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Oops, just saw this; thanks again for your responses here! The drivers consideration is a good one so, again, I'm leaning back toward the clean install option.

More researching took me to this article (among others): https://www.windowscentral.com/how-convert-mbr-disk-gpt-move-bios-uefi-windows-10 Seems like the method under the header "Convert MBR to GPT partition style (offline)" may fit my situation appropriately. Any known caveats to watch out...

Thanks for your continued input on this! A couple other thoughts: Would it be possible, then, to convert the C drive to GPT without data loss? Yes, this was referring to library folders (i.e. Documents, Videos, etc.). I've backed up the contents of these folders and am familiar with...

Wanted to revisit this since upgrading. I thought I'd go ahead with a clean install of Windows but can't get past UEFI boot menu(s). I tried using a Windows recovery disk to repair or reinstall but eventually got the following message: "Windows cannot be installed to this disk. The selected...

Wow, this is all really great info; thanks, all, for the help! Sounds like I've got some good steps to take prior to and during the upgrade process. Much appreciated!

Just wanted to pass this by the collective here. I'm upgrading both mine and my son's machines with new mobo, CPU, GPU, & RAM but plan to use our existing drives (both machines have SSDs with OS installed and HDDs for data storage). Will we run into trouble just dropping the old drives into the...