I'm in the process of rebuilding my PC, moving from an AM3 setup to a Ryzen 5. This means I need to reformat my hard drive to make it compatible for Windows 11, but I've come across a problem. I tried using the built-in Windows imaging tool to save an image of my disk, but I discovered that it doesn't work when switching to UEFI booting. Now, I'm considering putting my PC back to its original configuration just to manually transfer all my data, but I'm feeling a bit lost on what to do next. Could anyone help me figure out how to convert from BIOS to UEFI without losing my data?
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Just a heads up, if you decide to convert on the old PC, it might stop booting if it changes to UEFI configuration. It's often better to do it on a separate machine, or make sure you're really prepped to follow the right steps for conversion.
You can actually convert your system from BIOS to UEFI without losing any data! Just search online for guides on 'windows convert to uefi' to find plenty of resources. If that's not an option, you might have to back up your important data to the cloud or another drive and do a clean reinstall.
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