (BIOS) Windows 7 system? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-03-15 14:39 +1100
            Re: Can I install a UEFI hard drive as the main (boot) drive in a legacy (BIOS) Windows 7 system? Sam <newsgroup2003@gmail.com> - 2016-03-14 22:18 -0700
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                Re: Can I install a UEFI hard drive as the main (boot) drive in a legacy (BIOS) Windows 7 system? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-03-16 16:24 +1100
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