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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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From	"Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com>
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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
> Rod Speed wrote

>> I wasn't suggesting the last, boot into Win on different drive.

> I appreciate the clarification.

> One FINAL question: Since I need to use another drive to boot into 
> Windows.
> Can I use an SSD drive (for improved performance)

Yes you can.

> or should I stick with a 1 GB regular drive?

No reason to, but that will work fine too.

> The mobo has SATA 6 connectors and currently my Windows drives uses it.
> I should replace it before it fails on me as it is old too.

Motherboards don't fail very often at all, I have only ever
had the one fail. Certainly a new one would be easier with
UEFI support.

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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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