Subj : Re: 4TB HDD w/ XP
To   : Ed Vance
From : Kostie Muirhead
Date : Wed Aug 12 2020 16:38:57

  Re: Re: 4TB HDD w/ XP
  By: Ed Vance to Kostie Muirhead on Wed Aug 12 2020 08:24 am

 EV> From reading BBS messages about Computer stuff (and reading some other web
 EV> sites) I learned some of the TechSpeak but haven't read about GPT.
 EV> I guess it has something to do with the newer Motherboards which replaced
 EV> the CMOS Chip with a more improved circuit.
 EV> I can't remember what the newer Chip on the Motherboards is called.

Yup, you're pretty much right on the money. GPT is used for EFI and UEFI boot management. MBR and BIOS are mostly just supported as legacy now, and I've seen a couple systems that just don't support the older standards for boot at all.
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