That's what I di and I noticed better performance, plus, now I can backup my partition as an image using Acronis True Image or any other free utility properly! When it was that stupid GPT. if I backup the partition, I was never able to restore it successfully.
so go ahead and do it immediately and save yourself a lot of trouble
so go ahead and do it immediately and save yourself a lot of trouble
for a user who knows what to do to his machine, there is nothing to lose. however, if a user that can only depend on vendor-provided recovery procedures to restore their OS, they might need that.
(i think i read it somewhere that microsoft enforces the use of gpt and uefi for every windows machines produced by the vendors).
gpt and uefi are robust, but most of us do not require those features daily, and still live happily.
(i think i read it somewhere that microsoft enforces the use of gpt and uefi for every windows machines produced by the vendors).
gpt and uefi are robust, but most of us do not require those features daily, and still live happily.
one more thing to mention, by changing from the default GPT to MBR, I gained 20 seconds in speed in reboot time
I used to reboot in 45 seconds (complete restart, shut down, back to windows)
Now I reboot in 24 - 26 seconds 🙂
I used to reboot in 45 seconds (complete restart, shut down, back to windows)
Now I reboot in 24 - 26 seconds 🙂
d-Metrius wrote:
Thanks for your replies, two more questions:
1) Will ASUS Recovery DVDs still be able to recovery factory state with MBR instead of GPT?
2) Can I make a fresh install using MSDN Win7 Home Premium Image and activate it using OEM serial number from the notebook sticker?
1) No
2) YES = ASUS G75VW Clean Install Guide
PS: The moment I got my laptop, I deleted that stupid recovery partition and did a clean install, who needs all the bloatware especially McAfee Virus Scan which makes your laptop crawl like a turtle and removing it may still leave leftovers. Nothing beats a fresh install with the latest drivers
