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|    Kostie Muirhead to Ed Vance    |
|    Re: 4TB HDD w/ XP    |
|    12 Aug 20 16:38:57    |
      TZUTC: -0600       MSGID: 665.fidretrowindows@1:342/17 2399a81a       REPLY: 2190.windowsb@1:2320/105 23992306       PID: Synchronet 3.18a-Linux Jul 16 2020 GCC 8.3.0       TID: SBBSecho 3.11-Linux r3.174 Jul 16 2020 GCC 8.3.0       CHRS: ASCII 1       NOTE: SlyEdit 1.73 (2020-03-31) (ICE style)        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.       ===       Underminer       The Undermine BBS - bbs.undermine.ca:423       Fidonet: 1:342/17       --- SBBSecho 3.11-Linux        * Origin: The Undermine - bbs.undermine.ca:423 - Calgary, AB (1:342/17)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 90/1 120/340 123/130 226/30 227/114 702 229/101 424       SEEN-BY: 229/426 452 664 240/5832 249/206 317 400 292/854 317/3 322/757       SEEN-BY: 342/200 633/280       PATH: 342/17 153/757 3634/12 154/10 280/464 229/101 426           |
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