if this motherboard is UEFI, then you should use 64 bit, but not necessary if you use Legacy Mode/CSM.
A GPT disc should be used with 64 bit systems, not 32 bit. The latter can be installed to them, but problems can result where the disc isn't converted to MBR.
So, use 64 bit linux distro, not 32 bit. Turn off Secure Boot.
Hey all,
I'm putting together my first computer and it's given me loads of trouble. I'm using an ASRock z97 Extreme6 mobo with an i7 4790k processor, 8GB of Corsair RAM, a 3TB Toshiba HDD, and a TP-Link TL-WDN4800 wireless card. When I first set the system up, I mistakenly chose to use an MBR partition table, which didn't allow me to use all 3TB. I ignored that for the time and had my system set up with Windows 7 Ultimate. It ran fine for a time, but I started getting blue screens that I determined were due to the wireless card (when I removed it or started in safe mode without networking, they stopped).
At this point I decided to start fresh. I went to reinstall Windows, and deleted one of the small partitions it had made during the previous install. However, I didn't have a way to change the partition table to GPT, so I decided I'd boot Ubuntu from a flash drive and fix the partitioning there. When I went to do this, I was able to select the option to run Ubuntu without installing, but then the computer stuck on a loading screen. I tried several times and this happened every time. I was also unable to just install Ubuntu for the same reason. I then put GParted Live onto a USB drive to boot that. I was able to select the default boot option for GParted, but upon selecting it my computer restarted and brought me back to the same screen. None of the options I tried allowed me to move past this, and none of the guides on GParted mention that this could happen. At this point I have no idea what to do. Nothing seems to be working the way it's supposed to. I just want to wipe my hard drive and set it up with GPT so I can do a fresh install of Windows 7, can anyone help?

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