Re: GPT on non-Itanium-based computers running windows server 2003

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Thanks for the quick response and good answer.


On Oct 22, 2:23 pm, "Mathieu CHATEAU" <gollum...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Hello,

They both support it, but you can only boot from GPT partition on itanium:http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/storage/GPT-on-x64.mspx

Unlike Windows support for the Intel Itanium platform, Windows x64 Edition
and Windows Server 2003 SP1 operating systems support the use of GPT drives
only as data volumes. Because the x64 and x86 architectures do not provide
support for an EFI boot partition, you cannot use a GPT drive to boot an
x64-based computer or an x86-based computer with a legacy BIOS. Therefore,
computers running these operating systems must be equipped with more than
one physical driver to allow the use of the GPT disk format.

On Intel Itanium platforms, Windows supports the use of GPT drives as boot
drives or data volumes.

--
Cordialement,
Mathieu CHATEAU
English blog:http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com
French blog:http://www.lotp.fr


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