Good idea to add MX-Linux so I did so.

Hello, After you had gotten into the PC's firmware and changed/saved everything to your liking, you would want to power down again and reconnect the CMOS/RTC backup battery and the computer's drives. Windows will not switch between BIOS/MBR mode and UEFI/GPT mode without a reinstall.  Technically, it can be done with tricky disk re-partitioning using third-party utilities, but the process is complex and I generally find it safer to just perform the reinstall. Regards, Aryeh Goretsky  

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I'm an old fart too.....but I'm a sweet smellin' one.