Did I use the wrong drive format?

Borealis · 7 Dec 2015 at 12:59

I got my X99 build up and running last night. When it came to installing Windows 8.1, I had just the SM951 plugged in and installed to it with no problems. When Windows gave the opportunity to choose the drive format, I went with MBR by reflex, instead of GPT.

Should I have used GPT and is there any way other than a full reinstall to switch to GPT?

Will it affect my drive's performance?

If it doesn't affect my performance, then I probably wont worry about it.

Borealis · 8 Dec 2015 at 07:34

Completely pointless , answered my own question last night. Please delete.

Borealis · 8 Dec 2015 at 09:57

I panicked about not using a GPT partition.

a. I have no drives over 2TB
b. I benched my system and it doesn't affect performance at all.

If I'd been sensible, I'd have installed Windows etc using drives set up as GPT. In the future if I want drives over 2TB, I will need to initialise the drive as GPT. Unless I suddenly have a need for mass storage, I'm not going to need GPT.

Borealis · 8 Dec 2015 at 10:56

Thanks crinkleshoes, a nice clear, concise explanation!

I don't plan on having any massive HDDs soon, between a 512GB SSD dedicated to games and a 1TB storage drive I'm sorted!