Windows 7/8 not installing on GPT 3TB WD HDD

I am not able to install windows 7 or 8 on my westren digital 3TB HDD in GPT partition style after all steps described in various forums.
My mobo is GA-78LMT-S2F6. In bios I have enabled efi. all tricks with diskpart have been done.
Used Diskpart
DISKPART > select disk 0
DISKPART > clean
DISKPART > convert gpt
DISKPART > create partition efi size=100
DISKPART > format fs=fat32 quick label=system
DISKPART > create partition msr size=128
DISKPART > create partition primary size=131072
DISKPART > format fs=NTFS quick label=C
DISKPART > assign letter=c
DISKPART > exit
I have also made my efi boot-able usb with iso2disc. Still I can't proceed to installation as it says installation can't be done on GPT.
Please help!

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