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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?
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2016 19:51:53 +1100
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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.