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Question about proper formatting a new SDD to NTFS?

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2020/12/19 15:37:38 (permalink)
It has been years since I've installed a new SSD. I want to format to NTFS. I get the following message has follows 
 
Initialize Disk

Disk 0

Use the following partition style for the selected disk
 
MBR (Master Boot Record)
GPT (GUID Partition Table)

Which should I choose in order to format correctly to NTFS? This will be a stand alone drive. I won't be in raid mode.
 

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    Re: Question about proper formatting a new SDD to NTFS? 2020/12/19 15:51:56 (permalink)
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    Re: Question about proper formatting a new SDD to NTFS? 2020/12/19 18:17:51 (permalink)
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    Re: Question about proper formatting a new SDD to NTFS? 2020/12/24 02:08:20 (permalink)
    It depends on your system’s age and component makeup as well as if it will be a boot drive and version of Windows to the size of the SSD in that makeup.
     
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    Re: Question about proper formatting a new SDD to NTFS? 2020/12/24 04:42:34 (permalink)
    It’s also important to install the manufacturer software and check for firmware updates. It’s became less so with more modern SSD drives but it’s always where I start. If you are cloning the drive it’s best to install it and see if the software has a format drive option.

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    Re: Question about proper formatting a new SDD to NTFS? 2021/01/05 17:49:20 (permalink)
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    It’s also important to install the manufacturer software and check for firmware updates. It’s became less so with more modern SSD drives but it’s always where I start. If you are cloning the drive it’s best to install it and see if the software has a format drive option.

    Really sucks there is no support in raid for firmware upgrades. Only way to do it is the break the raid and update drives then restore a backup onto the new raid..... But GPT is way better then MBR if your hardware is new and working with large drives.
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