Which partition table do I have to chose for win 8.1.1?

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Ryan van Velden

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So I bought my SSHD today and it is 100% empty.
Windows gave me some error before install, so I was thinking, maybe I have to format it.

I have linux mint on a usb and want to add a partition table for my SSHD (since it doesn't have one)

I've read somewhere that MBR is a good one if you want to dualboot linux and windows, but mine doesn't show that one, I only have these:
aix
amiga
bsd
dvh
gpt
mac
msdos
pc98
sun
loop

Which one do I have to chose to install windows 8.1.1 on it. (and maybe also for dual boot with mint, I kinda like mint)

PS:
My harddrive:
Seagate Laptop SSHD 500GB - 2.5inch
ST500LM000
 
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This appears to be a BIOS based laptop and so will require you to use MBR (MSDOS) for Windows to install onto the disk. Install Windows first, then resize the Windows partition in the Windows partition editor. Then install Linux into the free space. If you want a shared storage partition, format it as FAT32 for maximum compatibility with both OSs (NTFS support can be kinda funky at times in Linux and Windows plain wont read EXT file systems without a 3rd party driver). Key point is install Linux AFTER Windows because Linux will install GRUB and everything will work much better.
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Jason Light

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MSDOS is MBR, GPT is GPT.
If you have a UEFI bios you want GTP, otherwise MSDOS is the way to go.

The model number you sent is only the hard drive(storage), could you try to find the model number of the laptop itself?
That way I can find out if it has UEFI or BIOS.
 
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Oh, my laptop is the Acer Aspire 5741-334G32Mnsk
Newest bios version 1.23, rev3.5 (unlocked version from the 5741G)
 
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This appears to be a BIOS based laptop and so will require you to use MBR (MSDOS) for Windows to install onto the disk. Install Windows first, then resize the Windows partition in the Windows partition editor. Then install Linux into the free space. If you want a shared storage partition, format it as FAT32 for maximum compatibility with both OSs (NTFS support can be kinda funky at times in Linux and Windows plain wont read EXT file systems without a 3rd party driver). Key point is install Linux AFTER Windows because Linux will install GRUB and everything will work much better.
 
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Ryan van Velden

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Thank you, I've read that UEFI is that you can use your mouse in the bios, I cant so I'm sure about MBR.

 
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Some UEFI implementations don't have nice GUIs, but MBR is safe anyway as UEFI is backwards compatible with BIOS. On the off chance your system is UEFI the worst that will happen is a few seconds delay on boot while the BIOS emulation runs.
 
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