I have a Samsung SSD with old-style MBR partitioning and a Windows 8.1 install. I would like it to have a new-style GUID / GPT partition. Is there a procedure for doing this conversion?
Can I take an image of the Windows partition, change the partitioning to GPT, install the image, and expect it to work? Or, maybe there's some tool to directly convert without needing to reinstall an image?
If not, I guess I'd have to reinstall Windows. Are there any tips for rebuilding a Windows system based on a previous one?
Details: This is, of course, a UEFI system. I want to take just part of the SSD for Windows, and the rest for a fresh Linux install. This is a system I built myself, and I have the Windows 8.1 pro DVD. I have some big hard disks on the system to make it easy to take backups.
- Edited by Dan Zerkle Tuesday, June 23, 2015 6:31 PM